Deutsche Post wage agreement update
Deutsche Post has announced that the "comprehensive collective agreement " that it has worked out with the trade union ver.di "will offer both security and new prospects to our employees, whilst...
View ArticlePostNL’s independent parcel delivery drivers back at work
PostNL has reported that all its independent delivery drivers are back at work today.
View ArticleStrike hits Irish postal service
Ireland's postal service will shut down later today (2 October) as a result of a strike by staff contracted to maintain sorting equipment.
View ArticleIrish postal dispute continues
The industrial dispute which has disrupted the Irish postal service is continuing today.
View ArticleBelgian postal dispute
bpost has informed Post&Parcel that it has been using temporary workers to help clear the back-log in mail and parcels at its sorting centres caused by the recent industrial action.
View ArticleFinland’s postal strike update
Finland's postal operator Posti has announced that it has reached an agreement with the union PAU and the official strike is now over.
View ArticleKalitta Air pilots vote to authorise strike
Pilots employed by Kalitta Air have voted to authorise a strike against the Michigan-based cargo airline.
View ArticleCanada Post negotiations update
As the negotiations between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) appear to be hitting a deadlock, the postal operator has announced that it is "taking steps to respond to the...
View ArticlePost Office Christmas Week strike
The CWU has announced that UK postal workers will stage five days of strikes over the Christmas Week.
View Article“Christmas as usual,” says Post Office
The Post Office has insisted that it will be "Christmas as usual" in over 97% of its network of 11,600 branches despite the strike action called by the CWU.
View ArticleCanada Post in nationwide shut down
Canada Post has been left with “no choice” but to suspended operations across the country.
View ArticleThe week that was: 17 June 2011
Royal Mail reports a drastic drop in profits, UPS is banned from screening air cargo in the UK, Canada Post locks out its staff after strike-related losses reach $100m...
View ArticleBrazil's post network in partial shutdown as workers strike
Brazilian postal workers have gone on strike this week, after talks over a new collective bargaining agreement failed.
View ArticleBrazil's postal reforms become law, as strikes continue
Brazil's president Dilna Rousseff has signed postal reform legislation into law, allowing the country's postal service to expand its operations at home and abroad.
View ArticleBrazil's postal strike continues, as union rejects latest offer
Brazil's postal strike is set to continue, after unions rejected a fresh attempt by the Post and Telegraph Company (ECT) to restart negotiations over a new collective bargaining agreement.
View ArticleUnion negotiations resume as Brazil's postal strike continues
Brazil's postal service reopened negotiations with national postal union Fentect yesterday, as strike action headed into a third week.
View ArticleBrazil's Post Office seeks judicial mediation of labour dispute
Brazil's Post and Telegraph Company (ECT) is taking its dispute with national postal union Fentect to the country's top labour court.
View ArticleBrazil's unions reject national deal to end postal strike
Brazil's Post and Telegraph Company (ECT) and national federation of postal workers (FENTECT) reached an agreement yesterday that could have ended the partial strike now in its 22nd day.
View ArticleBrazil's postal strike ends tonight, as court decides labour deal
Brazil's postal strike will officially end tonight at midnight, after the country's top labour court ordered staff back to work.
View ArticlePostal union files lawsuit against Canada's back-to-work legislation
Canada's postal union has filed a lawsuit challenging legislation adopted by the Canadian government during the summer to force an end to the postal strike.
View Article96% of Brazil's postal workers now back at work
Brazil's striking workers reported back to work today, with the Post and Telegraph Company (ECT) reporting that a "normal atmosphere" had returned after Tuesday's back-to-work court order.
View ArticlePostal workers strike in Kenya over delay to pay talks
Thousands of postal workers went on strike in Kenya on Friday, seeking a 30% pay rise and improved benefits from Kenya Post.
View ArticleStrike set to cause delivery delays in Belgium on Monday
Mail and parcel deliveries in Belgium look set to be delayed by a 24-hour nationwide strike among public service workers, being called for Monday (30 January).
View ArticleCanada Post talked up impacts of 2011 labour dispute, says union
A year on from the Canadian government ordering Canada Post back to work after its month-long industrial action, Canada Post has been accused of exaggerating the financial impacts from the disruption.
View ArticleTunisian postal workers strike over staff shortage
Tunisian postal workers have been on a two-day strike to draw attention to their concerns about understaffing and improvements needed in the postal service.
View ArticleUndelivered international mail piling up at Uruguay airport
Strike action at Uruguayan Post that has been disrupting international mail flows since early last month has now left millions of items piling up at an airport facility.
