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Royal Mail and union reach potential agreement after a year of talks over pay dispute

More details expected to be released next week

Manchester Evening News

Royal Mail and Communication Workers Union reach deal on pay

Agreement in principle follows strikes and 11 months of negotiations over pay, jobs and conditions

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail sorry for 'nasty' April Fool's prank telling striking staff everyone is getting pay rise

Bosses were forced to apologise after the 'horrible' trick

Wales Online

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Royal Mail talks end without agreement in dispute over pay, jobs and conditions

Postal service chiefs say pay offer was increased and extended the deal until April 2025

Insider UK

No light at the end of the tunnel for Royal Mail negotiations

The mess gets messier as seemingly small differences between company and CWU become magnified

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail may face more strikes as talks with union end without deal

CWU says ‘unacceptable pressures’ placed on postal workers, as bosses say offer to union was increased

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail made to apologise for 'nasty' pay rise April Fools' prank, creating a 'toxic environment'

Enraged staff have lashed out at the 'unprofessional' joke, as their stressful ongoing pay situation is 'not a laughing matter'.

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Royal Mail forced to apologise for 'nasty' April Fools' prank about staff payrise

Furious staff have lashed out saying the joke is 'unprofessional' as their pay situation is 'not a laughing matter' and is putting the staff 'under stress'

Daily Mirror

When do stamp prices increase? Royal Mail to hike price amid financial struggles

A first class stamp will cost 47% more than in March last year

Evening Standard

Royal Mail faces threat of insolvency as fresh wave of strikes are planned

Communication Workers Union executives met yesterday and a Royal Mail spokesman again stressed the firm’s parlous plight as pay talks rumble on

Daily Mirror

Royal Mail workers poised for strikes after Easter as talks falter

CWU union lines up action as MP brands bosses’ threat to put service into administration as ‘scandalous’

The Guardian - UK

Post Office workers offered 9% pay rise and up to £3,000 lump sums

The deal will now be put to a ballot of Communication Workers Union members

Insider UK

UK Post Office workers to vote on 9% pay deal

Post Office workers are being asked to vote on a 9% pay offer following "an extremely lengthy dispute" with employers, Britain's Communication Workers Union (CWU) said on Saturday.

Reuters

Royal Mail faces probe as MPs accuse it of failing to deliver letters six days a week

Ofcom to consider report after saying that postal service's recent performance was "clearly well short of where it should be"

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With voluntary recognition, Ed Markey’s staff will be the first in the Senate to unionize

The rest of “the world’s most exclusive club” may feel compelled to start treating the help a little nicer, as staffers in Sen. Edward J. Markey’s office are set to form the Senate’s first labor union.

Roll Call

With voluntary recognition, Ed Markey’s staff will be the first in the Senate to unionize - Roll Call

Sen. Ed Markey happily complied when aides formally requested that he voluntarily recognize their bargaining unit Wednesday.

Daily Mirror

Royal Mail strikers sacked for saying 'scab' on social media in 'attempt to remove union'

The Communication Workers Union claims a large number of the suspensions involve the alleged use of the word “scab” - a name given to workers who break strikes and cross picket lines

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail boss blames rogue managers for tracking devices on workers

Simon Thompson says monitors were used to pressure staff to work faster in breach of its policy

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Edinburgh Live

Royal Mail issues urgent warning to anyone sending or receiving post in the UK

The letter and parcel delivery company have warned that more industrial action could be near, as the Communication Workers Union is yet to agree a new deal in 2023.

Manchester Evening News

Royal Mail workers vote to continue strike action in bitter dispute over pay and conditions

Royal Mail has said the threat of more strike action will mean customers will opt to use competing businesses - but that they are implementing plans to minimise disruption.

Daily Mirror

Royal Mail workers overwhelmingly vote to continue strike action in new ballot

The Communication Workers Union announced on Thursday that members had voted by 95.9% on a 77.3% turnout to take further strike action

Daily Record

Dumfries and Galloway firefighters put strike on hold after new pay offer

A new deal worth seven per cent has been tabled after the Fire Brigades Union voted "overwhelmingly" for industrial action

Tribune News Service

Unionize the Senate, staffers urge

Labor advocates are pushing the Senate to recognize staff unions, in the hopes of kickstarting progress in the chamber now that their House organizing efforts have stalled under Republican control.

Roll Call

Unionize the Senate, staffers urge - Roll Call

Labor advocates are pushing the Senate to recognize staff unions now that House organizing efforts have stalled under Republican control.

Evening Standard

Royal Mail: Why the postal strike has been called off

The union’s legal teams cited laws that are ‘heavily weighted against working people’.

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