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Union launches legal action in postal strike

AFP European Edition 21 days ago

The postal union has announced legal action against state-owned postal service Royal Mail as a dragging strike over pay, working conditions and modernisation took a new twist. The Communication Workers' Union (CWU) said late on Monday it was taking action in the ...

Britain set for fresh post strikes

AFP European Edition 25 days ago

Postal workers would stage more strikes next week, trade union leaders said Friday, as their battle with bosses over modernisation, pay and jobs escalated. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said a third set of strikes would take place on November 6 and ...

Floridians try nutty way to save post office

AP News 25 days ago

Hundreds of coconuts mailed to postmaster general in effort to prevent office closing The folks in Lantana, Fla. think the Postal Service would have to be nuts to close their post office and they're trying a coco-nutty way to prove it. Lantana's ...

The CWU Continue Strike Action As Agreement Is Yet To Be Reached

Getty Images 26 days ago

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: A Royal Mail employee steps out of a delivery van at the Rathbone Place Royal Mail Depot on October 29, 2009 in London, England. Mail centre staff and drivers have begun a three-day strike after talks between ...

Postal workers start second wave of strikes

AFP European Edition 26 days ago

Thousands of postal workers went on strike for the second time in two weeks Thursday in a long-running dispute over pay, working conditions and modernisation. The three-day strike was called by the Communication Workers' Union (CWU) after talks with state-owned postal service ...

Second wave of postal strikes looms

AFP European Edition 26 days ago

Postal workers said Wednesday they will launch a second round of national strikes this week after talks to end a bitter dispute over pay, working conditions and modernisation broke down. The Communication Workers' Union (CWU) said the three-day strike would begin at ...

CWU Plans Legal Action Over Royal Mail Temporary Staff

Getty Images 28 days ago

BRISTOL, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 27: Royal Mail parked lorries are lined up at a Royal Mail distribution centre on October 27, 2009 in Bristol, England. The Communications Workers Union (CWU) is said to be planning to launch legal action to stop the ...

Talks set for Monday on British post strikes

AFP European Edition 31 days ago

Fresh talks are to be held on Monday in a bid to resolve a postal workers dispute, where a further three days of mail strikes are looming, the Trades Union Congress said Saturday. In a statement, the TUC -- the nation's main ...

Japan post office should boost rural economy: minister

AFP Asian Edition 32 days ago

Japan's post office and its huge pool of funds should be used to help revitalise local communities, the postal minister said Friday as the new government revisits its predecessor's privatisation efforts. "We will think outside of the status quo. We will utilise ...

Royal Mail Postal Workers Hold A Two Day Strike Over Pay And Conditions

Getty Images 32 days ago

BRISTOL, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 23: Postal workers gather on a picket line outside the Royal Mail's Bristol North Delivery Office on October 23, 2009 in Bristol. England. The first national postal strike in two years continued for a second day following ...

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