Get cracking on your Christmas postReading Evening Post, UK –5 minutes agoRoyal Mail is reminding us all to get cracking with our Christmas cards to make sure the festive season goes with a bang. Staff at the Royal Mail Centre in … More: continued here
Read More »Oxford postal strike: Walk-out may be on another day – Banbury Cake
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Read More »Posties 'pressurised to walk fast' – The Press Association
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Read More »Royal Mail refuses to deliver Christmas card – Lincolnshire Echo
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Read More »Royal Mail's 4mph marching order gets a postman's knock – guardian.co.uk
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Read More »Postal workers ‘bullied into walking faster’ by Royal Mail claims union (Daily Telegraph)
Postal workers have complained that they are being “bullied” into walking faster to complete their rounds more quickly under costsaving measures. More: continued here
Read More »Schoolgirl’s poem is first class, says Royal Mail (Hastings Today)
A SUPERB poem by a Hastings schoolgirl has been adopted by Royal Mail bosses to tackle bullying in the workplace. (10/12/2008 14:18:19) More: continued here
Read More »Union accuses Royal Mail of pressuring postal workers to walk faster (Daily Mirror)
Postal workers have complained that they are being pressured into walking faster to complete their rounds under cost-saving measures.The Communication Workers Union said delivery staff are being told to walk at a speed of 4mph, an increase over a previous target of 2.4mph.The union said delivery workers are being pressed …
Read More »Longer hours on the cards for Royal Mail’s Callers Offices (The Scotsman)
THE ROYAL Mail has decided to extend the opening times of its Callers Offices in Edinburgh, to help customers collect letters, parcels and packets in the run up to Christmas. More: continued here
Read More »Postmen ‘pressured to go faster’ (BBC News)
Postal workers and the Communication Workers Union claim the Royal Mail is setting unachievable targets for delivery staff. More: continued here
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