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Tens of thousands of junior doctors and consultants took strike action in Britain this week. Both groups are represented by the British Medical Association (BMA), who walked alongside junior doctors in the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association. The consultants, senior doctors, walked out on Tuesday and Wednesday and the junior …

Do you have information about workplace victimisations? Are you a sacked or suspended worker or rep? Get in touch and join the campaign using the form below. Your anonymity will be protected. A mass campaign must be launched mobilising Royal Mail’s entire workforce for the reinstatement of all colleagues victimised, …

Part one of this article was published August 11 The Socialist Workers Party are expert at providing tame “left-wing” criticisms of the labour and trade union bureaucracy, while serving to politically block any independent movement of the working class. The SWP’s long-established theory of the trade unions is one that …

The following article is the first of a two-part series. One month has passed since the Communication Workers Union (CWU) led by Dave Ward and Andy Furey succeeded in pushing through their pro-company “Business Recovery, Growth and Transformation Agreement” in a ballot whose results were announced July 11. The impact …

The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) met Sunday to discuss the lessons of the year-long dispute at Royal Mail. It was the first Zoom meeting held since the Communication Workers Union (CWU) pushed through its pro-company agreement in a ballot ending on July 11. A report was given on the …

Share your views on this statement and the CWU’s betrayal of the year-long battle of Royal Mail workers. Submit your response in the form at the bottom of this page. Your anonymity will be protected. Dear brothers and sisters, Dave Ward, Andy Furey and the postal executive of the Communication …

The dispute saw over 115,000 workers take 18 days of strike action in the final quarter of 2022 OLI SCARFF Text size Postal workers at the UK’s Royal Mail on Tuesday accepted a new pay deal to end a costly series of strikes. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) held a …

11 July 2023, 19:15 | Updated: 11 July 2023, 19:20 Royal Mail workers vote to accept pay deal ending long-running strike action. Picture: LBC / Alamy Royal Mail workers have voted overwhelmingly to accept a new pay deal, averting further strike action as part of the long-running dispute. Over 67 …

Before a single vote has been counted on whether to accept the “Business Recovery, Transformation and Growth Agreement” between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU), the union’s postal executive is working to enforce the company’s brutal revisions to jobs, terms and conditions. In a letter to members on …

Royal Mail workers in Shropshire, England have voted for local industrial action against revisions that have hiked up workloads and led to systematic failures of the USO. But a postal worker has told the World Socialist Web Site that the Communication Workers Union CWU is stalling their action. Members of …