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The World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) spoke to postal workers who took part in the April 2 online meeting hosted by the Socialist Equality Party, Those who attended included postal workers based in delivery offices and mail processing centres from around the country in London, the south, Midlands, the Eastern …

The Socialist Equality Party (UK) and the World Socialist Web Site will be hosting an online meeting of rank-and-file postal workers next Monday, March 27, at 7pm to discuss taking forward the fight against attacks on living standards and working conditions, and the victimisation of their colleagues. Register for the …

The World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) received further correspondence over the weekend from postal workers around the country. They are speaking out against the crushing increase in workloads facilitated by the collusion of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) with Royal Mail. The new write-ins come from London, Essex, Glasgow, Worcestershire, Plymouth, Bolton upon …

Around 50,000 people took part in a national demonstration of striking workers in London on Wednesday. School, university, and London Underground workers, plus junior doctors, assembled in Hyde Park before marching to Trafalgar Square. Government workers staged their own demonstration, gathering at Embankment before joining the main rally. Striking workers …

Postal workers have picked up on the undeniable stench of a sellout hanging over the closed-door talks between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and are up in arms. CWU General Secretary Dave Ward on Thursday March 2 stated at an online meeting with postal workers that a …

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 …