Royal Mail will consult on up to 6,000 redundancies as the delivery giant blamed industrial action for mammoth financial losses. Bosses urged union chiefs to call off their latest strike action and come to the table over a deal but stressed the job cut plans cannot be avoided. Royal Mail …
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Tens of thousands of firefighters and control room staff are to be balloted on whether they want to strike over pay – just days before nurses will also begin casting their own votes. A wave of industrial action currently sweeping the country has seen employees from numerous sectors insist their …
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INDUSTRIAL action by postal workers in the Stratford district shows no sign of ending in the immediate future with further strikes planned for Thursday and Friday next week. The nationwide dispute between the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) and Royal Mail about pay and conditions led to no postal deliveries on …
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The UK is in the midst of a huge sporting summer. While the Women’s Euros are still in full swing – that competition is about to be joined by the start of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. With the Games’ baton now having passed through most parts of the UK …
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STAFFING shortages have left residents across the Stratford district waiting days – and sometimes weeks – for letters and parcels to be delivered by Royal Mail. Letterbox and letters Staff absences have become such a problem that the postal service said it has to rotate the routes covered by postmen …
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Some of the less frequently recognised heroes of lockdown have been our postal staff. Here, Stratford resident MANYA CHADWICK pays tribute to her postie, Matt Shadbolt, with the amazing story of the rediscovery of her mother’s lost letters. A WEEK ago, I was eagerly awaiting two envelopes that should have …
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