The Latest Breaking News from Communication Workers Union

Royal Mail to extend free doorstep parcel collection amid pay dispute

Company is trying to boost UK business as workers prepare for strike action that it says will push it into loss

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2022

Royal Mail strike action to start later this month amid union pay dispute

Royal Mail workers will strike for four days in August and September.

Daily Record · Aug 10, 2022

Royal Mail workers announce strike dates in dispute over pay

The Communication Workers Union said it would be the biggest strike of the summer

Liverpool Echo · Aug 9, 2022

Labour frontbencher Lisa Nandy joins CWU picket line after Sam Tarry sacking

PROMINENT Labour frontbencher Lisa Nandy has defied Keir Starmer’s orders by joining striking workers on a Communication Workers Union (CWU)…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 1, 2022

BT and Openreach workers staging second strike over pay

Management offer of £1,500 pay increase is rejected after Communication Workers Union calls it a real-terms wage cut

Wales Online · Aug 1, 2022

BT and Openreach workers staging second pay strike

Call centre staff and engineers from the Communication Workers Union will walk out again saying a recent pay rise is not enough.

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2022

Sacked shadow minister joins BT picket line as Labour war over strikes deepens

A shadow minister sacked after appearing on a picket line joined BT workers striking in central London on Friday as the row over over Labour’s support for unions deepened.

Evening Standard · Jul 29, 2022

Sacked Labour frontbencher says it's time to 'fight back' and 'reclaim party'

Sam Tarry this morning told members of the Communication Workers Union it's time to "fight back", a day after Sir Keir Starmer described the decision to sack him for making up policy "on the hoof" was "straightforward"

Daily Mirror · Jul 29, 2022

Sam Tarry says ‘time to fight back and reclaim’ Labour as he joins picket line

The former shadow transport minister’s removal from Sir Keir Starmer’s top team was met with fury by unions and the left wing of the party.

The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2022

Royal Mail workers vote to go on strike in dispute over pay

Royal Mail workers have voted overwhelmingly to strike in a dispute over pay, the Communication Workers Union have announced.

Evening Standard · Jul 19, 2022