Last week the World Socialist Web Site wrote to Charles Falconer, a partner at law firm Gibson Dunn, requesting information about the legal review he is heading into the sacking and suspension of hundreds of union reps and other postal workers during the Royal Mail dispute. The Falconer Review was …
Read More »Postal workers denounce mass sackings at Royal Mail’s Prenton Delivery Office
Six workers remain sacked from Royal Mail’s Prenton Delivery Office in the Wirral. Eleven posties were initially suspended for taking their legally entitled tea breaks at two local pubs. Their treatment is part of a wave of company victimisations, with reports confirming that Royal Mail is targeting workers to enforce …
Read More »Royal Mail workers describe wave of victimisations and bullying: “Our lives have been devastated”
Postal workers have contacted the World Socialist Web Site to share their views in response to last week’s article, “Royal Mail’s new regime: PDAs used to sack workers for tea break at local pub.” Six workers remain sacked from Prenton DO in the Wirral. Eleven posties were initially suspended for …
Read More »Editorial: P&O sackings are a textbook example of 21st-century monopoly capitalism
IT’S hard to imagine a more callous, arrogant and ignorant redundancy notice than the one delivered on Zoom by P&O human resources director Andy Goode to 800 employees on Thursday. Callous, because it demonstrated no appreciation of the devastating consequences of his announcement for so many workers and their families. …
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