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The seven-month struggle of 115,000 postal workers against restructuring by Royal Mail is being sabotaged by the Communication Workers Union (CWU). After 18 days of strike action since last August against an imposed sub-inflation pay award of 2 percent, demands for the tearing up terms and conditions and plans for …

R oyal Mail’s operations will be hit once more, when thousands of staff stage a 24-hour strike this February. The Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) has around 115,000 members, and they have voted to take action over disputes around pay and conditions. CWU general secretary Dave Ward said: “This action is …

Around 115,000 postal workers in the Communications Workers Union (CWU) are re-balloting on strike action in their dispute with Royal Mail. The ballot opened on January 23 and will close on February 16. Postal workers took 18 days of strike action from last July up to Christmas Eve, in the …

T he owner of strike-ravaged Royal Mail today revealed the scale of the devastating impact of industrial action on its profits after strikes brought chaos to the peak Christmas parcel and card delivery season. International Distribution Services said 18 days of industrial action by postal workers —  including seven in …

Leader says union will ‘test members’ views again when talks conclude or break down’ Leader says union will ‘test members’ views again when talks conclude or break down’ More from this theme Recent articles The NAHT school leaders’ union will re-ballot its members for industrial action, its leader has …

10 January 2023, 19:16 Former Labour Leader said Keir Starmer was “right” not to join strike pickets. Picture: Getty/LBC Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock has suggested Keir Starmer is “right” not to join strike picket lines as doing so would be “gesture politics”. Appearing on Tonight with Andrew Marr, Lord …

H undreds of thousands of workers across multiple sectors have voted to go on strike, including rail workers, ambulance workers, Royal Mail workers, and civil servants. With long-running disputes throughout December, what sectors will be striking in January? University lecturers and teachers In November, 70,000 lecturers, librarians, and researchers across …

H undreds of thousands of workers across several sectors have voted to go on strike in recent months, including rail employees, bus drivers, teachers, Royal Mail workers, and civil servants. Here’s all you need to know about those involved: Rail workers Rail unions announced on November 22 several 48-hour walkouts …

Tens of thousands of National Health Service (NHS) nurses will strike again Tuesday, after the first such action in British history was taken last Thursday. They will be followed by more than 10,000 ambulance workers Wednesday. Health workers are fighting a massive real-terms pay cut imposed by the Sunak government, …

12 December 2022, 12:33 Nurses and ambulance staff are set to strike in December over pay and working conditions. Picture: Getty For the first time in history, nurses and ambulance staff will be going on strike in a huge dispute over wages – here are the strike dates for this …