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Cutting post workers’ conditions - the real costs of privatising Royal Mail
10 October 2017As 110,000 postal workers prepare for a national strike for 48 hours from 19 October, Nick Clark rifles through the bosses’ mail to expose the excuses for worsening conditions
Post workers’ union calls two-day strike - as Royal Mail bosses threaten legal action
05 October 2017Postal workers in Royal Mail will strike for two days from 19 October—their first national walkout since 2009.
How we posted a yes vote - Royal Mail workers discuss their ballot for strikes
02 October 2017Postal workers have delivered an 89.1 percent vote for strikes on a 73.7 percent turnout, smashing the thresholds under Tory anti-union laws. Nick Clark spoke to postal workers about how they built the ballot
Royal Mail workers on course to deliver huge yes vote in national strike ballot
26 September 2017There are strong signs that Royal Mail workers are voting massively in favour of strikes to protect their pensions, conditions and to win a pay rise above inflation. The ballot closes next Tuesday.
As Royal Mail ballot gets underway CWU members say, ‘We will resist bosses’ bribes’
19 September 2017Postal workers are working hard to deliver a thumping vote for nationwide strikes to defend their pensions, pay and conditions from Royal Mail bosses.
The fight for Royal Mail has begun
12 September 2017Thousands of Royal Mail workers rallied outside their workplaces on Monday of this week at mass gate meetings across Britain.
What was it like to work deep under central London? Ride the Mail Rail at the Postal Museum
05 September 2017After more than 14?years hidden beneath the streets of central London, Mail Rail—Royal Mail’s underground electric railway—is open
Postal workers ‘going to war’ for pensions
05 September 2017Postal workers were set to ballot for national strikes as Socialist Worker went to press. They are gearing up for a battle to defend their pensions, pay and conditions.
Postal workers get organised to counter Royal Mail’s squeeze on their conditions
18 August 2017The rumblings of a brewing storm in Royal Mail have grown louder over the past few months—and could soon burst into a huge national strike.
Union could deliver national mail strike
15 August 2017Postal workers in Royal Mail could soon walk out for their first national strike since 2009.
Royal Mail workers could ballot as talks with bosses ‘far from agreement’
08 August 2017Royal Mail workers could ballot for industrial action as early as this month. Bosses are preparing to launch a massive attack on workers’ pensions, wages and conditions.
Royal Mail ‘heading for a dispute’ on pension attack
18 July 2017Leaders of the CWU union have said they are certain to be heading for a dispute with Royal Mail over an attack on postal workers’ pensions.
Industrial round-up: Post workers hold large rallies over Royal Mail pension attack
11 July 2017Also: Four-week strike starts at Mears | Tube bosses ban water | Woolwich ferry dispute settled | LSE cleaners defend Alba | Dpac protest against Atos | Birmingham bins | Sellafield firefighters | dirty protest | Unnecessary defeat at BMW
Postal workers deliver wildcat strikes to Royal Mail
20 June 2017A wave of wildcat walkouts hit four Royal Mail offices over the past week with strikes in Canterbury, Scarborough, east London and Carmarthen.
Post workers’ unofficial walkout forces Royal Mail bosses to lift reps’ suspension
09 May 2017Postal workers across Milton Keynes and Luton forced bosses into a climbdown from an attack on two union reps with an unofficial walkout on Monday.
Postal workers debate how to defeat Tories
25 April 2017Members of the CWU union have voted unanimously to support the Labour Party and its leader Jeremy Corbyn in the general election on 8 June.
Threat of strikes in Royal Mail after CWU conference votes for possible ballot
25 April 2017CWU union members could ballot in August for strikes following a debate at their annual postal conference in Bournemouth on Tuesday.
Reports round-up: Harrods feels heat over tips
17 January 2017Restaurant workers at the posh Harrods department store in Knightsbridge, west London, have secured a meeting with management this week.
Post Office strikers step up their fight—but more attacks are in the post
19 December 2016Post Office workers stepped up their fight against closures, privatisation, job losses and pension attacks with the start of a five day strike today, Monday.
Royal Mail strike in Accrington takes on bullying boss
17 December 2016Postal workers in Accrington, Lancashire, walked out for the second time today, Saturday, in a fight against bullying bosses.
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