View ArticleBrazil Post taking steps to prepare for postal strike
Brazil Post said yesterday it is taking steps to prepare for a possible strike by postal workers as collective bargaining negotiations drag on into September.
View ArticleMajority of Brazil’s postal unions postpone strike action
Brazil Post has said its services are operating as normal across the country as a majority of regional unions opted to defer plans for strike action after meetings on Monday and Tuesday night.
View ArticleBrazil Post fails court bid to prevent regional strikes
Brazil Post lost a court bid to prevent a postal strike in two regions of the country on Friday.
View ArticleBrazil’s postal workers go on strike in 23 regions
Postal workers in 23 regions of Brazil went on strike last night (18 September), according to union umbrella group Fentect.
View ArticleBrazil’s postal labour dispute set to go to trial
The labour dispute between Brazil Post and the country's regional postal unions will go to trial, after conciliation talks yesterday failed to reach agreement.
View ArticleBrazil Post meets union again, with trial date set
Brazil Post is meeting with union groups again today with hopes of agreeing a labour deal to bring the country's partial postal strike to a halt.
View ArticleCourt ends Brazil’s postal strike, orders 6.5% pay deal
Brazil Post said operations are getting back to normal today, after the national labour court ordered an end to strike action.
View ArticleRoyal Mail engineers threaten strike before Christmas
Royal Mail could find its cleaners and engineers going on strike on Friday (21st December), after union members were offered an "insulting" pay offer.
View ArticleBrazil Post files for injunction over strike action
Brazil Post has asked the nation’s top labour court to investigate the legality of strike action currently causing delays in 13 states.
View ArticleBrazil Post granted partial injunction against partial strike
Brazil Post has been granted a court injunction in its battle against striking postal workers in 13 states — but the ruling stopped short of suspending strike action completely.
View ArticleUnion group rejects Brazilian government offer over postal strike
Unions in Brazil have refused to end strike action affecting postal services in 13 states, after a request by the government’s Deputy Attorney General of Labour to suspend action until a labour court...
View ArticleLabour court orders end to Brazil’s postal strike
Brazil’s top labour court ruled unanimously on Wednesday that strike action protesting changes to Brazil Post’s healthcare funding system should end.
View ArticleSouth African Post Office looks to lay off striking workers
The South African Post Office has been troubled by more strike action in the past two weeks over the conversion of casual workers into permanent staff.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd facing “serious” disruption over union pay demands
Britain’s Communication Workers Union is threatening serious disruption to the supply of equipment and cash to post offices across the UK.
View ArticleUK union threatens UPS with national strike over “excessive” workloads
Delivery giant UPS is facing the possibility of a highly disruptive strike within its UK operations in the important run-up to the festive season.
View ArticleAdministrator to lead rescue plan at strike-hit SA Post Office
The South African government has appointed an administrator to lead a rescue plan at the South African Post Office, after months of disruption caused by striking workers.
View ArticlePost Office Ltd facing strike action this week
Britain’s Post Office is facing possible strike action later this week, in the middle of the pre-Christmas rush.
View ArticleUnion warns of more strike action at Deutsche Post
Germany trade union Verdi has warned that there could be more German postal strikes and “significant delays” in deliveries over the coming days.
View ArticlePostal workers stage strikes in Spain and Germany
Postal workers in Germany staged another strike on Saturday as part of their ongoing dispute with Deutsche Post, while their Spanish counterparts held a 24-hour strike on Monday.
View ArticleUK Bank Holiday Monday rail strike has been called off
Rail unions have called off the 24-hour strike that had threatened to cripple passenger and freight train services from 5pm on Monday (25 May).
View ArticleCWU opposes final Royal Mail privatisation
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has opposed the UK government’s decision to sell the remaining state-owned stake in Royal Mail –and warned that it would consider taking “strike action” to defend...
View ArticleUnion demands fresh talks as Deutsche Post strike rumbles on
German union Ver.di has said indefinite strike action has expanded to 31,000 employees at Deutsche Post as the conflict entered its third week.
View ArticleDeutsche Post and striking union set to resume talks on Friday
Deutsche Post and trade union Ver.di have agreed to return to the negotiating table on Friday after four weeks of strikes by postal workers in Germany.
View ArticleGerman postal strike ends
Deutsche Post and the postal workers' union Verdi reached an agreement over pay and working conditions on Sunday (5 July) that will bring an end to the recent series of postal strikes.
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