Tag Archives: Royal Mail

By Dave Reid CWU members in Royal Mail were out on the picket lines across Wales today as part of a national stoppage for a decent pay rise without strings. Postal workers made newly-privatised Royal Mail £758 million profit in the last two years, essential workers who kept the service going through lock-down. £400 million has been paid to shareholders ...

By a CWU member, postal worker Royal Mail workers in the Communication Workers Union, over 150,000 of us up and down the country, are gearing up for a ‘yes’ vote on our strike action ballot, which opens on 28 June. As soon as the announcement was made of a 2% pay offer followed by a further 3.5%, with strings attached ...

By Alec Thraves Swansea postal workers have won a big victory forcing Royal Mail management to re-instate postman Martin Henwood, after the threat of strike action at Swansea Delivery Office by Communication Workers Union (CWU) members. Martin ‘Rodders ‘ Henwood has worked for Royal Mail for 32 years and has no previous disciplinary record. His sacking has caused uproar among ...

By a Royal Mail worker “The public has a right to be protected from unsupported disruption being caused by a small proportion of union members and that’s exactly what the Trade Union Act will do.” That was according to Tory business minister Margot James speaking on the introduction of the Trade Union Act 2016. But the true nature of the ...