Royal Mail blames strikes as around half of first class mail delivered on time
Royal Mail has apologised to customers after revealing just over half of mail sent first class was delivered the next…
Royal Mail fires warning shot over jobs and pay as union secures new strike mandate
The union representing 112,000 frontline Royal Mail staff is increasingly “gambling with their members’ futures”, a company source has told…
Strike by postal workers called off after legal challenge from Royal Mail
A two-day strike by postal workers planned for later this month has been called off following a legal challenge by…
Fresh strike by Royal Mail workers over jobs and conditions
Royal Mail workers are to stage a fresh strike in the long-running dispute over pay and conditions. Members of the…
Royal Mail owner puts cost of strikes at £200m and questions resolve of CWU members
Royal Mail’s parent firm has raised its estimate for the cost of industrial action so far to £200m and claimed…
Teachers mark halfway point in strike action with Burns-style poetry recital
A poem about teachers and written in Scots was recited at a rally in Edinburgh to mark the anniversary of…
Royal Mail boss Simon Thompson accused of giving ‘inconsistencies’ in evidence to MPs
The chief executive of Royal Mail has been accused of giving inaccurate evidence to a committee of MPs and been…
Royal Mail boss to face MPs after statements ‘may not have been wholly correct’
The boss of Royal Mail will be brought back in front of MPs after they accused him of providing information…
Royal Mail boss grilled over £140,000 bonus as union threatens six more months of strikes
The CEO of Royal Mail is facing questions over his half-a-million-pound salary and £140,000 bonus – despite the worsening state…
Union accuses Royal Mail of ‘intimidation’ tactics amid most ‘bitter’ dispute
The Post Office workers’ union has threatened fresh industrial action as Royal Mail bosses stand accused of using a “punishment…
Royal Mail strikes to go ahead after company ‘rejects union offer of pay talks’
Strikes by Royal Mail workers will go ahead in the days before Christmas after their union said the company had…
Royal Mail workers to descend on Holyrood to seek First Minister’s support
Hundreds of Royal Mail workers are set to march outside the Scottish Parliament calling on the First Minister to assist…