With the Royal Mail warning customers earlier this month that postage will be affected by striking workers, scammers have been seizing the opportunity to trick unsuspecting victims waiting for their parcels. Phishing attacks related to missed deliveries continue to be prevalent, making it vital to know what to look out for …
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Passengers expected to face ‘two hour queues’ at Gatwick amid strikes, says airport boss Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for weekly expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Britons have been warned of train disruption ahead of a strike tomorrow as millions embark on …
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News Bosses still want to impose pay cuts, worse conditions and attacks on union reps By Nick Clark Downloading PDF. Please wait… Friday 23 December 2022 Issue 2836 Festive cheer on the E7 picket line during the Royal Mail strike on Friday. CWU union members want to give CEO Simon …
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Yesterday, the Royal Mail went on strike once more and ceased delivering letters and packages, prioritizing only special services. Communication Workers Union (CWU) members went on strike for the seventeenth day, already costing the organization over £100 million. As the walkouts continue today, it seems unlikely that last-minute cards and …
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For many of you it will be the last working day before the Christmas break. It could also be a working day disrupted by strike action. Thousands of union members are on strike today and tomorrow. As if that was not enough to bring you some festive gloom, chaos on …
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Image source: Getty Images International Distribution Services (LSE:IDS) shares have endured a turbulent 2022. The company, formerly Royal Mail, is a UK-based postal services operator. And anyone keeping an eye on the news will be aware that things aren’t rosy for the firm. In fact, the company gave me my first …
Read More »Rishi Sunak has chosen to record phone calls with public servants in which he thanks them for their “selflessness” rather than broadcast a Christmas message to the nation. The prime minister made apparently surprise calls to four workers and the crew of a naval ship to express his gratitude for …
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Rail strikes Across December and January, there will be both regional and national rail strikes. Nearly every train line will be impacted in some way. The strikes are by RMT members at Network Rail and by train drivers represented by Aslef. They will affect 15 train operators. These are: Avanti …
Read More »When Milford chums Bernard Beavan and Robert Best decided to ditch their previous jobs and jump ship to the Post Office, little did they think that four decades later they’d still be delivering mail in precisely the same areas. “We both started on exactly the same day, just 15 minutes …
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Royal Mail staff are reportedly being told to focus on deliveries instead of letters and Christmas cards. The Communication Workers Union (CMU) claim managers have given the instruction to “suspend delivery of letters this week”, the Mirror reports. Royal Mail said although it “does not operate a policy of prioritising …
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