Royal Mail’s failure to contain strikes has also hit the court system. A paralegal based in the North West, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said cases were falling through because documents regularly arrived three weeks late. “It’s been extremely stressful because of the amount of additional work we’ve been …

Communication Workers Union general secretary Dave Ward has argued that postal workers are facing the “most brutal attack on jobs” of any sector after members walked out on the first of six scheduled days of industrial action. More than 115,000 CWU members are thought to have gone on strike today as …

Postal voters in two Kidlington parish by-elections are being urged to return their ballots as soon as possible to avoid them being held up by Royal Mail strike action. Voters are going to the polls to elect parish councillors in the St Mary’s and Roundham wards of Kidlington on Thursday, …

More than 100,000 postal workers in the UK have started the first day of planned nationwide strikes that are expected to disrupt deliveries across the country in the run-up to Christmas as grievances rise over pay and working conditions. The industrial action kicked off on Friday after the Communications Workers …

Royal Mail announced it has opened its latest high-speed parcel sorting machine in Manchester, capable of sorting and delivering 157,000 parcels a day. Why it matters: As the shift in consumer demand for parcels and next-day delivery increases, Royal Mail continues to evolve its network to manage the needs of today’s …

The Royal Mail strikes mean many customers might not get their Christmas letters and parcels delivered in time as post remains piled high at sorting offices, postal workers have warned. More than 100,000 unionised employees are expected to have walked out of their posts on Friday after a fresh round …

Christmas cards ‘won’t arrive until February’ because of Royal Mail backlogs, union sources have warned, as hundreds of postal workers marched with ‘Grinch Lynch’ on the first day of mass walkouts. Communication Workers Union (CWU) members congregated outside Parliament in central London yesterday – joined by RMT union leader Mick Lynch …

Staff walkouts at Royal Mail in the run-up to Christmas are expected to cause disruption with new advice to post items sooner than originally suggested. The postal service has moved last-posting dates forward as more strike dates were announced by the Communication Workers Union (CWU). Union members have been taking …

Thousands of Royal Mail workers have staged a rally to mark another strike in the increasingly bitter dispute over “unachievable” conditions they said would “destroy” the company. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) from across the UK congregated outside Parliament in central London to voice their anger about the …

There are just days left to post Christmas cards and packages with Royal Mail, amid fears that backlogs are building as workers launch into six days of strikes. The postal service has been forced to bring forward its final festive posting dates because of a series of walk outs by …