Royal Mail

Posties working extra shifts to deliver giftsLeicester Mercury, UK –5 hours agoStaff at the Royal Mail delivery office, in Leicester, said online sales had gone crazy, leaving them with more than 2.6 million parcels to deliver. … More: continued here

Liverpool postmen to take strike action in Copperas Hill closure …Liverpool Echo, UK –17 hours agoCWU national leaders met Royal Mail officials last week, but the talks failed to persuade the company to pull back from its decision to close five of the … More: continued here

London, Dec 12 : The postal union says its workers are being ‘bullied’ into walking at unsustainable speeds to finish their rounds faster and cut costs for the Royal Mail. More: continued here

Postal workers from seven sorting offices will strike over Royal Mail’s plans to merge several depots, a union says. More: continued here

The Royal Mail has apologised to people in Derby who received letters that should have been delivered up to five years ago. More: continued here

Jewellery collection stolen from Royal Mail vanEdinburgh Evening News, UK –5 hours agoPOLICE are appealing for information after a collection of jewellery was stolen from a Royal Mail van in the city centre. The high value theft occurred … More: continued here

Church leaders fear religious Christmas stamps could be scrapped for pantomime designs after Royal Mail forced them to be sold “under the counter”. More: continued here

Church leaders fear religious Christmas stamps will be scrappedTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –5 minutes agoChurch leaders fear religious Christmas stamps could be scrapped for pantomime designs after Royal Mail forced them to be sold "under the counter". … More: continued here

Royal Mail's postmen told to walk at 4mph, leaked presentation revealsTimes Online, UK –18 minutes agoThe Times dispatched its longest-legged reporter yesterday to determine how fast Royal Mail’s postmen really are. The answer seems, on paper, … More: continued here

Workers to strike at Crewe’s sorting officeCrewe Chronicle, UK –17 minutes agoThe walk out, which will take place a day before the last Christmas posting day for first-class letters, follows Royal Mail’s decision to close five major … More: continued here