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Blogs by Scott Haslam

Hey, I'm 30 and been with Royal Mail since 1998 and currently work as a Heavy Goods driver at the YDC in Yorkshire. I am the current Night Shift Drivers' Rep and the Leeds No1 Amal Branch Vice -President. I'm married and have 2 sons, 5 and 7.

After reading about the unemployment figures yesterday and hearing that people claiming jobseekers had gone up, I couldn't help but think that the claims didn't add up.Apparently 88,000 less unemployed,...

A quick blog to stress how real the cuts are! I received a letter from the child tax credits department yesterday, to be told I wouldn't be receiving any more...

During my Branches AGM on Sunday, we had guest speaker the Rt. Hon Hilary Benn MP and Terry Pullinger CWU National Officer.  I’m also writing an essay on...

This week my blog is inspired from the Christmas present my wife has bought for me. I probably won’t have to spell it out, but for the record it’s an...

Last week I started a training course offered in my region that covers ACAS Code of Practice for Grievance and Discipline, and Employment Tribunals. Only one week in and I’m...