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UK: Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee’s call for No vote against CWU’s pro-company deal welcomed by Royal Mail workers
Byadmin May 1, 2023

[ad_1] The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee’s call to reject the rotten agreement between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail received a welcome response at sorting and delivery offices this past week. Hundreds of copies of the committee’s resolution were distributed as leaflets in Sheffield, Manchester, Bradford and London, encouraging widespread discussion. Postal workers…

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Behind the lies: What’s in the CWU-Royal Mail agreement?
Byadmin April 26, 2023

[ad_1] The World Socialist Web Site is summarising key aspects of the Communication Workers Union’s (CWU) deal with Royal Mail. We invite postal workers to send in your response. How will the agreement impact your work and family lives? The agreement is filled with corporate jargon but outlines major attacks in virtually every paragraph. It…

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Why is Britain’s Socialist Workers Party downplaying the no-confidence petition against the RCN nurses’ union leadership?
Byadmin April 14, 2023

[ad_1] The below-inflation pay deal between Britain’s main health unions and the Conservative government has provoked anger among National Health Service (NHS) workers. It is likely the deal will be rejected by nurses in balloting that closes Friday April 14, with members of Unison, Unite and other health unions voting on the same deal in…

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Communication Workers Union mass meeting paves way for rotten sellout
Byadmin April 7, 2023

[ad_1] Thursday night’s online mass meeting called by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) to “update” members on the Royal Mail dispute was an insult to tens of thousands of postal workers in Britain engaged in a determined eight-month fight to defend their livelihoods. CWU bureaucrats claimed a deal could be reached “within days”, concealing the…

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UK unions call off National Health Service strikes to enter sell-out negotiations
Byadmin March 5, 2023

[ad_1] Britain’s trade union bureaucracy has called off every strike planned this week by National Health Service (NHS) workers. This is part of a concerted effort to end months of strikes throughout the public and private sectors with below inflation pay settlements. An eight-month strike wave that began last summer has seen industrial action by…

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Royal Mail strikers sacked for saying ‘scab’ on social media in ‘attempt to remove union’
Byadmin February 23, 2023

[ad_1] Exclusive: The Communication Workers Union claims a large number of the suspensions involve the alleged use of the word “scab” – a name given to workers who break strikes and cross picket lines abour MP Ian Lavery (pictured) said the number of suspensions “looks like discrimination” ( Image: Newcastle Chronicle) Striking Royal Mail workers…

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University and College Union sells out UK higher education strike
Byadmin February 21, 2023

[ad_1] On Friday, the University and College Union (UCU) called off seven days of strikes set to be held over the next two weeks. The sell-out came 24 hours after 70,000 university lecturers and other higher education workers at all 150 UK universities held three days of strikes. This completed nine days of a scheduled…

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Thousands of NAHT members may have been denied vote
Byadmin January 20, 2023

[ad_1] More from this theme Recent articles One in seven school leaders may have been denied the chance to vote in the NAHT’s strike ballot because of disruption caused by postal strikes, internal union data seen by Schools Week suggests. The union fell short of the mandatory 50 per cent turnout threshold in its first…

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Alba Party claim Royal Mail should be nationalised following Scexit despite potential £2.6bn cost
Byadmin December 29, 2022

[ad_1] The Alba Party has announced that they want to bring Royal Mail back into public hands in the event of Scexit despite the predicted £2.6billion cost of doing so. Deputy leader Kenny MacAskill made the calls following months of industrial action by postmen and women which has brought postal services to a near standstill….

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UK trade union bureaucracy tries to sabotage mounting strike wave
Byadmin December 28, 2022

[ad_1] Britain’s trade union bureaucracy is making desperate efforts to sabotage the fight of millions of workers against attacks by the employers and government on wages, conditions, pensions and jobs. Last Friday, the GMB union called off a planned strike by thousands of ambulance workers, set to go ahead on December 28. This followed a…

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