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Unions warn of Christmas delays and longer strikes as second walk-out begins

29.10.09
NEW: Christmas deliveries will be hit and postal strikes will get longer as union chiefs escalate action against Royal Mail, it has emerged... more

Post strike: fear of Christmas walk-outs

22.10.09
London faces a £300million blow from the postal strike as fears grow of more walk-outs in the approach to Christmas... more

Striking Royal Mail workers target Christmas post

22.10.09
Latest: Union chiefs were tonight threatening Christmas postal chaos by announcing three more days of strikes next week... more

Tories can't return to Eighties dogma

09.10.09
Suddenly, it’s starting to feel like old times. Royal Mail workers have voted to strike; British Airways cabin crew may follow... more

Guide to the Guinness Premiership

04.09.09
Standard Sport runs the rule over all the teams competing in this season's championship... more

Postal strike escalates

14.07.09
Thousands of postal workers across the UK are to strike on Friday in a worsening row over jobs, pay and services, threatening the worst disruption to deliveries for years... more

Three days of postal strikes in jobs dispute

08.07.09
Thousands of postal workers began three days of strikes today in an escalating row over jobs, pay and cuts... more

24-hour walkout hits London post deliveries

19.06.09
Thousands of postal workers across London have joined a 24-hour strike... more

Postal workers set to strike

12.06.09
Thousands of postal workers in the capital will stage a 24-hour-stike on June 19 in a dispute over jobs and services, the CWU union has announced... more

Royal Mail ‘modernisation’ to cost 16,000 jobs, union fears

06.02.09
Union chiefs have warned that up to 16,000 jobs face the axe at the Royal Mail... more

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