Theresa Might slammed commerce unions for exhibiting 'contempt' for hundreds of thousands of individuals at the moment as companies plotted their struggle again towards putting workers.
The Prime Minister slammed the wave of festive strikes branded 'Strikemas' by Britons on social media.
The Royal Mail at the moment vowed to defy walkouts in submit places of work to ship the Christmas submit.
And British Airways mentioned it might run a full Christmas Day and Boxing Day flight schedule regardless of a strike by baggage handlers.
Strikers have been accused of attempting to 'break' the festive interval as postal workers, Southern railway employees and airport baggage handlers all deliberate industrial motion this week.
Theresa Might, pictured on the Commons Despatch Field at the moment, has condemned unions for having 'contempt' for abnormal individuals attempting to plan their Christmas
And now even Weetabix employees in Northamptonshire have known as a walk-out over the cereal maker's proposed 24/7 shift patterns.
Mrs Might has up to now resisted requires more durable anti-strike legal guidelines regardless of official figures exhibiting that 281,000 days have been misplaced to strikes within the 12 months to October 31 - up from 170,000 in all of 2015.
As information of strike after strike emerged Richie Monteith mentioned: 'It is starting to look rather a lot like Strikemas' whereas Sam Heathcock tweeted: 'Hope Santa is not putting? #strikemas'. @DaRRuma mentioned the 'UK abolished 'Christmas and launched #Strikemas'.
The Communication Staff Union arrange a Santa's Grotto full with reindeer outdoors a Whitehall division at the moment - but it surely has emerged they solely managed to close down 50 of the 300 'Crown' Put up Workplace branches they focused.
Stunt: Members of the Communication Staff Union stage a protest outdoors the Enterprise Division in London forward of strikes by Put up Workplace employees over jobs, pensions and department closures, threatening distress for hundreds of thousands this Christmas
Stand off: Union official Kevin Beazer with Put up Workplace workers Rachel Daley, Debbie Bending and Royal Mail driver Cheryl Powell (left to proper) at their picket outdoors of Kingswood Put up Workplace, Bristol
Passengers queue for trains at Clapham Junction at the moment as Southern companies had been once more hit by industrial motion
Play on phrases: Some caught up within the chaos have been utilizing the hashtag 'strikemas' at the moment
It got here as British Airways vowed to run its full service on Christmas Day and Boxing Day regardless of a deliberate strike by cabin crew.
Royal Mail is insisting it can ship all its festive submit on time regardless of three,000 Put up Workplace department workers strolling out throughout Britain for every week from at the moment in a dispute over pensions and job safety.
A Royal Mail spokesman mentioned: 'There will likely be little or no impression on Royal Mail because of the CWU strike on the Put up Workplace. Deliveries and collections will keep it up as regular and the final posting dates for Christmas stay unchanged. Our 120,000 Royal Mail frontline colleagues will not be concerned within the Put up Workplace dispute.
'Put up Workplace restricted has over 11,000 branches which is able to proceed to function as regular. Clients who have to submit at a Put up Workplace ought to use these branches.
Royal Mail prospects may even proceed to have entry to Royal Mail companies together with pre-paid parcel drop- off via over 1,200 Buyer Service Factors at Supply Workplaces nationwide.'
Southern trains workers have additionally walked out once more for 2 days whereas airline and airport employees have additionally promised to disrupt flights from December 23 - the busiest journey day of the 12 months.
Tory MP Suella Fernandes mentioned at the moment the unions are 'holding a gun to the top of commuters and the individuals who want to make use of our postal service'.
Jessica Hollyman wrote: 'Extra egocentric individuals occurring strike. That is alright break different individuals's Christmas in your method as properly'.
Unions leaders mentioned at the moment the strikes by rail and Put up Workplace employees had been being 'solidly supported' at the beginning of a wave.
Walkouts will depart some branches closed or under-staffed as individuals attempt to ship presents and playing cards.
The Put up Workplace mentioned almost all its branches had been open regardless of the strike.
