A DEAL that could end the acrimonious dispute between postal workers and the Royal Mail was agreed yesterday, with staff being offered a pay rise of 6.9 per cent over three ye

The  book, Dear Granny Smith, is written by a working postie and describes the job of a postal worker 30 years ago, and compares this with the job today, as you can imagine it is highly critical of the current set up at RM. The author writes under the pseudonym Roy Mayall and has a blog here and at the London Review of Books. Roy is especially critical of the current Labour governme...

The postal service could grind to a halt because of fresh strikes as soon as next month unless a peace deal between unions and Royal Mail management is signed in the next 10 days.

No, it’s not just the personalities: The Prime Minister’s plan to make postcode information freely available, when it currently makes more than £20 million a year for Royal Mail, is said to have left the Business Secretary feeling increasingly sidelined. No, it’s not just Gordo and Mandy having a spat. It’s

Pledge to deliver letter to any address in Britain may collapse unless Royal Mail is allowed to increase price of stamps.

From Solidarity Magazine Postal Workers’ Dispute - London Update  20.11.09 At this afternoon’s meeting of the London Divisional Committee it was reported that after some six meetings with London Royal Mail they are still refusing to honour the full terms of the interim agreement. All they want to do is make more cuts

Had our first Xmas card today. It was from the Royal Mail. Are they trying to tell us something about how long its going to take for our cards to arrive this year?

The CWU’s postal executive yesterday (Thursday) unanimously endorsed the attached agreement. This agreement has been brought about by the strength of the union’s national strike ballot and the overwhelming support for the strikes. CWU/Royal Mail Interim Agreement The interim agreement contains significant developments and concessions that have mainly emerged in the last few days. The i...

Deal Means Postal Strikes Off 5th November 2009 The CWU has today announced that the postal strikes planned for Friday 6th November and Monday 9th November have been called off. CWU and Royal Mail have reached an interim agreement that was unanimously agreed by the union’s Postal Executive today. The interim agreement will provide a period of calm for

The Christmas post has been saved from major disruption after postal unions and Royal Mail agreed an 11th hour ceasefire.