Royal Mail has been told it cannot continue to blame Covid for late deliveries – after it missed key targets last year because of the pandemic. Regulator Ofcom ended a probe into Royal Mail’s performance between April 2021 and March 2022 by saying it failed to hit some of its …
Read More »‘Proud postie’ challenges Royal Mail CEO to week on the job as he joins colleagues on picket line
A “proud” postman has challenged the CEO of Royal Mail, Simon Thompson, to a week on the job as he joins the picket line in Leicester. Lee Chapman, who delivers post in Beaumont Leys, said he was struggling in the job he has loved for 10 years, as he joined …
Read More »Friday newspaper round-up: UK farmers, Total, Royal Mail
UK farmers are receiving negligible profits for many items as food prices rise and supermarkets boast record takings. An average block of cheese or loaf of bread produces less than a penny for farmers, and fruit producers do not fare much better, making just 3p from each kilo of apples. …
Read More »Royal Mail workers deliver an essential service and deserve support
THE Covid pandemic turned our lives upside down. Many workers were furloughed. Many made the shift to working from home. Others lost their jobs completely. But many also kept our vital services going, day in, day out, often at personal risk and family burden. Our posties are just one such …
Read More »Royal Mail heading for Christmas chaos after photos of mountains of post emerge
Christmas postal chaos is looming, it has been claimed, after photos emerged showing what appears to be a huge backlog of mail piling up at depots from the recent wave of strikes. The images are said to have been taken in the last few days, the Mirror reported, and show …
Read More »Royal Mail clashes with union over ‘unacceptable behaviour’ on picket lines
R oyal Mail has clashed with the main union representing postal workers as they staged another strike in the long-running dispute over jobs, pay and conditions. The company said it has written to Dave Ward, general secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), claiming a pattern of “wholly unacceptable behaviour” …
Read More »Christmas post warning as leaked images reveal huge scale of backlog at sorting offices
Leaked footage and images, obtained by i, show Royal Mail sorting offices across Britain crammed full of trolleys piled high with parcels as workers warn that Christmas post may not be delivered on time. