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ALMOST all delegates arriving at this week’s STUC Congress in Dundee this week will have had their credentials delivered by CWU members who work in Scotland’s postal service. While the STUC’s longevity is notable in reaching this, its 127th Congress, it is nonetheless dwarfed in comparison to the institution that …

THE Post Office’s former chief executive and managing director both claimed they did not remember having oversight of the wrongful prosecution of subpostmasters at the Horizon scandal inquiry today. More than 700 subpostmasters were prosecuted by the Post Office and handed criminal convictions between 1999 and 2015 as Fujitsu’s faulty Horizon system made it …

ROYAL MAIL has warned that up to 1,000 jobs could be axed under plans to scrap second-class letter deliveries on Saturdays. In its submission to a consultation on the future of the universal postal service (USO) by industry regulator Ofcom, the privatised company also proposes to cut the service to …

ROGUE ferry operator P&O’s illegal mass sacking of seafarers two years ago exposed how feeble workers’ rights in Britain have become. Despite a flurry of cosmetic outrage from Tory ministers at the time, they have done nothing to deter employers from copying P&O by dismissing workers en masse to replace …

THE “gross mismanagement” of Royal Mail is to blame for the privatised firm slumping to losses of more than £1 billion, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) warned today. The owner of the 500-year-old company, International Distributions Services (IDS), revealed it suffered an operating loss of £1.04bn for the year to late March, …

MORE changes are needed at the top of Royal Mail, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said today after under-fire chief executive Simon Thompson finally confirmed rumours that he plans to step down. The former banker, who was accused of misleading MPs earlier this year when he denied that bosses were intrusively …

ROYAL MAIL bosses are “intimidating, gaslighting and mocking” their own staff online, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) charged today. The union strongly rejected claims from the privatised firm that a “culture of intimidation is leading to wholly unacceptable behaviour” on picket lines nationwide, as striking workers fight for the future …

WORKERS gathered outside the Philip Morris International headquarters in London today to protest against the company’s mistreatment of factory employees in Turkey. About 120 workers at the company’s Marlboro cigarette factory in Izmir, Turkey, have been dismissed for being members of the Disk union, including four committee members for engaging in …

POSTIES have accused Royal Mail bosses of “unforgivable greed” after it emerged they were awarded over £2 million in new shares while workers struck over poor pay.  Four of the firm’s senior staff were handed the hefty conditional share awards this month, according to postal workers’ union CWU, with CEO Simon Thompson …

STRIKES are multiplying. Train drivers’ action at the weekend will be followed by other transport workers this week.  RMT and TSSA members will be taking action across the rail network on Thursday and Saturday. The capital will be paralysed on Friday as RMT and Unite members strike on the underground …