Madonna has posted a rare video of her adopted son David, 16, and daughter Estere, nine, dancing in the kitchen of her family home. In the clip, posted on Instagram, the pair can be seen dancing to the song “Melanin” by Sauti Sol feat. Patoranking.
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Thousands of postal workers at Royal Mail have voted in favour of taking strike action following a pay dispute.
More than 115,000 workers in the Communication Workers Union (CWC) - around 96.7% of the vote - balloted in favour of industrial action from a 77pc turnout. Members have been balloting for three weeks after saying they deserved a ‘dignified, proper pay rise’.
The result of the ballot was announced by the union’s general secretary, Dave Ward, and the deputy general secretary, Terry Pullinger, this afternoon (July 19). Mr Pullinger described the vote as ‘unprecedented’, with some predicting the action could lead to one of the biggest strikes in recent months following similar industrial action from Post Office workers and rail staff.
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The CWC described Royal Mail’s initial offering of a 2pc pay rise as a ‘serious real-terms wage cut’ due to inflation and the effects of the cost of living crisis. The organisation said it had recently offered a ‘deal worth up to 5.5pc for CWU grade colleagues’.
Mr Ward said: “Postal workers won’t accept their living standards being hammered by bosses who are typical of business leaders today – overpaid, underqualified, out of their depth. In our country right now, corporate failure gets rewarded over and over again.
“It’s pathetic that CEOs take home lottery win salaries then offer real-terms pay cuts to people who made them their profit. The CWU’s message to Royal Mail’s leadership is loud and clear – not a single postal worker in this country will budge until you get serious and give them a dignified, proper pay rise.”
The union’s general secretary said the ballot was also a vote of no confidence in Royal
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