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Post office workers could deliver a Christmas strike

Crown Post Office workers were to begin balloting for strikes on Christmas Eve from Friday of this week.

GMB backs off from DPD couriers strike

Delivery firm DPD has used legal threats to push the GMB union away from a strike

Four-day unofficial post walkout gets results

Postal workers at a Royal Mail delivery office in Hamilton, near Glasgow, staged a four-day unofficial strike over bosses’ bullying and harassment.

Strikes fuel Royal Mail bosses’ crisis

The latest unofficial strike by postal workers last week came amid a tumultuous few days for Royal Mail, including the forced resignation of a top boss.

Attacks on working conditions at Royal Mail

Royal Mail postal workers lost out on hundreds of pounds due to privatisation last week—and now top bosses want to give them another kicking.

Unofficial strike against work plan and ‘bullying’

Postal workers at a Royal Mail delivery office in Plymouth staged an unofficial strike for a full day last Saturday. They didn’t return until they reached a deal on Monday.

Jeremy Corbyn’s plans get the stamp of approval from CWU union

24 April 2018
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn attacked the Tories’ immigration policies in a speech to the CWU union conference in Bournemouth on Monday. And he said Labour would welcome migrants.

Are Royal Mail workers voting for a pension scheme that won’t exist?

20 March 2018
The government could block attempts to introduce a new Royal Mail pension scheme that postal workers’ union leaders are promoting to their members

Blizzard of attacks from Royal Mail in Scotland

13 March 2018
Postal workers in Fife, Scotland, are considering a strike after bosses threatened to dock their pay

No guarantee on Royal Mail pensions says Tory minister

13 March 2018
Tory minister Guy Opperman said last week that CWU union leaders and Royal Mail bosses have a “long way to go” before they can implement a pensions agreement

Vote to reject Royal Mail deal, strikes can win more

27 February 2018
Reps from the postal workers’ CWU union began meeting for regional briefings last week to discuss a deal to end a national dispute

Protest demands a halt to Leeds delivery office closure

20 February 2018
Royal Mail workers in Leeds protested last Saturday against the closure of their delivery office

Post workers have pushed Royal Mail bosses back - now they deserve more

13 February 2018
Postal workers’ union leaders are set to hold meetings with reps in locations across Britain over the next few weeks.

Is a risky pension scheme in the Royal Mail pipeline?

23 January 2018
Postal workers’ CWU union leaders could draw up a deal with Royal Mail bosses this week that would leave thousands of workers with a worse pension scheme.

Massive vote for strikes by postal workers has forced concessions from Royal Mail

16 January 2018

New developments in the Royal Mail dispute

09 January 2018
Postal workers’ union leaders have suggested they could soon reach an agreement with bosses

Unofficial walkouts by CWU union members hit mail centres

02 January 2018
Postal workers walked out unofficially last month in Inverclyde in Scotland and St Austell in Cornwall to defend workers targeted by management.

Don’t let Royal Mail stop the fight

05 December 2017
Postal workers’ union leaders looked set to announce at least parts of a possible agreement with Royal Mail bosses on Tuesday of this week. The CWU union has been in negotiation with bosses in a dispute over pensions, pay and conditions.

Strikes back on the cards at Royal Mail?

21 November 2017
Postal workers’ union leaders have hinted that talks with bosses at Royal Mail could end with a major strike—originally planned for October this year—going ahead.