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The Communication Workers Union said the walkout on Friday by around 115,000 of its members is the biggest strike of the year.
The Royal Mail strikes ended in July 2023 after workers agreed to a three-year pay deal. Seventy-six per cent of union members voted in favour of the agreement, [ 41 ] which included a ten per cent salary increase and a one-off lump sum of five-hundred pounds, in a ballot with a sixty-seven per cent turnout.
Picket lines have been mounted outside Royal Mail delivery and sorting offices after workers launched a 48-hour strike in a worsening dispute over pay.
Ofcom suggested in October 2012 that the first and second class post systems could be replaced by a single class. The new class would be set at a higher price than the current second class, but would be delivered in a shorter time-frame. [135] Royal Mail was fined £50 million by Ofcom in 2018 for breach of European Union competition law.
The 1988 United Kingdom postal workers strike was a strike in the United Kingdom in August and September 1988. It was the country's first national postal strike for 17 years, [1] and began after postal workers at Royal Mail walked out in protest over bonuses being paid to recruit new workers in London and the South East.
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Heathrow Worldwide Distribution Centre (HWDC) is a sorting office for inbound and outbound international mail operated by Royal Mail. Located close to Heathrow Airport , the HWDC is situated in the town of Langley , Berkshire , near Slough , and began operations in 2003.
It has also urged Royal Mail to scrap any further stamp price rises “at a time when performance is so poor”. Citizens Advice chief executive Dame Clare Moriarty said: “For a third year ...