Country hit by first postal strike in 11 years
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Postal staff went on strike Friday -- their first national walk-out in more than a decade -- in a row over pay and government plans to cut thousands of jobs at the semi-privatised Royal Mail.
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New postal reform legislation that passed Congress calls for the first major changes in decades on how the post office works. Few Americans are likely to notice the difference.
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OTTAWA - Canada Post is promising that holiday mail will move as usual whether or not their is a mail strike. The post office is reassuring Canadians their Christmas mail won&#39;t be affected if administrative, clerical and technical workers go on strike.
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TOKYO, Japan -- Japanese baseball players have gone on strike for the first time in the 70 year history of the game after last minute talks ended without an agreement.
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Politics: 8 November 2004, Monday. Workers and officers in Bulgaria's arms repair plant TEREM have launched one-hour effective strike in the town of Targovishte, north Bulgraia.
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Up to 130,000 British postal staff will stage a 24-hour strike next Friday -- their first in more than a decade -- in a row over pay and conditions, union leaders said on Thursday.
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French workers face more misery as transport struggles to return to normal following a nationwide strike.
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A second 24-hour postal strike is underway as part of a continuing row over pay and job security.
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Northern Ireland's postal service is set to be disrupted by a national strike by Royal Mail staff.
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It's official. Postal delivery is as  slow as snails, at least in Poland.
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Royal Mail workers are to hold a 24-hour strike on Friday 29 June, the main postal union confirms.
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A major programme of post office branch closures is set to be announced in parts of Scotland.
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A fresh wave of national strikes by postal workers will be held by the end of the month unless a bitter row over pay and conditions is resolved, union leaders announced today.
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Â· Unanimous backing for action on public sector pay  Â· Postal workers announce new wave of disruption
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The French capital endured new commuter disruption Tuesday as civil servants and teachers said they would join train drivers fighting government plans to cut pension benefits and other cost-cutting measures.
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Postal workers are staging another 24-hour strike as part of an ongoing row over pay and jobs.
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Business & money: Prospect of first national postal walkout for a decade moves closer.