Telecoms giant BT expressed 'surprise and disappointment' after union leaders decided to press ahead with a strike ballot despite a new offer aimed at resolving a pay row... more
The Government is facing confrontation with unions over the part-privatisation of Royal Mail as postal workers’ leaders prepare to fight the plans... more
Copies of the Evening Standard's hard-hitting series on London's dispossessed were sent to all MPs today, and one recipient who should understand it better than many of his colleagues is the Home Secretary, Alan Johnson... more
We face a second wave of postal strikes. The selfdestructive machismo of the Communication Workers Union in the face of the unquestioned need to modernise has brought us another display of the hardliners' muscle, with no regard for the consequences for Royal Mail users... more
London faces months of postal chaos as Royal Mail workers back a series of national strikes which could affect Christmas gifts arriving in time... more
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
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