An end could be in sight to the long-running dispute at Royal Mail. Over the weekend the Communication Workers Union (CWU) announced that it had reached a “negotiators agreement” with Royal Mail Group, after nearly a year of strife between its members and the postal operator. The CWU said …
Read More »Royal Mail and CWU reach agreement on pay and conditions
COMMUNICATION Workers Union (CWU) negotiators have reached a deal in talks with Royal Mail bosses after months of dispute. Details of Saturday’s agreement have not been made public, but the union said its postal executive will meet tomorrow and Tuesday to consider it. Should the package, brokered by conciliation service Acas, be endorsed, CWU …
Read More »Royal Mail and union leaders FINALLY reach agreement following 11-month bitter dispute over pay
Royal Mail and union leaders FINALLY reach agreement following 11-month bitter dispute over pay and employment conditions Royal Mail said it reached a negotiators’ agreement in principle with the CWU This follows nationwide strikes in 2022 from more than 110,000 postal staff By Ffion Haf Published: 16:09 EDT, 15 April …
Read More »Royal Mail and union agree deal after row over pay, jobs and conditions
Royal Mail and the CWU have been in discussions for almost a year over the biggest overhaul of working practices since the business was privatised under David Cameron in 2013. The company has said it is losing £1 million a day, with strike action by the CWU costing £200 million …
Read More »Post Office postmasters at risk of losing 26 month pay out after change to network announcement
Post Office postmasters have been left in a “vulnerable” position after being placed on the Hard to Place list and having their promised payout reduced. The business owners in Epsom and Richmond were put on the Hard to Place list, after struggling to find someone to take over the business. …
Read More »First CDC authorisation a ‘landmark moment’ for UK pensions
The authorisation of the UK’s first collective defined contribution (CDC) has been highlighted as a “landmark moment” for UK pensions, with industry experts suggesting that this could be “just the beginning”. The Pensions Regulator (TPR) confirmed yesterday (13 April) that the Royal Mail Collective Pension Plan (RMCPP) successfully passed TPR’s …
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Labour Party’s choice of LTA as election battleground branded ‘short-sighted’ The Labour Party’s denouncement of the government’s plan to scrap the lifetime pension allowance as a “£1bn bung to the richest 1%” is short-sighted, Barnett Waddingham says. TPR authorises Royal Mail as UK’s first CDC scheme The Pensions Regulator has …
Read More »2 Nottinghamshire post offices ‘at risk’ due to compensation scheme
Two Nottinghamshire post offices have been described as being “at risk” due to a change in a compensation scheme for those running them. The Post Office first started a scheme in 2011 to modernise all of its branches, but an option was created for postmasters who did not want to …
Read More »Breaking: TPR authorises first UK CDC pension scheme
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has assessed and authorised the UK’s first collective defined contribution (CDC) pension scheme, the Royal Mail Collective Pension Plan (RMCPP). TPR highlighted the “milestone” as demonstration of how the regulator is pursuing its strategy to embrace innovation to help meet pension savers’ needs. Commenting on the …
Read More »Growing support for UK Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee
Send a message to rmpw.rfc@gmail.com to contact and join the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee. The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee has received growing interest and support from delivery and mail processing workers at Royal Mail. The latest write-ins are in response to the World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) article providing an …
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