Archive for September, 2009

  • Postal Strikes for w/c 28th September

    Postal Strikes for w/c 28th September

    Below is a list of postal strikes for the week commencing 28th September 2009. All action is for 24 hours. (Sunday 27th September collection and distribution drivers at Bristol mail centre strike from 8pm Sunday night for 24 hours). Monday 28th Burslem DO (delivery office)...

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  • Millions of letters stuck in the post

    Millions of letters stuck in the post

    Tens of millions of letters are sitting undelivered after rolling strikes brought chaos to the postal system. Some 20,000 Royal Mail workers are on strike, paralysing parts of the network. The backlog in London alone could run to 20million items. Some families have not received...

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  • CWU Urges Royal Mail to Negotiate as Mail Backlog Hits Record High

    CWU Urges Royal Mail to Negotiate as Mail Backlog Hits Record High

    The Communication Workers Union today (Wednesday) strongly urges Royal Mail to engage in meaningful negotiations to agree changes for the business. The mail backlog is now bigger than at the height of the national strike of 2007 with well over 20 million items backed up...

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  • Royal Mail Dispute – Update on Negotiations

    Royal Mail Dispute – Update on Negotiations

    A two-day meeting took place with Royal Mail on the 2nd & 3rd September 2009. Some progress was made with the company now clearly accepting that there is a requirement to negotiate further national agreements that will shape and take forward modernisation. Both parties explored,...

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  • Post Strikes for w/c 7th September

    Post Strikes for w/c 7th September

    A list of strikes in Royal Mail is listed in date order below for week commencing 7th September 2009. Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th September: Network drivers’ 24 hours strike starting from 04:00 in: · Birmingham · Bridgend · Carlisle · Coventry · East Midlands...

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  • Royal Mail Dispute: Ballot Postponement

    Royal Mail Dispute: Ballot Postponement

    Image by Getty Images via Daylife After consideration of a report from the SDGS and Organising Department, the PEC have decided that there is no alternative other than to move the Royal Mail ballot timetable back one week, in order to ensure that the Union...

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