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Build the USPS Workers Rank-and-File Committee to defend the post office! To join, fill out the form at the bottom of this article. USPS mail carrier [Photo: United States Postal Service] At the end of January, US Postal Service city letter carriers rejected by a more than two-to-one margin a contract proposal …

Exclusive: Reports say energy tycoon Daniel Kretinsky has made further concessions to finally secure a takeover of Royal Mail’s parent company A takeover of Royal Mail could be completed within weeks ( Image: PA) The postal union is close to backing a £3.6billion foreign takeover of Royal Mail’s owner. The …

Created: Nov 26, 2024 05:01 PM General Post Office (File photograph) A Canadian postal strike is expected to cause mail to and from Canada to be delayed, according to the Bermuda Post Office. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers, consisting of thousands of Canadian postmen, went on strike over wages, …

Eleven postal workers were reportedly suspended by Royal Mail after having a cup of tea at a local pub. The suspension action was taken after workers were found to have been taking their breaks at the Caernarvon Castle pub in Prenton, Merseyside, though locals say they were only ever seen …

Under-fire Simon Thompson claimed it was the “right time” to go, but his departure comes after a long-running pay dispute with its postal union Simon Thompson has quit his role ( Image: ROYAL MAIL GROUP/AFP via Getty I) Fury erupted after the boss of Royal Mail quit with a six-figure …

Royal Mail chief executive Simon Thompson has quit after a bitter year-long dispute with the postal workers’ union, the company said on Friday. Thompson, who was in the top job for just over two years, last month finally reached a deal with the Communication Workers Union o pay and conditions …

A worker delivers Coca Cola products. [AP Photo/Mark Humphrey] A strike by over 400 workers at the Liberty Coca-Cola bottling plant in Philadelphia enters its fourth week on Sunday as workers there fight for better pay and benefits. On April 30, workers overwhelmingly rejected the company’s second contract offer by …

A long-running dispute between Royal Mail workers and their bosses is a step closer to ending. The company and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have reached a provisional agreement over pay and employment terms. The proposal will be considered by the union’s executive before being voted on by members. However …

Communication Workers Union executives met yesterday and a Royal Mail spokesman again stressed the firm’s parlous plight as pay talks rumble on Royal Mail bosses are concerned over failure to reach deal with unions ( Image: Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Source link

Around 50,000 people took part in a national demonstration of striking workers in London on Wednesday. School, university, and London Underground workers, plus junior doctors, assembled in Hyde Park before marching to Trafalgar Square. Government workers staged their own demonstration, gathering at Embankment before joining the main rally. Striking workers …