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    Dispatches

    Two reporters go undercover as agency postmen to find out if the Royal Mail has delivered on claims that it is modernising and improving its service. In 2004 and again in 2005, Dispatches went undercover to investigate the Royal Mail. These reports exposed serious systemic...

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  • Mandelson’s Comments Undermine Talks and are Untrue

    Mandelson’s Comments Undermine Talks and are Untrue

    20th October 2009 The following statement is in response to the statement made by Lord Mandelson this afternoon in the House of Lords. Billy Hayes, CWU general secretary, said: “Peter Mandelson’s re-reading of old Royal Mail press releases helps no one. Repeating the management mantra...

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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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  • Another Week of Post Strikes Ahead 31st August

    Another Week of Post Strikes Ahead 31st August

    The UK is set for a further week of disruption to mail services as thousands of postal workers take strike action against panic-driven cuts by increasingly aggressive managers at Royal Mail. Postal workers from Bognor Regis, Newport Isle of Wight and Greater Manchester join others...

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  • Postal Strikes for Week of 17th August

    Postal Strikes for Week of 17th August

    Postal Strikes for Week of 17th August Another week of postal strikes is set for next week affecting East Anglia, London, the South West and other parts of the UK. Royal Mail network drivers will again be striking affecting all cross-country mail services. Full details...

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  • CWU’s Kyly on the plinth!

    CWU’s Kyly on the plinth!

    Coventry branch youth member Kyly Wilson transformed herself into a very noisy ‘art installation’ on Sunday when she used a prime slot on Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth to highlight the plight of young people in the current recession. Donning a ‘Nelson-style’ hat and a megaphone,...

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