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19 October 2022, 19:25 Dave Ward of the CWU. Picture: Getty Royal Mail, BT and Openreach workers are all set to walk out tomorrow (Thursday) in one of the biggest strikes of the year. Union members at the three companies are all locked in separate, longstanding disputes with their employers …

Postal workers for the Royal Mail are currently undergoing industrial action in a row with bosses over pay after Royal Mail imposed a 2% pay increase despite UK inflation being close to 10% There are 15 more Royal Mail strike dates scheduled for 2022 ( Image: Anadolu Agency via Getty …

The Communication Workers’ Union (CWU), which represents 115,000 postal workers, confirmed the strikes will also cover Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Strikes began early this summer as postal workers demanded a “proper pay rise”, after being offered two per cent at a time when inflation nears double figures. When are …

Saturday’s day of action, billed by unions as a “megastrike”, brought the UK’s rail, postal system and much of the nation’s container traffic to a halt. Train drivers picket line at London’s Euston station, October 1, 2022 [Photo: WSWS] The strikes were held alongside demonstrations organised by Enough is Enough …

World Socialist Web Site reporters spoke to workers involved in Saturday’s strikes in Britain. These saw the almost complete shutdown of the UK’s rail network, alongside a national strike by 115,000 postal workers, and industrial action at two of the country’s largest ports, Liverpool and Felixstowe. At the train drivers …

Post Office workers have been striking regularly over the past six months. But it is actually industrial action from another group of workers that could impact postal services this weekend Staff at the Post Office have been striking since rejecting a pay offer in April ( Image: PA) Royal Mail …

The Communication Workers Union announced the action across the Royal Mail Group’s network over October and November, which could hamper Black Friday and Christmas deliveries Royal Mail workers are due to strike for a further 19 days ( Image: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Christmas and Black Friday online deliveries …

Freshly announced Royal Mail strikes will disrupt some massive online shopping days in the lead-up to Christmas 2022, as pay negotiations between the firm and union officials blow up Video Loading Video Unavailable The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Royal Mail: Thousands of postal workers strike over pay Royal …

The World Socialist Web Site interviewed a rail worker of more than three decades on the ongoing national strikes in Britain and the struggle of railroad workers in the United States. He told our reporter, “We send solidarity and urge a joint struggle against these global railway companies. That’s the …

115,000 members of Members of the Communication Workers Union are set to walk out in protest tomorrow and Friday – whilst confirming another strike this month over pay Royal Mail workers are demanding better pay that covers the current cost of living increases ( Image: PA) Royal Mail post workers …