The strike was known as at 300 branches, however the Put up Workplace mentioned round 250 of those had been open.
The remainder of the Put up Workplace's community of 11,600 branches will not be concerned within the dispute and unaffected, mentioned Mr Gilliland, including: 'We need to reassure prospects that just about all of our community is unaffected by the strike motion.'
The postal walkouts are a part of a wider wave of strikes launched this week by 1000's of employees additionally hitting railways and flights within the run-up to Christmas.
It's more likely to wreak havoc with individuals's festive journey plans. Roads are anticipated to be a lot busier than regular, as individuals attempt to keep away from disruption on the railways and within the air.
Southern employees are on strike as soon as once more following three days of business motion - inflicting the worst rail disruption in 20 years - prior to now week.
Conductors have walked out at the moment and tomorrow after which once more from December 31 to January 2.
Its drivers will do the identical for six days from January 9.
RMT basic secretary Mick Money mentioned: 'Our guards on Southern Rail are taking on the struggle for rail security once more at the moment and the union salutes their unbelievable solidarity and willpower after months of assaults from the employer and the Authorities.
'This dispute was about security from day one and it nonetheless is. It's about native rail employees combating for protected rail companies for his or her native communities. Their resilience is extraordinary.
'It is time for Chris Grayling (Transport Secretary) to get out of the bunker and drag his contractors, GTR, again to the negotiating desk. RMT is obtainable for these talks.'
A discover telling custimers the Put up Workplace on Keynsham Excessive Road, Bristol, is closed due to employees putting over pay and circumstances
Royal Mail is insisting it can ship all its festive submit on time regardless of three,000 department workers strolling out throughout Britain for every week from at the moment (pictured is the Crown Put up Workplace in Manchester, which remained open at the moment)
Outrage: Unions have been accused of attempting to 'break' Christmas for hundreds of thousands by strikes everywhere in the transport community
In the meantime Unite mentioned greater than 1,500 baggage handlers, check-in workers and different employees at 18 airports together with Gatwick and Heathrow will strike for 48 hours on December 23.
British Airways plans to run its full service on Christmas Day and Boxing Day regardless of a deliberate strike by cabin crew.
Christmas strikers ship their very own Santa with reindeer to Whitehall
Putting Put up Workplace employees arrange a Santa's Grotto, full with dwell reindeer, outdoors a authorities division at the beginning of every week of business motion over jobs, pensions and department closures.
The Communication Staff Union staged the festive protest outdoors the central London headquarters of the Enterprise Division, together with pretend snow.
The union handed in additional than 70,000 submit playing cards signed by members of the general public throughout the nation in assist of their marketing campaign.
Normal secretary Dave Ward warned that the way forward for the Put up Workplace in excessive streets was at stake due to the franchising of Crown Put up Workplaces to retail companies corresponding to WH Smith.
The union claimed a contemporary wave of closures is ready to be introduced within the new 12 months.
Sacks filled with postcards had been handed to safety workers, who piled them up within the foyer of the constructing.
The postcards, gathered over two weekends, name for the franchise programme to be deserted and assist the concept of a Put up Financial institution being established via the department community.
Mr Ward advised the Press Affiliation that he made a suggestion to the Put up Workplace final week to name off the economic motion in return for talks about the way forward for the community, which he mentioned was rejected.
He accused the Authorities of standing by whereas Crown places of work closed, and firm executives of solely being interested by 'managing decline'.
'It is a dispute about the way forward for excessive avenue Put up Workplaces. Good high quality places of work are being moved to the again of companies, providing fewer companies and resulting in worse pay and circumstances.
'That mannequin is precisely what's incorrect on this nation and with the world of labor at the moment.'
CWU deputy basic secretary Terry Pullinger mentioned closing Crown places of work spelt the 'demise knell' for the service, claiming that the corporate was 'slamming the door' on the union over talks, inspired by the Authorities.
The Put up Workplace mentioned 250 of the 300 Crown places of work had been open, with 'properly over half' of workers turning up for work.
