Are you a postal worker? Register here to attend the first public meeting of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File committee (Canada) on November 10 at 7 p.m. Eastern time. On Sunday, November 10 at 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) is hosting its first online public …
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The online meeting held Thursday evening by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) with its membership at Royal Mail was nothing more than a browbeating exercise by union leaders Dave Ward and Andy Furey, trying to force members to accept their surrender terms to end the bitter year-long dispute. It was …
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BT workers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strikes in a dispute over pay – joining a growing army of employees taking industrial action in the coming months in what has been dubbed the “summer of discontent”. General secretary Dave Ward said BT was facing the first national strike since …
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The class nature of British society was exposed for all to see in glorious technicolour at the Royal High Courts in London today. In a matter of minutes a single unelected judge, Lord Swift, granted an injunction sought by the Royal Mail Group (RMG) to nullify a massive industrial strike …
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Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1059/29690 From The Socialist newspaper, 9 October 2019 Plymouth Royal Mail workers on strike against bullying management, 24-26.7.19, photo Ryan Aldred (Click to enlarge) Gary Clark, CWU branch secretary On 15 October the Communication Workers Union (CWU) will announce the ballot result for industrial action over …
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Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1056/29574 From The Socialist newspaper, 18 September 2019 Editorial of the Socialist, issue 1056 Trade unions shook the government during the N30 mass public sector strike in 2011, photo Senan (Click to enlarge) The routine is pretty well routine now. At Trade Union Congress, Jeremy Corbyn …
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