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The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature. Europe Belgian postal workers strike against job cuts and reorganisation to focus on parcels Workers at the Belgian postal service Bpost began a series of strikes this week, with delivery workers stopping work on …

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 …

11 July 2023, 19:15 | Updated: 11 July 2023, 19:20 Royal Mail workers vote to accept pay deal ending long-running strike action. Picture: LBC / Alamy Royal Mail workers have voted overwhelmingly to accept a new pay deal, averting further strike action as part of the long-running dispute. Over 67 …

Postal workers have continued to write-in from across the UK, exposing punishing revisions to terms and conditions being imposed by Royal Mail with the complicity of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) leadership. Postal workers are demanding action against CWU leaders Dave Ward and Andy Furey for pulling the ballot of …

Royal Mail has blamed strike action for helping send it slumping to a full-year loss of more than £1 billion. The group’s owner, International Distributions Services, revealed Royal Mail swung to an operating loss of £1.04 billion for the year to March 26, against earnings of £250 million the previous …

The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature. Latin America Rural homeless workers occupy lands and buildings in Brazil’s Bahía state Members of the Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST) occupied the FERBASA iron works factory in Maracás, Bahía State. The protest …

(Alliance News) – International Distribution Services PLC said on Friday that an agreement had been reached between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union, which it said “represents a good outcome for customers, employees and shareholders.” The London-based postal and delivery holding company, which includes Royal Mail and GLS, said …

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 …

T he owner of strike-ravaged Royal Mail today revealed the scale of the devastating impact of industrial action on its profits after strikes brought chaos to the peak Christmas parcel and card delivery season. International Distribution Services said 18 days of industrial action by postal workers —  including seven in …

9 December 2022, 07:52 | Updated: 9 December 2022, 08:42 A huge pile of Christmas post at a sorting office. Picture: CWU Over 100,000 Royal Mail workers go on strike today in the run-up to Christmas in a bitter ongoing row over pay and conditions. A total of 115,000 workers …