The remainder of the Put up Workplace's community of 11,600 branches will not be concerned within the dispute and unaffected, it added.
Members of Unite are because of stroll out in a dispute over pay involving workers who've joined the airline since 2010 and work within the so-called Combined Fleet.
Talks aimed toward resolving the row are being held on the conciliation service Acas.
Alex Cruz, British Airways chief government and chairman, mentioned: 'We're ensuring that this try and break Christmas for 1000's of our prospects fails.
'Over the weekend now we have been engaged on detailed contingency plans to make sure that we're in a position to function our regular flight programme from all our airports on each Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
'We urge Unite to desert this strike name, which is serving solely to trigger nervousness amongst our Combined Fleet cabin crew colleagues.
'Our Combined Fleet crew do an amazing job for our prospects. They earn a aggressive wage package deal, with all crew working full-time receiving a minimal of £21,000 a 12 months.
'We're searching for to enhance this package deal and we encourage Unite to start out a constructive dialogue with us about our proposals.
'We proceed to hunt a non-disruptive answer to problems with concern to our Combined Fleet colleagues. That's the reason we initiated the talks on the conciliation service Acas at the moment.'
Royal Mail is insisting it can ship all its festive submit on time regardless of three,000 department workers strolling out throughout Britain for every week from at the moment in a dispute over pensions and job safety.
Unions leaders mentioned at the moment the strikes by rail and Put up Workplace employees had been being 'solidly supported' at the beginning of a wave.
Walkouts will depart some branches closed or under-staffed as individuals attempt to ship presents and playing cards.
The Put up Workplace mentioned almost all its branches had been open regardless of the strike.
The strike was known as at 300 branches, however the Put up Workplace mentioned round 250 of those had been open.
The remainder of the Put up Workplace's community of 11,600 branches will not be concerned within the dispute and unaffected, mentioned Mr Gilliland, including: 'We need to reassure prospects that just about all of our community is unaffected by the strike motion.'
The postal walkouts are a part of a wider wave of strikes launched this week by 1000's of employees additionally hitting railways and flights within the run-up to Christmas.
It's more likely to wreak havoc with individuals's festive journey plans. Roads are anticipated to be a lot busier than regular, as individuals attempt to keep away from disruption on the railways and within the air.
Southern employees are on strike as soon as once more following three days of business motion - inflicting the worst rail disruption in 20 years - prior to now week.
Conductors have walked out at the moment and tomorrow after which once more from December 31 to January 2.
Its drivers will do the identical for six days from January 9.
RMT basic secretary Mick Money mentioned: 'Our guards on Southern Rail are taking on the struggle for rail security once more at the moment and the union salutes their unbelievable solidarity and willpower after months of assaults from the employer and the Authorities.
'This dispute was about security from day one and it nonetheless is. It's about native rail employees combating for protected rail companies for his or her native communities. Their resilience is extraordinary.
'It is time for Chris Grayling (Transport Secretary) to get out of the bunker and drag his contractors, GTR, again to the negotiating desk. RMT is obtainable for these talks.'
In the meantime Unite mentioned greater than 1,500 baggage handlers, check-in workers and different employees at 18 airports together with Gatwick and Heathrow will strike for 48 hours on December 23.
Southern employees are on strike as soon as once more following three days of business motion - inflicting the worst rail disruption in 20 years - prior to now week
Southern trains lie empty in a south London yard as employees began a brand new two-day strike at the moment
A Southern Prepare leaves Selhurst Park Station at the moment. Commuters throughout the South of the nation are dealing with main disruption once more after the RMT union members start one other 48-hour strike
A lonely traveler enters Victoria Station as Southern railway employees are on strike in London
Passengers look ahead to trains at Clapham Junction at the moment as Southern Rail companies are operating at the moment as ASLEF union drivers began a two day strike in a dispute over driver-only operated trains
In a separate announcement, British Airways mentioned 2,000 cabin crew would strike on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, branding the motion 'calculated and heartless'.
