Royal Mail

UK honors Claudia Jones with stampPeople’s Weekly WorldBritain’s Royal Mail issued a stamp last October honoring six “Women of Distinction” in the UK, among them Claudia Jones, a leader of the Communist Party USA who was deported from the United States in 1955, settling in London where she continued her …

Slippery street is a no-go area for postiesThis Is Cheshire, UKTHE Royal Mail has refused to deliver post due to the dangerous conditions of an Appleton street. Residents of Pewterspear Green Road only discovered their road was unadopted when the Bryant development was finished. Villagers were told the council … More: …

Ellesmere Mayor has slammed Royal Mail for their response to fears …Whitchurch Herald, UKELLESMERE mayor Geoff Elner has slammed Royal Mail for its response to the town’s fears that its postal sorting office is to close. There have been rumours since January the facility will close on April 1 and transfer …

Royal Mail bosses in ‘bullying’ claim in HuddersfieldHuddersfield Examiner, UKPOSTIES in Huddersfield have vowed to make official complaints of bullying against Royal Mail bosses. The 11 staff at the Northumberland Street delivery office claim they were pressured into doing extra work. As part of a national drive to improve the …Socialist …

Outrage on a sliding scaleNew Statesman, UKThen there is the problem of Peter Mandelson, and his crazed mission to part-privatise the Royal Mail. We are overdue another Mandelson scandal, and the Daily Mail thinks it has one. The ubiquitous PR Roland Rudd, whose clients include the airports … More: continued here

Vanishing jobsThe Oxford Times, UKFast on the heels of the 1280 BMW redundancies announced over the past couple of months comes news that the 83912 sq ft Royal Mail sorting office is for let — which means hundreds more Cowley workers are about to lose their jobs. Royal Mail’s plans to …

Socialist leader meets with postal staff to give backingScotsman, United KingdomSCOTTISH Socialist Party leader Colin Fox was meeting local leaders of the postal workers' union in Edinburgh today to pledge support for their campaign against moves to sell off part of Royal Mail. The former Lothians MSP said the move would …

BBC News The Full Story: PM's questionsBBC News, UK1228 Tory MP Ann Winterton asks about the part privatisation of Royal Mail a plan that is very unpopular with many Labour MPs. Mrs Winterton says the plans have their roots in EU legislation. She says Royal Mail was "divested" of its more …

Planning Concerns offer possible hold up to closure of Wotton …Cotswold News, UKCotswolds MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown has today criticised Royal Mail for their handling of the closure of the Royal Mail sorting office at Wotton under Edge following their admission to him that they have overlooked a planning issue in relation …

The government has appointed Donald Brydon to take over from Allan Leighton as chairman of Royal Mail. Brydon, the chairman of technology company, Smiths Group, and the London Metal Exchange will become a non-executive director of Royal Mail immediately and will take over the chairmanship from Leighton who steps down …