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December strikes: Border Force, nurses and every worker walkout date

Walkouts by train, Royal Mail and NHS workers set to cause mass disruption on several days in next month

The Independent UK

UK strikes: why the government must start mediating talks, according to negotiation experts

The UK government is to hold an emergency planning meeting this week to prepare for the impact of strike action across multiple sectors including transport, healthcare, Royal Mail and many others. Relevant departments and their ministers will meet to discuss a response to the ongoing industrial action. Specifically, they are…

The Conversation

Full list of Merseyside postcodes DPD has stopped delivering to

Postcodes from L1 to L37 are all included in temporary suspension

Liverpool Echo

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Royal Mail warns that thousands of stamps will become 'unusable' in the New Year

Customers may face extra charges if they use these invalid stamps on their post.

Daily Record

Trains, Royal Mail and nurses: Every strike planned in run up to Christmas

From ambulances to buses and postal deliveries, few public services will be unaffected by industrial action in Britain’s new ‘winter of discontent’

The Independent UK

Government to hold Cobra meeting amid widespread strikes

Royal Mail staff, nurses, paramedics, rail employees and Border Force officials will all stage walkouts over jobs, pay and conditions

Evening Standard

UK strike calendar – service stoppages planned for March and April

All the dates for strikes and stoppages across health, transport and education networks

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Emergency Cobra meeting called over walkouts - full list of UK December strike dates

Cabinet Office Minister Oliver Dowden will convene the Government's emergencies committee to discuss contingency plans for walkouts by staff, including nurses, paramedics, rail workers and Border Force officials

Daily Mirror

Every Royal Mail strike date in December 2022

There are seven planned Royal Mail strikes in December

The Independent UK

Royal Mail customers could face extra postage fees as thousands of stamps become unusable

After January 31, 2023, postal customers will only be able to use barcoded stamps with the Queen’s profile on

Nottingham Post

The strike action affecting Glasgow this week as rail, postal and road workers to strike in December

A number of strikes are set to take place from now until beyond Christmas, due to a variety of disputes between company and workers, such as pay and working conditions.

Glasgow Live

‘We cannot go on like this’: three striking workers on why they have no choice

In the health, rail and the postal services, low pay, safety concerns and fear of losing rights have pushed staff to industrial action

The Guardian - UK

Traders fear loss of prime Christmas sales as Royal Mail moves cutoff dates

Strikes mean the company cannot guarantee deliveries before 25 December, forcing businesses to meet deadline of this Friday

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail bosses slammed for using staff website to condemn posties for striking

Comments from Royal Mail bosses have been posted on the the Workplace site, which is usually used for staff updates, and one postal worker told of 'constant bullying, guilt-tripping and pressure from managers for weeks' over the strikes

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Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak snubs Mick Lynch offer to meet to solve rail dispute - strikes dates IN FULL

And instead the PM upped the bitter war of words against the union as his aides accused RMT of “holding Christmas hostage with more damaging strikes”

Wales Online

Royal Mail staff go on strike again in dispute over pay, jobs and conditions

More strikes are due to be held in the run-up to Christmas

Evening Standard

Royal Mail staff to stage fresh strike in dispute over pay, jobs and conditions

Communication Workers Union staff have staged a series of walkouts over the increasingly bitter row

Daily Record

Royal Mail urges customers to send items 2nd class with Christmas deadlines just days away

The first Christmas deadline for UK postal deliveries will arrive early next week, followed by the second just five days later, with a number of strikes to come too.

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Daily Mirror

Christmas cards may remain undelivered until February, claims union insider

Strike action along with the usual backlog over the festive period mean that Christmas cards may not be delivered until February, a union insider has reportedly said

The Independent UK

Last Royal Mail post dates for Christmas as strikes delay deliveries

Members of the CWU are planning more strikes in December

Nottingham Post

Nottingham cave investigations amid demolition of former Royal Mail office

Nottingham City Council approved plans for a 13-storey block at the site with 692 bed spaces as it seeks to meet demand for student accommodation.

Evening Standard

Watch: Thousands of striking Royal Mail workers stage rally near Parliament

Thousands of Royal Mail workers have staged a rally to mark another strike in the increasingly bitter dispute over “unachievable” conditions they said would “destroy” the company. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) from across the UK congregated outside Parliament in central London to voice their anger about the…

Bristol Post

Royal Mail parcels and letters piling up at Bristol Mail Centre

The CWU has written an open letter claiming that staff have been instructed to bin door to door mail

Evening Standard

Thousands of striking Royal Mail workers stage rally near Parliament

They said conditions proposed by the company are ‘unachievable’ and would ‘destroy’ the service

Liverpool Echo

Hundreds of packages pile up outside Warrington Royal Mail centre as posties strike

Royal Mail insisted the mountains of parcels outside the centre were "typical for this time of year"

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