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Reports round-up: Nazis have a wet weekend in Maidstone
10 January 2017Also: Unions go nuclear in pensions fight | Post union must stand firm on pensions | Shutdown at Fujitsu Manchester | Picturehouse strikes again? | Racist Ukip isn’t welcome in Bolton | Councils face fury over latest cuts | Support the left in lecturers’ union | Protest called for trans prisoners | Socialist Worker appeal breaks target
Reports round-up: Bullying Royal Mail boss gets the boot after walkouts in Accrington
03 January 2017Also: New offer for BA cabin crew | Wage war rolls on at Picturehouse cinemas | Harrods protest will demand pay justice | Weetabix factories to face walkouts | Stop Home Office deportation flights to Jamaica | Bectu now biggest sector in Prospect | Unite calls off bus strike in Wirral
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.
Post Office workers strike to stop job losses—and could step up action before Christmas
06 December 2016Post Office workers struck across Britain today, Saturday—one of the busiest days of the year—in a fight against privatisation and job losses.
Arcadia distribution walkout hits 'cyber Monday' as workers strike in Solihull
29 November 2016Arcadia distribution workers in Solihull struck on Monday—one of the year’s busiest online shopping days.
Reports round-up: immigrant cleaners take on John Lewis
08 November 2016Also: Nazis suffer humiliated in Telford and Darlington | UAF trip learns lessons from the Holocaust |Aberdeen UCU members balloting | Aberdeen Seatruck ferries slammed over pay | Don’t close Crown Post Office in St Leonard’s
National post strike was 'stronger than last time'
01 November 2016Post Office workers struck across Britain for the second time on Monday in a fight to stop attacks on their jobs, pensions—and to defend the service.
Time is ticking for Post Office chiefs as workers set to deliver package of strikes
25 October 2016Around 3,500 Post Office workers in the CWU union are set to strike on Monday of next week.
Drivers refuse to cross picket lines in Luton as 250 post workers join CWU strike
19 October 2016Around 250 postal workers in Luton and Leagrave delivery offices are out on strike today, Wednesday, in a row over disciplinaries.
4,000 Post Office workers strike against branch closures
16 September 2016Bosses want to close down more than 100 crown branches and outsource them to companies such as WHSmith. They also plan cuts to admin, supply chain and cash handling services.
Workers set to stage national post office strike to stop cuts
13 September 2016Thousands of Post Office workers were set to strike this Thursday against job cuts, privatisation and an attack on their pensions.
Post Office workers waiting for action in pensions fight
30 August 2016Swindon 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
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