Royal Mail has brought forward its Christmas delivery deadline for customers amid ongoing strikes from postal workers. Members of the Communications Workers Union have been striking throughout December, with more strike days announced for the week before Christmas. The strikes are expected to create delays in the delivery of parcels …
Read More »Biggest wave of strikes in 30 years sweeps the UK
The UK is facing it’s biggest occurrence of collective action in three decades this winter. Among those striking are nurses, rail workers, paramedics, teachers, bus drivers and border staff, with fire fighters and junior doctors among other public sector workers consider taking action. The strikes come at a tense time …
Read More »Warning as Christmas posting deadlines brought forward over Royal Mail strikes
You’ve only got until the end of the week to post your cards if you want to ensure they will arrive in time for the big day. Last posting dates for Christmas have been brought forward because of strike action on four remaining days this month by Royal Mail staff …
Read More »Oldham Royal Mail worker has documents snatched in theft
Credit cards, passports and a birth certificate were among around 60 items snatched from a Royal Mail delivery worker, police have confirmed. A handful of homes in the Westwood area of Oldham reported their post never arrived last month after mail was stolen from a Royal Mail delivery driver. Among the …
Read More »Royal Mail accused of threatening to dock workers’ pay if they call in sick
Exclusive: The Communication Workers Union said it has had multiple reports of workers being told sick leave will be seen as ‘unauthorised absence’ for the foreseeable future The backlog of undelivered letters and parcels which has been building up for days outside the Royal Mail sorting office in Bristol ( …
Read More »Christmas chaos as Royal Mail deliveries may be damaged by foxes and rats due to pile up | UK | News
On Wednesday, 115,000 postal workers from the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are set to embark on a 48-hour strike. The CWU is currently holding rallies outside Parliament Square and has said they will continue until Christmas unless Royal Mail change their current pay offer, which the union has said is …
Read More »Royal Mail strikes leaves kinky sex-starved Brits dildo-less at Christmas
The Royal Mail postal strikes are hitting Brits hard in a way you might not expect. Horny shoppers have been left without their kinky Christmas presents, after several strikes over the next week take place, on top of ones already completed. But according to the owner of sex toy company …
Read More »Piles of post at Royal Mail Bristol centre pictured 17 hours apart
Photos taken 17 hours apart show heaps of post left outside a Bristol Royal Mail centre, as national strikes continue. The undelivered post was pictured on Monday and again on Tuesday (December 13) ahead of another strike day today. Some of the containers pictured at 7pm on Monday were photographed …
Read More »Packages are seen piling up outside depot and sources say they are being gnawed on by foxes and rats
Piles of undelivered parcels and letters have been seen outside a Royal Mail depot amid strike action with sources saying they are being chewed on by foxes and rats. Postal workers in the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are staging a fresh 48-hour national walkout from today, marking their third and fourth …
Read More »Royal Mail workers to descend on Holyrood to seek First Minister’s support
Hundreds of Royal Mail workers are set to march outside the Scottish Parliament calling on the First Minister to assist in their dispute with company bosses over pay. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said planned Christmas strikes are to go ahead as talks between the two sides remain deadlocked. Dave …
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