18 Aug 2011
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
follows other below-the-line agency unions such as that between CRM agency Publicis Dialog and direct ...
20 May 2010
| by Mark Banham
that the Communications Workers Union linked to the 8,000 jobs that have been cut by the organisation during the last ...
ballot of union members endorsed the agreement struck between the group and the CWU, which will allow ...
25 Nov 2009
| by Jennifer Whitehead
The confusion comes after the European Parliament adopted the telecoms directive yesterday, meaning a host of new regulations will come in to force across the European Union over the next 18 months. On the one hand, the European Parliament said the directive would require that internet users give ...
19 Oct 2009
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
LONDON - Royal Mail and the postal workers' union are to hold talks today, raising hopes of a peace..., which sparked an angry response from the Communication Workers Union. The company normally brings in around 15,000 agency staff to help it cope with the volume of mail before Christmas. The union claimed ...
up by potential walkouts as well as handling the Christmas period. The union has claimed ...
16 Oct 2009
| by James Quilter
LONDON - The Communication Workers Union has announced postal workers will begin nationwide strikes
09 Oct 2009
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
LONDON - Royal Mail union leaders are meeting today to decide whether to call a national strike...Monday's meeting will decide whether the overwhelming vote by Communication Workers Union members in favour of a strike will translate into action. The union, which must give seven days' notice of a strike, revealed yesterday that 76% of members balloted last month were in favour of industrial action. Dave Ward ...
14 Jul 2009
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
LONDON - The Communication Workers Union has called a strike on Friday across 21 delivery...The union claims it is taking the action in a bid to force Royal Mail into "meaningful talks over modernisation" because "pressure and stress is at breaking point for postal workers". Royal Mail responded by condemning the union's tactics and claiming that more than 90% of its people would still be delivering ...
06 Jul 2009
| by Staff
LONDON - Royal Mail could be set to collide with the postal union over possible plans to close its...to contribute to the fund. It is highly likely the Communication Workers Union, representing postal workers ...
02 Jul 2009
| by Ben Bold
a rough ride from Labour back benches and trade unions. Following the collapse of the deal ...
" about the pensions deficit. The CWU union, which represents Royal Mail's postal workers, said ...
27 Apr 2009
| by Staff
LONDON - The Communication Workers Union has announced it is balloting Royal Mail members with a...The CWU decision to call a ballot comes after Royal Mail announced it was planning a pay freeze. The union said it has seen plans Royal Mail is to cut between 8% and 20% of staff across the country ...
for strike action to fight these cuts." However, in a letter to the union Royal Mail's human resources ...