Royal Mail (CWU) Strike Calendar
Strike Type: RoyalMail
Latest Updates (4)
- The dispute between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has officially ended after months of bitter exchanges.
- Members of the union have voted by 67% to accept a deal with Royal Mail that was reached in April.
- Under the agreement, staff will get a 10% rise over three years and a one-off lump sum of £500.
- The deal also includes later starting times for deliveries and regular Sunday working.
- A win for the CWU was the promise of an independent inquiry into suspended or sacked workers and reduced use of agency workers.
- Ill will between the union and Royal Mail remains despite the end of industrial action.
- The head of the CWU, Dave Ward, said the period of negotiating and industrial action had been "the most challenging period in both the history of the union and the company".
- The company faces an Ofcom investigation over missed delivery targets.
- About 115,000 postal workers at Royal Mail are to stage a 24-hour strike on 16 February in their continuing dispute with management over pay and conditions.
- The strike will affect all shifts for 24 hours from 12.30pm that day, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said.
- The CWU added that the changes, which it said removed the right of the union to negotiate at a local level, contravened the industrial relations framework between the union and Royal Mail.
- Dave Ward, the CWU general secretary, said: "This action is down to the conduct of Royal Mail management, who have displayed a complete lack of integrity. Our members will not just sit back and watch as their working lives are destroyed by a company leadership hell-bent on ripping up historic arrangements that protect their rights and give them a voice through their union.”
Royal Mail workers are to launch a series of strikes throughout December in a dispute with the company over pay and working conditions. The walkouts have been organised by the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) which represents more than 100,000 of Royal Mail’s 140,000 workers. The CWU has argued that Royal Mail’s postal workers deserve a pay rise to match recent price increases, which reached an annual rate of 11% last month. The union is also concerned about changes to working conditions, including later finishing times and a seven-day parcel service. Royal Mail has claimed that it is losing £1m a day and has threatened layoffs and a potential breakup of the business.
Around 300 healthcare workers at Mersey Care, a healthcare provider in the UK, will go on strike on December 28, 2022 for 24 hours in protest of the government's 4% pay award, which they view as a real terms pay cut. The strike will involve nurses, healthcare assistants, support staff, cleaners, and administrative staff, and will coincide with a strike by over 10,000 GMB ambulance workers across England and Wales. GMB representatives will meet with the trusts to discuss emergency coverage during the strikes. The strike action is being described as a last resort, with the workers feeling that they have been left with little choice due to ongoing cuts to the healthcare service and their pay. The GMB is calling for the government to negotiate on pay to avoid the strikes.
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