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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 …

The Canada Post Corporation (CPC), a Crown corporation wholly owned by the federal government, is demanding massive concessions from around 50,000 postal workers in ongoing contract talks. The company has been in closed-door bargaining with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) since late last year over the contracts for …

R oyal Mail workers have voted overwhelmingly to accept a deal to end a long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union backed the agreement by 75%. The union said the vote signals the end of the dispute, which saw more than 115,000 workers take …

Dave Ward and the national postal executive of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have blocked strike action at Craigavon delivery office in Northern Ireland after two reps were sacked there in February. Postal workers from Northern Ireland contacted the World Socialist Web Site last week reporting that their reps were …

The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has called a further 24-hour strike to be held on May 13 in its long-standing dispute with Britain’s train operating companies (TOCS). ASLEF, the train drivers’ union, has called another three strike days on May 12, May 31, and June 3. Calling the RMT …

At least two persons were killed and ten others injured when a two-storey godown collapsed on Saturday in Bhiwandi city in Maharashtra’s Thane district, civic officials said, adding at least 10-15 persons are feared trapped under the debris. Two bodies have been extricated from the rubble of the ground-plus-two-storey building …

To build support for a rejection of the sellout deal and to organise a centre of resistance to the Communication Workers Union’s collusion with Royal Mail, the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee will hold its next online meeting this Sunday, April 23, at 7pm. Register here to attend the meeting. [Photo: …

More than 110,000 postal workers at Royal Mail held several nation-wide strikes in 2022, joining a chorus of sectors in Britain — from teachers to nurses and rail workers — demanding higher pay to cope with elevated inflation. “Talks continued this weekend. Progress has been made in some areas and …

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 …

C ommuters face a second day of severe rail disruption on Wednesday as members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) are joined in walkouts by Royal Mail workers, and nurses prepare to take unprecedented industrial action. As on the first day of the 48-hour strike, around half of …