Communication Workers Union

A Royal Mail van (Photo by Graeme Robertson/Getty Images)

Royal Mail and Communication Workers Union reach provisional agreement

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Royal Mail and Communication Workers Union reach agreement

Royal Mail has seen letter and parcel volumes come under pressure amid competition and industrial action.

Royal Mail posts hefty losses after strike action costs group £200m: reacton

You'll still be able to post letters on strike days, but collections will be less frequent.

Everything you need to know about the Royal Mail strikes in December

The deadline to guarantee Christmas delivery is closing in

Christmas 2022: final delivery dates for parcels including Royal Mail

Teachers on strike gather outside Edinburgh City Chambers. Members of Scotland's largest teaching union, the EIS, are also due to take strike action this Thursday, November 24. Picture, Lisa Ferguson

Scottish schools shut as teachers strike over pay

Royal Mail recently said it will consult on up to 6,000 redundancies as part of efforts to reduce full-time roles by 10,000, blaming industrial action for huge financial losses.

Royal Mail looks to cut letter deliveries as strike action leads to big losses

The ongoing Royal Mail strikes will see postal service disruptions on days like Black Friday and Cyber Monday as well as early December impacting early Christmas shopping.

Christmas strikes threat after Royal Mail announce job cuts

The move could see upto 6000 jobs go.

Royal Mail blames strikes as it confirms upto 6,000 jobs could be axed

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A general view of a Royal Mail postbox

Royal Mail to strike in run up to Christmas

Royal Mail staff are set to strike.

Royal Mail Strikes: Staff to hold new industrial action over pay

Royal Mail workers have walked out on strike again in a bitter dispute over pay, with further industrial action planned.

Royal Mail workers stage second strike in pay row

This is what you need to know about the scheme from the Post Office (Photo: Shutterstock)

All 114 Post Office branches affected by strikes in July over pay row

Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) at Crown Post Offices the larger branches often sited on high streets will walk out on Saturday and in administration and supply chain networks on Monday.

Post Office workers to strike over Jubilee weekend in dispute over pay

COP26 is the chance of 'a path to hope' according to Frances O'Grady of the TUC.

COP26: 'Listen to our voices' urge union leaders

BT faces the threat of its first national strike in over 30 years as workers are set to vote on industrial action in a row over jobs (Photo: Shutterstock)

BT staff could strike across the UK for the first time in more than 30 years - w...

Van-sharing has been re-introduced on a voluntary basis.

Concerns over Royal Mail van sharing after virus outbreaks in Fife and Lothian

Disposal of Royal Mail is ‘fire sale’, says Labour

Computer says this postman should be able to walk at 4mph

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