[ad_1] Royal Mail workers are holding large gate meeting to build for a strike ballot (Pic: CWU) Royal Mail postal workers have made a massive show of strength, with large gate meetings across Britain ahead of a national strike ballot. The members of the CWU union are gearing up for a major battle. Bosses want…
[ad_1] UK postal strike looms; British Airways pilots and Spanish Ryanair staff to strike; South African national truck strike call on social media Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa 30 August 2019 Europe UK postal staff to be balloted for strike action Around 100,000 UK postal workers employed by Royal Mail and Parcelforce…
[ad_1] Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1053/29477 From The Socialist newspaper, 28 August 2019 photo Paul Mattsson (Click to enlarge) Gary Clark, CWU branch secretary (personal capacity) The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has held briefings over terms and conditions, firstly jointly with Parcelforce reps and then with all the senior Royal Mail reps. The mood at…
[ad_1] Workers at a union gate meeting at Parcelforce in Preston (Pic: CWUNLC/Twitter) Postal workers in Royal Mail and Parcelforce are preparing for battle after their CWU union last week announced a national strike ballot. CWU deputy general secretary Terry Pullinger told reps at a national meeting last week to “get ready for the fight…
[ad_1] Hundreds of people joined the Silent Walk for Grenfell in west London last Wednesday. The monthly march demands justice for the dead and survivors of the blaze that ripped through the Grenfell Tower housing block in North Kensington in 2017 (Pic: Guy Smallman) Union reps meet as post strike may be in pipeline Royal…
[ad_1] Activists rallied to save libraries and museums in Bradford, West Yorkshire, on Saturday of last week. Two of the Labour-run council’s four museums, Bradford Industrial Museum and Bolling Hall Museum and Library, are at risk of closure under the plans outlined in the last budget. (Pic: Neil Terry) Vote for strikes at universal credit…
[ad_1] There was a big turnout for Glasgow’s Govanhill Carnival last Saturday. The carnival celebrated multiculturalism and diversity in the city. People brought placards against racism and fascism, while others opposed the hated Universal Credit benefit. (Pic: Bob Fotheringham) FBU members should say no to below-inflation offer Firefighters are voting on whether to accept a…
[ad_1] Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1051/29402 From The Socialist newspaper, 31 July 2019 Plymouth Royal Mail workers on strike against bullying management, 24-26.7.19, photo by Ryan Aldred (Click to enlarge) Ryan Aldred, Plymouth Socialist Party Postal workers at the West Park delivery office in Plymouth took unofficial strike action from 24-26 July after Royal Mail’s…
[ad_1] CWU union members outside the delivery office Postal workers at a Royal Mail delivery office in Plymouth returned to work victorious after a three-day unofficial strike last week. Members of the CWU union at the West Park delivery office walked out without an official ballot last Wednesday, alleging bullying and harassment by a manager….
[ad_1] Post workers walked out unofficially over allegations of bullying (Pic: CWU) Postal workers at a Royal Mail delivery office in Devon walked out on unofficial strike on Wednesday of last week. The members of the CWU union in Ivybridge, near Plymouth, struck after allegations of bullying from their manager. The strike was the latest…