(Alliance News) – Workers at International Distributions Services PLC’s Royal Mail will hold a series of meetings on Tuesday to vote on whether they have confidence in the company’s chief executive ahead of fresh strikes in a long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. The Communication Workers Union is organising …
Read More »Royal Mail workers to strike on Christmas Eve
Royal Mail workers are to extend industrial action to include Christmas Eve, it emerged on Friday, the latest salvo in a long-running dispute over jobs, condition and pay. Members of the Communication Workers Union at the postal company, who are already due to strike for four days around Black Friday …
Read More »Royal Mail workers to strike on Christmas Eve and throughout December as present…
17 November 2022, 23:35 Royal Mail workers will walk out on Christmas Eve and throughout December. Picture: Alamy Christmas present deliveries will be thrown into turmoil as Royal Mail workers strike throughout December – including Christmas Eve. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said Royal Mail needed to “wake up” and …
Read More »Royal Mail swings to loss on pay dispute, cuts dividend
Royal Mail owner International Distributions Systems swung to a half-year loss, blaming weak parcel volumes and strikes at the UK postal carrier, and also axed its interim dividend. Reported pre-tax losses came in at £127m, compared with a profit of £315m a year earlier. The company also said it would …
Read More »UK’s Royal Mail and trade union extend talks aimed at averting strikes
The CWU, which represents more than 115,000 postal workers at Royal Mail, has said workers will strike on Nov. 24 and Nov. 25, the bargain shopping day known as Black Friday, as well as on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. The two sides began talks last week aimed at resolving …
Read More »Sunday newspaper round-up: Business rates, Morrisons, Royal Mail
The Chancellor will most likely not include business rates relief in his autumn statement this week. Insiders in the government have signalled that Jeremy Hunt will not give into calls to delay the uprating of business rates nor to extend relief from the tax. They are set to rise in …
Read More »When is the next Royal Mail strike and how will it affect your post?
2 November 2022, 15:01 The Royal Mail is striking this month. Picture: Alamy Royal Mail strike dates: when is the next strike and what does it mean for post? Royal Mail workers are set to stage two 48-hour strikes in a row over pay, jobs and conditions. Trade union the …
Read More »Royal Mail workers call off strike action
Planned strikes by staff at Royal Mail over the next two weeks have been abandoned following a challenge by the firm. The Communication Workers Union, which represents much of Royal Mail’s staff, said on Monday that it had chosen to withdraw industrial action notices over the next two weeks on …
Read More »‘A mood of rebellion’ brewing: Royal Mail, BT and Openreach staff to go on strike…
19 October 2022, 19:25 Dave Ward of the CWU. Picture: Getty Royal Mail, BT and Openreach workers are all set to walk out tomorrow (Thursday) in one of the biggest strikes of the year. Union members at the three companies are all locked in separate, longstanding disputes with their employers …
Read More »Friday newspaper round-up: UK economy, Royal Mail, Twitter – Sharecast.com
Royal Mail rushed forward the monthly payment into its pension scheme to help prevent a cash crunch, The Telegraph can reveal, … Source link
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