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The World Socialist Web Site has received a further outpouring of opposition from postal workers against the deal reached by Communication Workers Union (CWU) leaders Dave Ward and Andy Furey with Royal Mail. The agreement was set to be voted on by 115,000 postal workers starting from tomorrow and closing …

The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature. Latin America Rural homeless workers occupy lands and buildings in Brazil’s Bahía state Members of the Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST) occupied the FERBASA iron works factory in Maracás, Bahía State. The protest …

A worker delivers Coca Cola products. [AP Photo/Mark Humphrey] A strike by over 400 workers at the Liberty Coca-Cola bottling plant in Philadelphia enters its fourth week on Sunday as workers there fight for better pay and benefits. On April 30, workers overwhelmingly rejected the company’s second contract offer by …

The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has called a further 24-hour strike to be held on May 13 in its long-standing dispute with Britain’s train operating companies (TOCS). ASLEF, the train drivers’ union, has called another three strike days on May 12, May 31, and June 3. Calling the RMT …

The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee is holding a meeting this Sunday, April 23, at 7pm to organise a fightback against the Communication Workers Union’s sellout agreement. Share the event with your colleagues and make plans to attend. You can sign up to the Committee and find out more about its …

Around 24,000 workers in the transportation, energy, construction, and the food and drink industries have been on strike across Norway since Sunday. The action was called by the main trade union association Landesorganisasjonen (LO) and the smaller Federation of Vocational Unions (YS) after talks broke down over the employer’s organisation’s …

To build support for a rejection of the sellout deal and to organise a centre of resistance to the Communication Workers Union’s collusion with Royal Mail, the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee will hold its next online meeting this Sunday, April 23, at 7pm. Register here to attend the meeting. [Photo: …

Postal workers, send a message to rmpw.rfc@gmail.com to contact and join the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee. On Saturday, April 15, the Communication Workers Union and Royal Mail issued a joint statement, “After almost a year of talks, Royal Mail and the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) are pleased to announce they have reached …

Send a message to rmpw.rfc@gmail.com to contact and join the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee. The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee has received growing interest and support from delivery and mail processing workers at Royal Mail. The latest write-ins are in response to the World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) article providing an …

Junior doctors in the British Medical Association (BMA) and Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) are taking four consecutive days of strikes this week. World Socialist Web Site reporters visited picket lines on the first day of the action. Victoria was picketing Sheffield’s Northern General Hospital. She has been a …