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Swindon postal workers' wildcat strike gets suspended rep reinstated
25 August 2016Postal workers on unofficial strike in Swindon ended their walkout last night, Wednesday, after a suspended rep was reinstated.
Swindon postal workers walk out after management suspend rep
24 August 2016Postal workers in Wiltshire staged an unofficial walkout this morning, Wednesday, after bosses suspended a union rep.
Strike vote at Post Offices sends warning to bosses
23 August 2016Post Office workers in the CWU union have voted by 83 percent for strikes over plans to slash jobs, services and pensions.
Royal Mail pension cut must be met with action
16 August 2016The CWU union, which organises postal workers, has warned Royal Mail that its members could strike. This follows reports that bosses plan to attack workers’ pensions.
Reports round-up: Anti-fascists humiliate Nazi EDL in Nottingham
09 August 2016Also: Unions slam payouts for post office bosses | Walkouts can win at London Met | Pride marches in Brighton and Leeds | Sussex hospital drivers vote to strike for liabilities | Nationwide gets shifty in Swindon | Cleaners' fight is over at 100 Wood Street | French state plans attack on ‘jungle’ | Protest in Brixton against arch-enemy council | Magistrates find against reverend’s tax protest
Post Office workers ballot over pensions and campaign against closures
19 July 2016Post Office workers are to ballot for strikes over the closure of their pension scheme. They are already balloting over possible job losses caused by plans to sell off some 20 post offices.
Reports round-up
12 July 2016North sea oil workers ballot|Bectu and Prospect Merger|East London teachers strike against extra hours|Posties ballot against privatisation|Protest against the EDL Nazis in London|Roma genocide commemoration|More Weymouth bus strikes on timetable|Leeds bus strike halted l Protest in support of Corbyn in York|New moves in the steel closures fight
Reports round-up
24 May 2016Short reports from industrial disputes and campaigns including Rio cinema strike, Prestwich Arts College, Newcastle University, Post Office job cuts, Croydon Tramlink and Nottingham taxis
Reports round-up
10 May 2016Lunchtime walkouts at HSE office | Unions slam council’s plan to ‘bribe’ Glasgow workers | TSSA union conference stands with Palestinians | Journalists defy clickbait and cuts | Drivers deliver unofficial action | Legal challenge to Scottish post ballot | Car workers take action as talks stall | Give us a break, say Thomas Cook crew | Don’t let Edinburgh College bosses sack lecturer
Posties' wildcat strike hits Liverpool
26 April 2016Scottish posties vote for strike to defend victimised worker Royal Mail managers vote for strike over pay
CWU conference votes for solidarity with refugees but also to defend the EU
26 April 2016Postal and telecom workers debated the EU referendum, fighting the Trade Union Bill and their relationship to the Labour Party this week. They were meeting in Bournemouth for their CWU union’s annual conference.
Industrial round-up
01 March 2016Mushin Ahmed’s killers found guilty | Stormy weather ahead for Met Office bosses | Firefighters turn the heat up on bosses | Co-op truck drivers balloted for strikes | GMB union sounds the alarm in Sussex | Reinstate RMT union rep Glen Hart
Wildcat strikes win a first class victory for disabled post worker Andrew Mootoo
16 February 2016Postal workers in Bridgwater, Somerset, won a victory against management this week with the return to work of disabled worker Andrew Mootoo on Monday.
Reports round-up
09 February 2016Well-done protest over tips at STK | Strike vote at Spalding Grammar School | Week-long walkout against library cuts in Bromley | Post workers meet ahead of pay talks | NUJ union keeps FT’s presses rolling | Mushin Ahmed murder trial begins in Sheffield | Day of action over Sports Direct
CWU leader Dave Ward says, 'We need a strategy to beat the Tories'
02 February 2016CWU union leader Dave Ward spoke to Charlie Kimber about the prospects for Jeremy Corbyn, why more power has shifted to the bosses—and how we can win it back
Second walkout for sacked postal worker in Fife
19 January 2016Postal workers in Cupar, Fife, walked out in defence of a sacked colleague for the second time yesterday, Monday.
Planned post cut is 'postponed' in Leeds after strikes
12 January 2016Post Office supply chain workers in Leeds have forced bosses onto the back foot after two 24-hour walkouts.
Fife postal workers fight the sack
05 January 2016Postal workers in Cupar, Fife, walked out last month to defend a sacked colleague.
Reports round-up
15 December 2015Postal Workers Day | NSL traffic wardens walk out in Brighton | Arriva Trains Wales workers strike in Chester | Lambeth library workers to ballot over cuts | Yorkshire Nazis met with protest | Medway bus bosses get a Christmas gift | L&G insurance workers’ strike on the cards | Waiters tipped for ME Hotel protest
Strikes to defend Andrew Mootoo force concessions from Royal Mail bosses
15 December 2015Royal Mail bosses in Bridgwater, Somerset, have moved towards reinstating a disabled worker kept on sick leave.
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