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Workers in the UK are in a strong position to launch an offensive for improved wages and conditions but are being hamstrung by the trade unions. The Sunday Times admits as much in an April 17 article showing that the British ruling class is acutely aware of the social explosion …

T he increased price of a first class stamp, by 10p to 95p, has come into effect today. Second class stamps have increased by 2p to 68p. The Royal Mail said there has been a long-term decline in letter usage, coupled with rising inflation. Letter volumes have fallen by more …

R oyal Mail is being warned it could be hit by strikes over plans to cut managers’ jobs. Unite said the company is aiming to sack nearly 1,000 managers and bring in lower rates of pay in another case of “fire and rehire”, which Royal Mail denies. The union is …

UNITE vowed to fight Royal Mail’s plans to axe 700 jobs today as the threat of strike action looms large. The announcement, affecting managerial positions, came after Communication Workers Union (CWU) members unanimously approved a strike ballot over Post Office pay freezes on Monday. Unite said that its members were being made the scapegoat for bosses’ failure …

S ir Keir Starmer has faced union demands to stick with Jeremy Corbyn-era policies to nationalise key industries. The Labour leader should not make “timid tweaks” to the system and instead aim for “deep and transformative change”, according to a motion moved at the party’s conference in Brighton The Communication …

Ending the UK’s lockdown is lifting the lid on industrial disputes long suppressed by the trade union bureaucracy. Employers have used the pandemic crisis as a pretext for ramped-up exploitation. This agenda will escalate as Prime Minister Boris Johnson oversees a return to “normality” centred on a reopening of the …

Labour leadership hopefuls and their supporters are wooing union executive members as they seek to make the final ballot which will decide who will lead the party. Representatives of the five remaining candidates – Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy, Sir Keir Starmer, Emily Thornberry and Jess Phillips – have approached general …