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Royal Mail workers walk out in first day of strikes ahead of Christmas

Postal staff are striking on several dates throughout December after negotiations broke down

Manchester Evening News

Postal workers begin Christmas strike action over bitter pay dispute

The Communications Workers Union has started a swathe of strikes in the lead up to Christmas

The Independent UK

Scots Royal Mail staff take further day of strike action over bitter pay dispute

Around 11,000 members of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) are embroiled in an increasingly bitter dispute over pay and working conditions with the postal service

Daily Record

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Postal workers take further day of strike action

Unionised Royal Mail staff have walked out today and will do so again on Sunday

Insider UK

Urgent question on railways chaos sends the Tories running for the hills

As frustration builds over failing services, the government accepted something must be done. They just don’t know what

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail strikes threaten to cause Christmas 'mail meltdown' if pay breakthrough not found

Images said to have been taken in the last few days shows mountains of packed mail bags that have reportedly started to pile up at depots amid strikes

Manchester Evening News

Royal Mail and CWU trade accusations as strike turns increasingly bitter

Union says bosses ‘goading’ workers while managers demand CWU intervenes to end picket line ‘intimidation’

The Guardian - UK

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Piles of undelivered post as Royal Mail strikes threaten to cause Christmas meltdown

Photos show mountains of packed mail bags and cages piling up at Royal Mail depots, with bosses under pressure to halt a Christmas meltdown during a wave of strikes

Daily Mirror

Royal Mail's £2bn to shareholders as it refuses staff decent pay rise and plans jobs axe

Royal Mail has dished out £1.9billion to shareholders since it was privatised in 2013 and chief executive Simon Thompson got a pay and perks deal worth £753,000 in its last financial year

Daily Mirror

Strikes by Royal Mail workers, lecturers and teachers on same day

One of the biggest walkouts of the year will be held on Thursday

The Independent UK

Car crash interview shows BBC 'peddling company line' on Royal Mail strikes

THE BBC has been criticised by a trade union for “peddling the company line” during an interview on potential strike action by workers in…

The National (Scotland)

Royal Mail workers plan Black Friday strikes to hit crucial online shopping days

The Royal Mail's 48-hour strikes are set to disrupt the most hectic shopping days of the year.

Daily Record

Royal Mail workers could strike on Black Friday and Cyber Monday

The strikes have been designed to coincide with Black Friday and Cyber Monday meaning shoppers will face disruption

Wales Online

Firefighters take pay fight to Holyrood in ‘biggest protest in years’

Fresh BT and Openreach strikes also set to take place today

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The Independent UK

Fresh strike for BT and Openreach workers amid pay dispute

CWU general secretary Dave Ward said his members remained determined to continue with the action.

Daily Record

Dumfries and Galloway posties, BT workers and emergency call handlers walk out in pay battle

Staff, represented by the Communications Workers Union (CWU), downed tools for 24 hours in protest over the deals they have been given this year

Wales Online

'I can't make the figures add up': Welsh foodbanks in state of emergency in worst crisis of modern times

The quote above is from just one user of a foodbank in Cardiff, and she's far from alone

Wales Online

Full list of 18 Royal Mail strike dates in the run-up to Christmas

Members of the Communication Workers Union are walking out for 18 days across October, November and December

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Evening Standard

Who owns Royal Mail? Daniel Křetínský takeover confirmed

Czech billionaire with stake in West Ham set to take over parent company of Royal Mail

The National (Scotland)

Royal Mail announces plans to cut up to 6000 jobs by August

ROYAL Mail has confirmed plans to do away with 5000 to 6000 jobs by next August.

The Guardian - UK

‘It’ll be special’: England and France bring local battle to World Cup stage

The England forward Abbie Ward knows the challenge at hand when the Red Roses take on France on Saturday

The Independent UK

Royal Mail workers begin first of 19 strikes in dispute over pay

Communication Workers Union says workers face ‘biggest ever assault’ on jobs

The Independent UK

Emergency 999 call operators set to walk out for first time in strike over BT pay

Paying bills ‘has become a huge worry’, emergency service call operator says

Evening Standard

999 call handlers to join BT and Openreach strike over pay

BT and Openreach workers will stage a fresh walkout, with further industrial action planned

The Guardian - UK

Just Stop Oil activists blockade four London bridges

Climate and cost of living campaigners converged in London protests

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