Britain’s postal workers voted Thursday in favor of striking to back demands for a pay increase, though no dates have been set for a walkout.
Members of the Communication Workers Union employed by the Royal Mail voted 63 percent in favor of a strike. Sixty-five percent of the union’s 145,000 postal members took part in the ballot.
Members of the Communication Workers Union have voted overwhelmingly to support an executive council recommendation to take strike action over Royal Mail pay. 145,000 ballot papers were sent out to members and the results were as follows. here was a 65 per cent return 63 per cent voted in favour of taking industrial action 37 per cent voted against.
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Read MoreOman is opening its doors for foreign investment through several laws including 100 per cent ownership of companies by foreigners, a senior Omani government official said. The country also plans to privatise several service sectors, including postal services.
Read MoreDeutsche Post AG (G.DPW) faced Wednesday the threat of a legal dispute with a leading German industry group seeking repayments for letter costs. The German Association of Wholesale and Export Traders said it would demand repayments from Deutsche Post in a forthcoming complaint over monopoly letter prices to the state court of Berlin.
Read MoreDeutsche Post AG (G.DPW) confirmed Wednesday that it has launched a cost-cutting program, but the partially privatized mail group denied it is planning a reorganization. Earlier Wednesday, daily newspaper Die Welt said Deutsche Post had begun a cost-cutting program that could lead to a broad restructuring of the group, including the creation of a holding company.
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