Shrewsbury Royal Mail sorting office evacuated in smoke drama

Postal workers could start a national strike later this year after delegates at last week’s CWU union conference voted unanimously for action against attacks on their pensions, threats to shut scores of offices, and the menace of privatisation. More: continued here

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ROYAL Mail began a shake-up of collection times this week – and Havering is leading the way. Some collections are being cranked forward by up to an hour-and-a-half as the mail giant looks to get letters into its sorting offices sooner, and into people’s homes earlier next day. More: continued here

A million letters could go undelivered in Royal Mail strikes, union warns More: continued here

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