Postal strike

Royal Mail workers will be on strike today (Thursday October 13) in Sheffield, as well as the rest of the UK.

- November 28 to 29 - All sectors - November 14 to 15 - All sectors - November 8 to 9 - All sectors - November 2 to 3 - All sectors We’ll be detailing a full list of all Royal Mail strike days in the coming months. [The CWU](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/royal-mail-strikes-leeds-postal-workers-begin-19-days-of-walkouts-18-other-strike-dates-confirmed-3878206) (Communications Workers Union), which has roughly 115,000 members, will be [picketing](https://www.nationalworld.com/news/politics/nurses-strike-rcn-strike-ballot-salary-union-pay-rise-therese-coffey-3869358) outside Royal Mail offices.

The Communications Workers Union (CWU) has accused Royal Mail of planning changes which would see its employees turned into a "casualised, financially ...

"Royal Mail is losing £1 million a day and must change faster in response to changing customer demands. We have not reached an agreement with the CWU on this request. "Royal Mail Group claim to be losing £1 million a day.

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said its 115,000 members across the UK are taking action, describing it as the largest strike in a year that has seen ...

We have not reached an agreement with the CWU on this request. A Royal Mail spokesman said: “Three weeks ago, Royal Mail invited the CWU to enter talks through Acas to find a resolution to our change and pay dispute. “The public and businesses also face the end of daily deliveries and destruction of the special relationship that postal workers and the public have in every community in the UK.

The next major Royal Mail strike involving all CWU workers will take place on Thursday 20 October as part of a long-running dispute.

Most post offices are expected to be open on the dates walkouts are talking place, although a few will be affected by the CWU action. [more strike dates further into the Christmas period ](https://inews.co.uk/news/consumer/postal-strike-when-next-full-list-royal-mail-strikes-dates-2022-how-post-affected-1883631?ico=in-line_link)are possible, [ i understands](https://inews.co.uk/news/royal-mail-strikes-christmas-post-cwu-postal-strike-dispute-1890608?ico=in-line_link). [Royal Mail invited CWU to enter into talks through Acas to find a resolution to our dispute on change and pay](https://inews.co.uk/news/when-royal-mail-strikes-week-date-post-affected-1902968?ico=in-line_link). [Communication Workers Union (CWU) members](https://inews.co.uk/news/consumer/royal-mail-on-strike-why-postal-strikes-explained-full-list-2022-walkout-dates-1886212?ico=in-line_link) are holding [19 days ](https://inews.co.uk/news/consumer/postal-strike-when-next-full-list-royal-mail-strikes-dates-2022-how-post-affected-1883631?ico=in-line_link)of strike action [in October and November](https://inews.co.uk/news/royal-mail-strike-dates-2022-strike-latest-announcement-explained-1882004?ico=in-line_link). [Royal Mail workers are staging the first](https://inews.co.uk/news/consumer/royal-mail-strike-thursday-13-october-postal-strikes-how-affect-post-explained-1907534?ico=in-line_link) of a [series of planned strikes on Thursday 13 October](https://inews.co.uk/news/when-next-royal-mail-strike-how-post-affected-1890828?ico=in-line_link), as part a [ long-running dispute over pay and working conditions](https://inews.co.uk/news/royal-mail-strike-why-going-postal-strikes-planned-pay-dispute-explained-1811057?ico=in-line_link). Royal Mail has also promised to “prioritise the delivery of Covid test kits and medical prescriptions wherever possible” when strikes are taking place, alongside other Tracked24 parcels. [Special Delivery parcels are also being prioritised](https://inews.co.uk/news/health/royal-mail-strike-which-post-items-will-be-prioritised-during-walkout-as-pharmacies-strive-to-minimise-impact-1765848?ico=in-line_link). “These are the same people that have kept the country connected and returned Royal Mail Group to record profit. [ walkouts are poised to cause widespread disruption to postal services](https://inews.co.uk/news/consumer/post-today-is-royal-mail-strike-thursday-13-october-how-affect-postal-services-uk-1907857?ico=in-line_link), with the potential for the walkouts to continue [into the festive period](https://inews.co.uk/news/royal-mail-strikes-christmas-post-cwu-postal-strike-dispute-1890608?ico=in-line_link) – here’s everything you need to know. He added: “The chief executive of Royal Mail Group is treating postal workers as if they are stupid. [next widespread Royal Mail strike](https://inews.co.uk/news/royal-mail-strike-dates-2022-strike-latest-announcement-explained-1882004?ico=in-line_link) involving all CWU workers will take place on Thursday 20 October. A series of smaller Royal Mail strikes is also being planned by various groups and teams represented by the union on dates in November and December.

The Shropshire and Mid Wales branch of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has around 1,000 members, with strike action at 15 Royal Mail sites taking ...