In one other blow to passengers, Virgin Atlantic pilots voted to take motion which might result in the cancellation of flights. It should begin on Friday and final for every week.
The Put up Workplace strike is threatening to forestall submit making it on time.
Bosses have mentioned it expects its 11,000 branches to proceed to work regardless of the economic motion however a walkout by Royal Mail might trigger much more issues.
In a press release final week, the Royal Mail mentioned: 'Royal Mail will likely be working as regular subsequent week when the CWU union says its members within the Put up Workplace will take industrial motion.
'We anticipate there to be no or little impression our parcels or letters operations. The Put up Workplace has confirmed as properly that it expects its 11,000 branches to proceed working as regular. Clients who have to submit at a Put up Workplace ought to use these branches.'
Round three,000 Put up Workplace department workers will stroll out at the moment, adopted by two additional strikes on December 20 and Christmas Eve.
Money handlers who ship cash to branches will strike on December 22 and 23.
As much as 300 of the Put up Workplace's greatest branches – known as Crown places of work - will likely be affected as members of the Communication Staff Union protest towards the closure of branches and pension cuts.
Jeremy Corbyn's ties to putting unions have been laid naked in figures exhibiting they bankrolled his marketing campaign to be re-elected chief.
Unite, the RMT, Aslef and the Communications Staff Union (CWU) all handed the veteran left-winger tens of 1000's of kilos this summer season.
Mr Corbyn has repeatedly refused to sentence walkouts threatening to deliver a halt to the postal service, giant components of the transport system, and airports within the run-up the Christmas.
Britain faces a Christmas of journey chaos with an avalanche of strikes set to disrupt the nation's roads, railways and airports all through the festive interval
His pal John McDonnell additionally vowed to face 'shoulder to shoulder' with union militants of their plot to wreck Christmas with coordinated strikes, the Day by day Mail can reveal.
In a textual content message to strike leaders, the shadow chancellor wrote: 'Whether or not it's in Parliament or on the picket line, Jeremy Corbyn and I will likely be there with you. Solidarity.'
Calling the firebrands 'brothers and sisters', he added: 'I ship solidarity greetings to all these employees engaged in wrestle. From the rail employees, to the instructing assistants to the junior docs.
'Theresa Might is searching for to emulate her heroine Thatcher. Her agenda will likely be an assault on public companies and an assault on commerce unions. Let's clarify from the beginning that our motion will stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity to oppose her plans.'
Mr McDonnell despatched the textual content on September 11, the day of a vital rally the place leaders of the Southern Rail practice strikes, junior docs and jail officers met to debate coordinating their walkouts so as to 'get the Tories out'.
Strikes are supposed to give attention to particular disputes between employees and staff so coordinated strikes to trigger political upheaval are more likely to be unlawful.
A reporter from the Mail attended a gathering in September organised by the Nationwide Store Stewards Community (NSSN), a bunch run by Trotskyites and initiated by the RMT which goals to deliver totally different unions collectively to allow them to 'hyperlink up strikes'.
Audio system on the assembly in Brighton included RMT president Sean Hoyle and Mick Money, the union's basic secretary.
Mr McDonnell was scheduled to make a speech however was held up in site visitors. As an alternative, he despatched a textual content to be learn out to the unionists. 'Brothers and sisters, I ship solidarity greetings to you and all these employees engaged in wrestle at current,' he wrote.
'I repeat my promise to you that whether or not it's in Parliament, or on the picket line, Jeremy Corbyn and I will likely be there with you. Solidarity.'
Some three,000 Put up Workplace workers at branches throughout Britain will at the moment stroll out in a dispute over pensions and job safety -
The NSSN rally was titled 'Get the Tories out!' and members of the viewers carried banners stating: '24-hour basic strike' and 'strike collectively towards divided Tories'.
On the assembly, Mr Hoyle made clear the Southern Rail unionists' battle was not merely over working circumstances and security.
