CLEANERS have threatened to take industrial action if Royal Mail’s facilities management arm drops the Real Living Wage. Communication Workers Union (CWU) members said they “will resist by all means possible” should Royal Mail Property and Facilities Solutions (RMPFS) abandon the voluntary commitment. Delegates approved the approach at the union’s annual conference in Bournemouth today. The …

Island Community Ventures, owned by charity, Community Action Isle of Wight, were reluctantly forced to shut Totland Post Office, after Royal Mail made the decision to stop its parcel and post collection service on April 1.  However, after a 375-strong petition calling for the postal service to remain in place …

Mr Ward, speaking at the union’s annual conference in Bournemouth, said: “It has been a roller coaster for employees in the past few years, going from being key workers during the pandemic, then involved in the most brutal industrial dispute I have ever seen, a debate about the quality of …

Community Action Isle of Wight is happy to confirm that agreement has been reached with Royal Mail to continue to pick up from Totland Post Office which means that the service delivered through its trading arm Island Community Ventures Ltd, will now be able to continue.  The additional costs incurred …

The postal group needs a ‘change of direction’, said Communication Workers Union leader Dave Ward. Royal Mail workers have endured a “roller coaster” few years as a bitter dispute over pay and conditions has been followed by speculation over the postal group’s future, a union leader has said. Dave Ward, …

Royal Mail workers have endured a “roller coaster” few years as a bitter dispute over pay and conditions has been followed by speculation over the postal group’s future, a union leader has said. Dave Ward, general secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said the Royal Mail needed a “change …

Kemi Badenoch has called out the SNP, accusing the party of a lack of action over the Horizon Post Office scandal. The Secretary of State for Business and Trade accused the Scottish National Party of being ‘too lazy’ to do the work. It comes as First Minister Humza Yousaf accused …

Dave Ward, general secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said the Royal Mail needed a “change of direction” as he criticised the company’s current model. It comes as Royal Mail’s owner, International Distributions Services, rejected a £3.1 billion takeover approach from Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, who is already the …

Royal Mail workers have endured a “roller coaster” few years as a bitter dispute over pay and conditions has been followed by speculation over the postal group’s future, a union leader has said. Dave Ward, general secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said the Royal Mail needed a “change …

Postal, Union Matters April 23 2024 Preparing our negotiating agenda – fighting for fairness Conference this afternoon approved a motion moved by DGSP Martin Walsh on behalf of the Postal Executive setting out some proposed draft negotiating priorities for the next round of national talks, which will cover the …