We have not reached an agreement with the CWU on this request. "I think more and more people are identifying with it because a lot of different unions and such like are out on strike. The rail strikes are ongoing, the NHS are thinking about going out again. "We apologise to our customers for the inconvenience the CWU's continued strike action will cause. A Royal Mail spokesman said: "Three weeks ago, Royal Mail invited the CWU to enter talks through Acas to find a resolution to our change and pay dispute. We are not the only union to be out on the gates."

Royal Mail strikes: Leeds postal workers begin 19 days of walkouts - 18 other strike dates confirmed.

• 24 hours from 04:00 on Friday 25th November into Saturday 26th November = All Deliveries • 24 hours from 04:00 on Wednesday 23rd November into Thursday 24th November = All Network • 24 hours from 04:00 on Thursday 10th November into Friday 11th November = All Deliveries • 24 hours from 04:00 on Tuesday 8th November into Wednesday 9th November = All Network • 24 hours from 04:00 on Friday 4th November into Saturday 5th November = All Deliveries • 24 hours from 04:00 on Wednesday 2nd November into Thursday 3rd November = All Network

Here is everything you need to know about the ongoing industrial action by Royal Mail workers in Edinburgh.

However, they will not be delivering letters (with the exception of Special Delivery), [national action by all union members across the country. They also accuse the union’s vision of putting the company in a worse position to compete with other businesses.

Postal workers in Falkirk have joined colleagues across the country in a strike for a “dignified, proper pay rise”.

[Dave Ward](/topic/dave-ward) said: “There can be no doubt that postal workers are completely united in their determination to secure the dignified, proper pay rise they deserve. Postal workers in Falkirk have joined colleagues across the country in a strike for a “dignified, proper pay rise”. This is the sixth strike by postal workers this year.

Cut workers' sick pay; Result in inferior terms for new employees. No post will be delivered on Black Friday or Cyber Monday. The Royal Mail industrial action ...

Add your thoughts in the comment section below. - Must Read >> What do you think about the Royal Mail Strike? “We apologise to our customers for the inconvenience the CWU’s continued strike action will cause. The long-running dispute over pay and conditions has resulted in the launch of a 24-hour strike on Thursday. We have not reached an agreement with the CWU on this request

Letters are not being delivered on strike days, save for those marked Special Delivery. Don't miss another story! Get the Island's latest news delivered ...

Those involved in collections and processing will walk out on 3rd, 9th, 15th and 24th November, as well as 1st December. There will also be some element of disruption when delivery workers walk out on 4th, 10th, 16th and 25th November and 2nd December. Royal Mail workers on the Isle of Wight are striking once again today (Thursday) in the continuing row over pay, bringing about disruption to postal services.

Postal workers staged a fresh strike today in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions, with a series of 19 further walkouts planned for the coming ...

“We apologise to our customers for the inconvenience the CWU’s continued strike action will cause. We have not reached an agreement with the CWU on this request.”‘Royal Mail is losing £1million a day and must change faster in response to changing customer demands. “The public and businesses also face the end of daily deliveries and destruction of the special relationship that postal workers and the public have in every community in the UK.

A strike by postal workers closed every delivery and sorting office across NI today, with 19 more days of action planned, a union has said.

We have not reached an agreement with the CWU on this request. "It is a UK-wide dispute which is mainly about pay and conditions. “The public and businesses also face the end of daily deliveries and destruction of the special relationship that postal workers and the public have in every community in the UK."

Representative from the Communication Workers Union Gary Walson said: "We're all out in strike today apart from agency workers at the moment but into November ...

We're striking for better pay, terms and conditions, start times, annualised hours and a Sunday working schedule," he said. "We're striking for better pay, terms and conditions, start times, annualised hours and a Sunday working schedule and the reduction of sick pay being reduced," Mr Walson said. "We're supporting these workers not only on pay but we think all wages, benefits and pensions should match the rate of inflation but also because of the attacks on working conditions that will ultimately be of the detriment of the public as customers," he said.

Postal workers in the United Kingdom are walking out during the busiest period of the year to demand higher pay as cost-of-living pressures mount.