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, pictured, vowed to face 'shoulder to shoulder' beside putting employees plotting wreck Christmas with coordinated strikes
He advised supporters: 'Any commerce unionist with any sense desires to deliver down this bloody working-class-hating Tory authorities. That is what we need to do. That is what we're about.'
RMT basic secretary Mick Money added: 'We're combating now. We're supporting Jeremy Corbyn. We have got to do extra. And it ain't by being passive and leafleting, by marching alone. We have got to take motion.'
NSSN secretary Linda Taaffe advised the gang: 'I am positive if the academics and the docs received collectively, the instructing assistants would not be far behind, and I am positive the railway employees would not be far behind, the civil servants and all types of employees in dispute just like the metal employees.
'And that may ship a ripple via the working class that eventually one thing was about to occur. And extra importantly it might ship a shockwave via the corridors of energy and the boardrooms of town as a result of they know that their system could be threatened.
'Now that's the theme of at the moment's rally – the best way to do away with the Tories. We won't look ahead to 2020. We'd like a Corbyn authorities now.'
NSSN chairman Rob Williams mentioned: 'If we struggle collectively then we will defeat them. Let's struggle collectively. Let's defeat the Tories.'
Mr Williams was on Fb on Friday gloating concerning the unions wrecking Christmas, writing to pals: 'Official...Its going to be a sizzling Xmas!!'
Union leaders behind the strikes
As distress looms for travellers and postal prospects, we have a look at two union barons behind the chaos.
DAVE WARD: Normal secretary of the CWU
Dave Ward of the CWU has a earlier conviction for kicking a police officer
For somebody with a conviction for kicking a police officer, it's no shock that Mr Ward is thought for his combating speak.
The architect of the mail strikes is a part of the 'awkward squad' of union leaders attempting to affect nationwide politics.
He was a key backer of Jeremy Corbyn, saying the socialist Labour chief was the antidote to a 'virus' within the social gathering following Tony Blair's reign.
The daddy of 4, who grew to become a submit workplace messenger at 17, was paid £76,760 for seven months' work after taking on the union final 12 months.
The eager Chelsea fan and guitarist lives in a £520,000 home in south west London.
SEAN HOYLE: RMT president
Sean Hoyle took over the RMT this 12 months
As commuters suffered by the hands of putting Southern Rail workers this 12 months, the union boss behind the walkouts was on vacation within the upmarket Turkish resort of Didim.
He put a picture on-line of him with second-in-command Steve Hedley holding a picture of a crude gesture captioned: 'Taking the demo to Turkey.'
He not too long ago mentioned unions had been orchestrating strikes to trigger most chaos.
On the query of whether or not unions had been 'co-ordinating to deliver the Authorities down' the 52-year-old mentioned: 'Shock horror. Guess what? We bloody are. Any commerce unionist with any sense desires to deliver down this bloody working class-hating Tory Authorities.'
Mr Hoyle, 52, who took over this 12 months, took £47,483 in allowances and bills in 2015. After his appointment, he advised members Labour's 'socialist Left' was 'alive and properly'.
Britain's oldest trains are about to changed in Liverpool - they usually WON'T have the guards unions have used as an excuse to cripple companies within the south
The oldest fleet of trains within the nation is to get replaced with new state-of-the-art carriages, and can change to driver-only operation, it has been introduced.
A £460 million mission to improve the Merseyrail community was given the go-ahead by Liverpool Metropolis Area leaders.
The trains, to be constructed by Swiss producer Stadler, will come into service by the top of 2020, carrying 60 per cent extra passengers and reducing journey occasions by 10%.
They are going to exchange the close to 40-year-old fleet which the native authority mentioned was the oldest within the nation.
Drivers will open and shut the doorways on the brand new trains relatively than guards - the difficulty which has sparked a long-running dispute on Southern Railway.
The driving force, assisted by cameras alongside the size of the practice, will likely be liable for the opening and shutting of the doorways and the dispatch of the practice, relatively than the guard.
This mode of operation, Driver Managed Operation (DCO), was put ahead by all bidders for the contract.
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