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Communication Workers’ Union members have held a serious of strikes in recent month which have caused considerable delays to mail deliveries across the nations, however in the past few days, members of the union and Royal Mail have finally reached an agreement. The union’s postal executive is believed to have sanctioned the agreement as the [...]
(Read More)2nd Nov 09
More postal strikes expected
by Adam Richards
Britain fronts its biggest postal dispute in 20 years following threats by union members of even longer strikes which would create Christmas pandemonium for consumers. Hundreds more employees were striking on Friday with further 77,000 delivery and collection staff striking with a walkout planned expecting to delay about 1 million postage items. The Communication Workers [...]
(Read More)26th Oct 09
Royal Mail strikes could cost Scotland over £100m
by Natasha Redman
Scotland’s battling economy is likely to lose over £100 million this week as Royal Mail workers stage yet another three days of crippling national strikes. The new wave of walkouts raises the prospect of the mail backlog swelling to 135 million items over the UK with customers suffering a winter of delays. Managing director of [...]
(Read More)21st Oct 09
Over 100,000 apply for Royal Mail temp job
by Harry Oldfield
About 100,000 people are expected to apply for temporary positions as postal works in light of the planned mail strike. Royal Mail has been inundated with job applications following attempts to recruit 30,000 temp staff to deal with the backlog of stoppages on Thursday and Friday. The positions pay about £5.95 an hour for a [...]
(Read More)9th Oct 09
Union expects post strike support
by Adam Richards
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) says it is hopeful of support for strike action in the second national Royal Mail postal strike in 2 years. The Royal Mail had said that it must modernise in order to reduce recent losses and has issued a warning of the potential damage that strikes do. All the signs [...]
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