Tag Archives: Trade unions

Written assurance that LNER will end the custom would most likely be sufficient for the union to enter negotiations. A commitment to bring driver numbers up to required levels could form the basis for a long-term agreement. Royal Mail’s plan to halt postal train operations by October 10 after almost 200 …

The postal service said its almost 30-year-old freight trains are at the end of their operational lives. Royal Mail has announced its intentions … Source link

Hundreds of oil rig workers have been left stranded after helicopter pilots responsible for transporting offshore staff to and from dozens of locations in the North Sea went on strike. The two-day walkout by pilots at Bristow Helicopters, which began at midnight on Monday, will disrupt more than 80 scheduled …

The Czech billionaire vying to buy Royal Mail has pledged not to cut any jobs if his takeover bid is successful. Daniel Kretinsky, known as the “Czech sphinx”, has made private assurances that there will be no compulsory redundancies as a result of his swoop on the 500-year-old postal service. …

Comments from postal workers exposing the unbearable working conditions at Canada Post and the complicity of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) with management in enforcing them have continued to pour in to the World Socialist Web Site. Contract talks are ongoing for some 50,000 workers between CUPW and …

In a further headache, Royal Mail risks another clash with unions after bruising strikes last year that cost the company £1m a day. The changes are expected to cut the number of delivery routes by up to 9,000 – a move that is expected to lead to around 1,000 redundancies. …

In likely the last gathering of the British trade unions prior to an expected general election next year, the assembled bureaucrats laid out the red carpet for Sir Keir Starmer’s right-wing, pro-war party at this year’s Trades Union Congress (TUC) annual meeting. Labour Party Deputy Leader Angela Rayner speaking at …

Trade unions have reported the Government to the UN over “dreadful” new anti-strike laws. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has submitted a case to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the UN’s workers’ rights watchdog, protesting against the legislation to ensure minimum service levels during mass walkouts. Paul Nowak, the general …

This exclusivity, which dated back to the spin-off of the Post Office in 2012, ended under the terms of a new partnership signed in 2020, which allowed the company to open up its network to other providers. The Post Office has since also struck click and collect deals with Amazon …

General Secretary Mick Lynch and the National Executive of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) are determined to impose a final sell-out of the year-long dispute of rail workers. The RMT has called just one more strike for this year, for September 2, involving 20,000 members at 14 train …