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Workers went on strike again on Saturday 4 June 2022 during the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II, after the Post Office had made a pay offer of a 2.5% plus a £500 payment. The CWU said all 114 crown post offices (those managed directly by Post Office Ltd) [ 8 ] would close for the day and that action by supply-chain workers would mean that ...
Mick Lynch at RMT solidarity strike rally at London Kings Cross, 25 June 2022. Following a ballot of National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers members over whether to take industrial action, it was announced on 24 May 2022 that they had voted in favour of strike action, paving the way for the UK's first national rail strike for three decades. [1]
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2022 South Korean truckers strike; [27] [28] 2022 Tunisian judges strike; [29] 2022–2023 United Kingdom railway strikes: strike by National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers members against low wages and proposed cuts of safety-critical jobs, (ongoing as of February 2023); 2022 Zimbabwe nurses strikes; [30]
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On 7 June 2007, the union's postal members voted by 77.5% to strike after a 2.5% pay rise coupled with £350 million every year for five years (totalling £1.5 billion) of cuts was offered. [5] [6] They took their first one-day strike on 29 June 2007, and the second on 12 July and 13 July. The action then progressed to a series of rolling strikes.
Prior to the announcement of the strike ballot results on the afternoon of 16 October 2013, employees were offered £300 to cross the picket line if a nationwide postal strike occurred. [26] The CWU called off strike action on 30 October 2013, while negotiations progressed with Royal Mail's management. [ 27 ]