Exclusive: The CWU has accused Royal Mail execs, who are also directors at the postal service’s dedicated recruitment partner, of hiring agency workers to fill in gaps during strike action The CWU have said that Royal Mail have a ‘permanent strike-breaking resource’ ( Image: PA) Royal Mail executives are doubling …
Read More »Piles of undelivered post as Royal Mail strikes threaten to cause Christmas meltdown
Exclusive: Photos show mountains of packed mail bags and cages piling up at Royal Mail depots, with bosses under pressure to halt a Christmas meltdown during a wave of strikes Images said to have been taken in the last few days show mountains of packed mail bags and cages piling …
Read More »Form rank-and-file committees to lead a UK general strike!
Hundreds of thousands of workers in the UK are coming into struggle against the savage offensive on their jobs, wages and working conditions being mounted by the government and the employers. Wednesday is the second day in less than a week that Royal Mail workers and university workers have struck …
Read More »Royal Mail offers managers ‘obscene’ bonuses up to £30k each to enforce brutal job cuts
Exclusive: Documents seen by the Daily Mirror reveal how the privatised postal giant is preparing to dish out perks to managers who are being tasked with overseeing large-scale redundancies and shift changes The Mirror revealed last week how Royal Mail had paid out £1.9billion to shareholders since privatisation ( Image: …
Read More »Royal Mail’s £2bn to shareholders as it refuses staff decent pay rise and plans jobs axe
Exclusive: Royal Mail has dished out £1.9billion to shareholders since it was privatised in 2013 and chief executive Simon Thompson got a pay and perks deal worth £753,000 in its last financial year Daniel Kretinsky’s overall wealth is estimated at £3billion ( Image: AFP via Getty Images) Royal Mail has …
Read More »Royal Mail strike dates over Black Friday and Christmas – see how they’ll affect you
Thousands of postal workers are set to strike for 11 days between November 24 and Christmas Eve, including Black Friday. Here’s what you need to know. Royal Mail has warned of delays after postal workers agreed to strike on 11 days between November 24 and Christmas Eve ( Image: Anadolu …
Read More »Royal Mail planning to stop Saturday service as it urgently looks to reduce costs
Royal Mail are fighting for survival and feel stopping their Saturday service can cut costs – but the government say there are “no current plans” to change the six-day deliveries Video Loading Video Unavailable The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Royal Mail: Thousands of postal workers strike over pay …
Read More »Pre-Christmas postal worker strike likely as union accuses Royal Mail of ‘gross mismanagement’
Postal workers have accused Royal Mail bosses of “gross mismanagement”, as talks aimed at resolving a national dispute continue and strikes in the Christmas build-up look set to go ahead. Dave Ward, general secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), accused the Royal Mail Group chief executive Simon Thompson and …
Read More »Six days of Royal Mail strikes called off following legal threat by company
Royal Mail’s legal team have challenged the plan which is part of a long-running dispute over pay and conditions – prompting the CommunicatioN Workers Union to withdraw industrial action Six days of strikes have been called off in the ongoing dispute ( Image: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Six days …
Read More »Stewartry posties back on the picket line as pay row continues
Stewartry posties were back on the picket line this week. Staff based at the Royal Mail office in Castle Douglas went on strike on Tuesday. But there may be an end in sight to a dispute between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail. The two parties entered into …
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