The disappearing post men.
Recently Royal Mail has announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs by next August, blaming ongoing strike action and rising losses at the business.
The postal company said it will begin notifying workers of its plan, which includes up to 6,000 redundancies.
Apart from the redundancies, the firm will cut roles through natural attrition, for example by not replacing workers who leave.
Are we in for another "Winter of discontent" ?
(The Winter of Discontent was the period between November 1978 and February 1979 in the United Kingdom characterised by widespread strikes by private, and later public, sector.
Callaghan's government fell to a no-confidence vote. Once in power, the Conservatives, who under Thatcher's leadership had begun criticising the unions as too powerful, passed legislation, similar to that proposed in a Labour white paper a decade earlier, that banned many practices, such as secondary picketing).
Many similarities to the present - more information -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_of_Discontent
(Previously un-posted shot from last year).
The disappearing post men.
Recently Royal Mail has announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs by next August, blaming ongoing strike action and rising losses at the business.
The postal company said it will begin notifying workers of its plan, which includes up to 6,000 redundancies.
Apart from the redundancies, the firm will cut roles through natural attrition, for example by not replacing workers who leave.
Are we in for another "Winter of discontent" ?
(The Winter of Discontent was the period between November 1978 and February 1979 in the United Kingdom characterised by widespread strikes by private, and later public, sector.
Callaghan's government fell to a no-confidence vote. Once in power, the Conservatives, who under Thatcher's leadership had begun criticising the unions as too powerful, passed legislation, similar to that proposed in a Labour white paper a decade earlier, that banned many practices, such as secondary picketing).
Many similarities to the present - more information -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_of_Discontent
(Previously un-posted shot from last year).