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On 17 November 2022, the CWU formally rejected the pay deal, stating that the "livelihoods of postal workers were at stake" and announced that the strike days over Black Friday would go ahead, as well as additional strike days on 9, 11, 14, 15, 23 and 24 December. The Christmas strikes resulted in severe delays to mail across the UK.
National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers Mick Lynch at RMT solidarity strike rally at London Kings Cross, 25 June 2022. Following a ballot of National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers members over whether to take industrial action, it was announced on 24 May 2022 that they had voted in favour of strike action, paving the way for the UK's first national rail strike ...
Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Robert Koehler in 1886. The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized ...
Thousands of Post Office workers have walked out on strike in a dispute over pay. Members of the Communication Workers Union are taking action for 24 hours in a separate row to the pay and ...
The strike was Britain's first national postal strike and began after postal workers demanded a pay rise of 15–20 per cent then walked out after Post Office managers made a lower offer. The strike began on 20 January and lasted for seven weeks, finally ending with an agreement on 4 March. After voting over the weekend, the strikers returned ...
In June 1942, the Combined Food Board was set up by the United Kingdom and the United States to coordinate the world supply of food to the Allies, with special attention to flows from the U.S. and Canada to Britain. Almost all foods apart from vegetables and bread were rationed by August 1942. Strict rationing created a black market.
Strike dates. 29 June 2007 - First strike. 12–13 July 2007 - Second set of strikes [4] 4–5 October 2007 - Business-wide CWU strike. 8–9 October 2007 - Business-wide CWU strike. 10–11 October 2007 - All CWU union members return to work, however wildcat strikes continue in Liverpool and London. [5]
The 2009 Royal Mail industrial disputes is an industrial dispute in the United Kingdom involving Royal Mail and members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), which began in the summer of 2009. It was the country's first industrial action involving postal workers since 2007 and came about after the Communication Workers Union accused Royal ...