Scots are being urged to get their Christmas cards and parcels sent off early this year, with the first national deadline falling on Monday December 12 amid ongoing strike action. This first deadline is for more cost-effective 2nd class deliveries, which was recently pushed back from its original date of …
Read More »‘I haven’t been able to buy food since November because of Royal Mail’
Royal Mail’s failure to contain strikes has also hit the court system. A paralegal based in the North West, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said cases were falling through because documents regularly arrived three weeks late. “It’s been extremely stressful because of the amount of additional work we’ve been …
Read More »Ward says postal workers face “most brutal attack on jobs” of any sector – LabourList
Communication Workers Union general secretary Dave Ward has argued that postal workers are facing the “most brutal attack on jobs” of any sector after members walked out on the first of six scheduled days of industrial action. More than 115,000 CWU members are thought to have gone on strike today as …
Read More »Postal voters being urged to return ballots amid Royal Mail strikes
Postal voters in two Kidlington parish by-elections are being urged to return their ballots as soon as possible to avoid them being held up by Royal Mail strike action. Voters are going to the polls to elect parish councillors in the St Mary’s and Roundham wards of Kidlington on Thursday, …
Read More »Over 100,000 Royal Mail workers start wave of strikes ahead of Christmas
More than 100,000 postal workers in the UK have started the first day of planned nationwide strikes that are expected to disrupt deliveries across the country in the run-up to Christmas as grievances rise over pay and working conditions. The industrial action kicked off on Friday after the Communications Workers …
Read More »Royal Mail Opens New Automated Parcel Sorting Machine in Manchester Amid Labor Dispute
Royal Mail announced it has opened its latest high-speed parcel sorting machine in Manchester, capable of sorting and delivering 157,000 parcels a day. Why it matters: As the shift in consumer demand for parcels and next-day delivery increases, Royal Mail continues to evolve its network to manage the needs of today’s …
Read More »Royal Mail strikes mean many won’t get Christmas post delivered in time, postal workers warn
The Royal Mail strikes mean many customers might not get their Christmas letters and parcels delivered in time as post remains piled high at sorting offices, postal workers have warned. More than 100,000 unionised employees are expected to have walked out of their posts on Friday after a fresh round …
Read More »Royal Mail strikes: Christmas cards ‘won’t arrive until FEBRUARY’, union sources warn
Christmas cards ‘won’t arrive until February’ because of Royal Mail backlogs, union sources have warned, as hundreds of postal workers marched with ‘Grinch Lynch’ on the first day of mass walkouts. Communication Workers Union (CWU) members congregated outside Parliament in central London yesterday – joined by RMT union leader Mick Lynch …
Read More »New Royal Mail last Christmas posting dates as planned strikes force changes
Staff walkouts at Royal Mail in the run-up to Christmas are expected to cause disruption with new advice to post items sooner than originally suggested. The postal service has moved last-posting dates forward as more strike dates were announced by the Communication Workers Union (CWU). Union members have been taking …
Read More »Thousands of striking Royal Mail workers stage rally near Parliament
Thousands of Royal Mail workers have staged a rally to mark another strike in the increasingly bitter dispute over “unachievable” conditions they said would “destroy” the company. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) from across the UK congregated outside Parliament in central London to voice their anger about the …
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