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ABOUT 500 new parking spaces could be created on the city’s old Royal Mail site if plans to create a temporary car park get the green light. (11/08/2009) More: continued here

HARRY PHIBBS: Royal Mail is a dinosaur doomed to extinction if striking unions don’t support change More: continued here

Man arrested after roof top demoBBC NewsThe sorting office in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, was evacuated after Paul Dawson climbed onto the roof in protest at being sacked by Royal Mail. …and more » More: continued here

An industrial complex on the edge of a Northamptonshire village has become a centre of the battle for the future of the postal service. Crick houses Royal Mail’s national distribution centre. Some 750 workers work there—and they handle more than half of Britain’s mail. More: continued here

NW Evening Mail New hope for wheelchair access at Millom post officeNW Evening MailSouth Copeland Disability Group, which has led a year-long campaign to install a ramp outside, met Post Office, Royal Mail representatives, … More: continued here

Postal workers: National ballot to follow strike waveSocialist PartyAfter taking two 24-hour strikes over the last few weeks, distribution and processing workers at Stoke-on-Trent's biggest Royal Mail depot at Leek Road …Collections axed as posties go on strikeStoke & StaffordshireCrucial post strike in StokeSocialistworker.co.ukMartin Tideswell: Cost-cutting won't deliver a solution to postal …Stoke & Staffordshireall…

A crucial battle is taking place in Royal Mail. It will determine both the future of the postal industry and the role of the CWU union within it. More: continued here

Postal workers across Britain have taken strike action over the past week in response to a wave of management attacks on working conditions and on their CWU union. More: continued here

Collections axed as posties go on strikeStoke & Staffordshire"The way they are treating members is a disgrace and I would suggest that the people of Stoke-on-Trent should be asking Royal Mail and asking the … More: continued here

New roof demo causes mail delaysBBC NewsRoyal Mail said deliveries to post in the ST6 area would be delayed. A spokeswoman said: "As a result of a rooftop protest the Royal Mail's Burslem delivery …and more » More: continued here