[industrial action](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/01/economy/uk-strikes-inflation/index.html) in the United Kingdom this year. On Wednesday, the French government took the extraordinary measure of ordering some staff at an ExxonMobil refinery in Normandy back to work. Earlier this week, a union of railroad track maintenance workers It was the first of 19 days of strikes planned to coincide with the peak holiday shopping season, including Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Royal Mail has said that most letters will not be delivered on strike days, and customers should expect delays to parcel deliveries. The union also said the company had imposed a 2% pay increase on workers, well below the rate of inflation. [unfunded tax cuts](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/10/investing/bank-of-england-extends-support/index.html) sent the value of the pound plunging and the yields on government bonds soaring. Rail staff, bus drivers and lawyers are among the groups of workers who have walked out to demand higher pay as soaring inflation savages living standards. [mortgage payments](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/27/economy/uk-mortgage-rate-increase/index.html) as lenders price in more aggressive rate hikes by the Bank of England to tackle the inflationary impact of the tax cuts and weaker pound. It is pushing for more, though it has not said by how much. [ 40-year high](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/17/economy/uk-inflation-10/index.html) inflation of 10.1% recorded the previous month. [walking out](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/21/economy/rail-strike-labor-shortage-inflation/index.html) during the busiest period of the year to demand higher pay as cost-of-living pressures mount.

Postal workers in the region have launched a fresh strike in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions, with more walkouts planned in the build-up to ...

We have not reached an agreement with the CWU on this request. “Royal Mail is losing £1 million a day and must change faster in response to changing customer demands. A Royal Mail spokesman said: “Three weeks ago, Royal Mail invited the CWU to enter talks through Acas to find a resolution to our change and pay dispute.

Postal workers are striking for a genuine cost-of-living pay rise, with many forced to use foodbanks due to decades of wage suppression. Yet Royal Mail strikers ...

The demand must be raised for immediate strike pay, a genuine above-inflation pay rise, and the defeat of Royal Mail’s plans. Its purpose was to block a general strike and corral workers behind the Labour Party as its marches in lockstep with the Tories. Stay strong.”; “How can we truly ever trust immoral and greedy vulture capitalists when all they seem to be doing is stalling to get Xmas out of the way so they can get back to the Plan A of Executive Action?”; “Time for a general strike. The CWU’s refusal to provide strike pay is in line with a broader corporatist strategy aimed at convincing Royal Mail executives to partner with the CWU leadership. Some are warning that Royal Mail has only agreed to talks while the Truss government prepares legislation to ban strikes by post, rail and other essential workers. On picket lines, there is a recognition that unified action is needed by post, rail, port and BT workers to defeat the coordinated onslaught against them. The CWU has been tight-lipped about the content of its closed-door discussions Monday and Wednesday with Royal Mail bosses. Delivery Office mergers, agreeing a productivity measure and the loss of thousands of jobs.' A CWU official responded that with 115,000 members on strike, the CWU was in no position to provide strike pay. It pays political donations to the Labour Party of £761,645, despite Sir Keir Starmer’s denunciation of this summer’s strike wave and his authoritarian edict banning Labour MPs from picket lines. Across the channel in France, thousands of oil refinery workers are striking for a pay rise amid spiralling inflation caused by the energy companies’ rampant profiteering from NATO’s war against Russia. The same is facing workers on the railways, ports, BT, the NHS, schools, FE colleges and universities, and public service.

Postal service expects operating loss of about £350m in year to end of March, which could rise to £450m.

“In the event that significant change within Royal Mail is not achieved, all options remain open to protect the value and prospects of the group, including separation of the two companies.” “The CWU is calling for an urgent meeting with the board and will put forward an alternative business plan at that meeting,” said Dave Ward, the general secretary of the CWU. “We will also continue to push for talks with CWU at Acas, which need to be time bound as the damage from further strikes will only necessitate further changes in the business, beyond those already announced.” It said that could rise to £450m if customers turn to rivals because of the disruptions to its delivery services. It is the latest move in the bitter row between Royal Mail and the Communications Workers Union (CWU). This includes cutting overtime, temporary staff roles and not filling roles when employees leave the business.

The postal service blames strike action and widening losses for the mass redundancies.

This is made up of a 2% wage rise. At the moment, Sunday working is voluntary. CWU members are striking over a pay deal Royal Mail offered earlier this year. This is no way to build a company." It plans to cut between 5,000 and 6,000 jobs through redundancies. Royal Mail's chief executive Simon Thompson said: "This is a very sad day.

The postal service said full-year losses are likely to hit £350m as it braces for up to 16 days of strikes by the Communication Workers Union. Royal Mail said ...

The company said that between 5,000 and 6,000 redundancies would be required by August 2023 as part of the cuts. The Royal Mail has been locked in talks with the Communication Workers Union (CWU) in an effort to thrash out a pay deal. “The public and businesses also face the end of daily deliveries and destruction of the special relationship that postal workers and the public have in every community in the UK."

The postal service blames strike action and widening losses for the mass redundancies.

This is made up of a 2% wage rise. At the moment, Sunday working is voluntary. CWU members are striking over a pay deal Royal Mail offered earlier this year. This is no way to build a company." It plans to cut between 5,000 and 6,000 jobs through redundancies. Royal Mail's chief executive Simon Thompson said: "This is a very sad day.