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Ex-Labour councillor who shared 'disgusting' posts 'blocked' from running to be MP

A COMMUNICATION Workers Union activist who claimed he was on a Labour shortlist for the next General Election is reportedly resigning from the party.

The National (Scotland)

Royal Mail faces threat of insolvency as fresh wave of strikes are planned

Communication Workers Union executives met yesterday and a Royal Mail spokesman again stressed the firm’s parlous plight as pay talks rumble on

Daily Mirror

Royal Mail referred to regulator over letter delivery

The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee said the company had ‘failed to deliver’ the so-called universal service obligation.

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Royal Mail strikers sacked for saying 'scab' on social media in 'attempt to remove union'

The Communication Workers Union claims a large number of the suspensions involve the alleged use of the word “scab” - a name given to workers who break strikes and cross picket lines

Daily Mirror

Royal Mail issues urgent warning to anyone sending or receiving post in the UK

The letter and parcel delivery company have warned that more industrial action could be near, as the Communication Workers Union is yet to agree a new deal in 2023.

Edinburgh Live

Royal Mail workers vote to continue strike action in bitter dispute over pay and conditions

Royal Mail has said the threat of more strike action will mean customers will opt to use competing businesses - but that they are implementing plans to minimise disruption.

Manchester Evening News

Royal Mail workers vote to continue strikes campaign

A ballot of members of the Communication Workers Union showed almost 96% were in favour of more strikes.

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Royal Mail workers overwhelmingly vote to continue strike action in new ballot

The Communication Workers Union announced on Thursday that members had voted by 95.9% on a 77.3% turnout to take further strike action

Daily Mirror

Fresh strike by Royal Mail workers over jobs and conditions

CWU members will walk out on February 16 following a series of stoppages last year.

Evening Standard

Royal Mail bosses accused of telling staff to hold back Christmas cards

The Communication Workers Union has accused Royal Mail of suspending the delivery of letters amid strikes

Manchester Evening News

Scots trade unionists in call to support CWU hardship fund amid postal strike

THE Dumfries and Galloway Trade Union Council have made a call for people to support a hardship fund for members of the Communication Workers Union.

The National (Scotland)

Royal Mail accused of threatening to dock workers' pay if they call in sick

The Communication Workers Union said it has had multiple reports of workers being told sick leave will be seen as 'unauthorised absence' for the foreseeable future

Daily Mirror

Royal Mail strike: Foxes and rats chewing through post stockpiled in strike action, says union

Vermin spotted as packages piled high at Royal Mail Bristol site

Evening Standard

Royal Mail staff to stage fresh strike in dispute over pay, jobs and conditions

Communication Workers Union staff have staged a series of walkouts over the increasingly bitter row

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Watch: Thousands of striking Royal Mail workers stage rally near Parliament

Thousands of Royal Mail workers have staged a rally to mark another strike in the increasingly bitter dispute over “unachievable” conditions they said would “destroy” the company. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) from across the UK congregated outside Parliament in central London to voice their anger about the…

Evening Standard

Thousands of striking Royal Mail workers stage rally near Parliament

They said conditions proposed by the company are ‘unachievable’ and would ‘destroy’ the service

Evening Standard

Watch: Why Royal Mail workers are striking

Royal Mail workers have begun a wave of strikes that will stretch until Christmas Eve amid a bitter dispute over pay and conditions. Around 115,000 Communication Workers Union (CWU) members are walking off the job across the UK on Friday while “millions of pieces of mail” pile up, the union…

Daily Mirror

The 12 strikes of Christmas as potential ONE MILLION workers fight for fair pay

In the run-up to Christmas there will be strikes on railways, roads, buses and airports. Nurses, ambulance staff, paramedics and postal workers will also walk out, with many losing pay as a result

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Wales Online

Final dates for sending first and second-class post this Christmas brought forward by Royal Mail

With strike action planned by postal workers from the Communication Workers Union on December 9, 11, 14, 15, 23 and 24, Royal Mail is keen to minimise the impact

Daily Mirror

Royal Mail boss caught being 'fed answers' on post strike in 'car crash' interview

Royal Mail and the Communications Workers Union are locked in a dispute over workers' pay and other conditions which has led to planned industrial action

Manchester Evening News

Royal Mail strikes threaten to cause Christmas 'mail meltdown' if pay breakthrough not found

Images said to have been taken in the last few days shows mountains of packed mail bags that have reportedly started to pile up at depots amid strikes

Daily Mirror

Piles of undelivered post as Royal Mail strikes threaten to cause Christmas meltdown

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

Wales Online

Welsh protest anthem Yma o Hyd adopted by striking postal workers

The decades-old song is once again striking a chord with so many different people

Daily Record

Dumfries and Galloway posties strike as union bosses slam "best and final offer"

The Communication Workers Union has accused Royal Mail of pursuing an "aggressive strategy" in the pay dispute

Daily Mirror

Royal Mail's £2bn to shareholders as it refuses staff decent pay rise and plans jobs axe

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

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