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Alan Johnson: I know what it's like to be hungry and cold

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:12:26 GMT

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

Post deal pledges 'radically different' culture

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:57:51 GMT

Postal union in court move over agency workers

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:54:34 GMT

Crozier's �1m pay revealed as postal strike talks resume

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:16:05 GMT

Chief executive of the strike-hit Royal Mail, Adam Crozier, has been paid almost �1 million in the past year

Tories: Defeat for strikers will help us privatise Royal Mail

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:36:57 GMT

Conservative government would press ahead with plans to privatise Royal Mail and believes more bidders would be attracted if the union is defeated in the national strike

Royal Mail managers use taxis to beat postal strike

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:15:23 GMT

Latest: Hundreds of Royal Mail managers forced to make deliveries across London as escalating strike action threatens Christmas post

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

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:10:12 GMT

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

Postal strike will hurt mail workers, too

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:10:31 GMT

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

Postal union to decide on strikes

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:23:32 GMT

Decision on whether to press ahead with a fresh wave of postal strikes will be taken by union leaders today

Union goes to court to stop Royal Mail hiring 30,000 'strike-breakers'

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:02:36 GMT

Union chiefs are to seek a High Court injunction to prevent Royal Mail from using 30,000 temporary workers as 'strike-breakers'

Striking Royal Mail workers target Christmas post

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:51:44 GMT

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

Why the postal strike is happening ... and how you can beat it

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:49:02 GMT

Talks continue in bid to avoid post strike

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:28:08 GMT

Crucial talks aimed at heading off this week's national strikes by postal workers will resume today

100,000 rush for post strike jobs

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:23:47 GMT

At least 100,000 people are expected to apply to become temporary postal workers in a jobs rush sparked by the planned mail strike

Royal Mail bosses deny 'plan to derecognise union'

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:26:13 GMT

Royal Mail distances itself from apparent plans to 'derecognise' its main union as the company braces itself for a national strike

Tories can't return to Eighties dogma

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:58:53 GMT

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

London's post strike chaos as Christmas gifts may be hit

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:08:28 GMT

London faces months of postal chaos as Royal Mail workers back a series of national strikes which could affect Christmas gifts arriving in time

What the post strike is all about

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:12:30 GMT

What is the strike about?

Royal Mail must modernise or die

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:48:00 GMT

We shall find out today whether a national postal strike is on the way, perhaps even as early as next Thursday

'Send your Christmas cards now to avoid the mail strike'

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:46:57 GMT

Postal workers have warned that Christmas cards and gifts may not arrive in time if they are not sent within the next three weeks

Students pay full fare as free Oyster cards are lost in post

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:01:57 GMT

Tens of thousands of students face having to pay to travel across London after their free Oyster cards were delayed by the post strike

'Autumn of discontent' strike action timed for Labour conference week

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:40:42 GMT

12,000 postal staff in 24-hour strike

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:10:04 GMT

Postal strike escalates

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:35:25 GMT

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

Three days of postal strikes in jobs dispute

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:33:48 GMT

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

24-hour walkout hits London post deliveries

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:31:46 GMT

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

Postal workers set to strike

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:37:54 GMT

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

Threat to post as union votes for strikes

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:12:24 GMT

Royal Mail �modernisation� to cost 16,000 jobs, union fears

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:47:21 GMT

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

Germans and Dutch ready to scoop up Royal Mail in Mandelson's partial sell-off

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:30:14 GMT

Foreign firms were vying to buy up large chunks of Royal Mail after it emerged that Lord Mandelson has drafted a �3billion plan to part-privatise the service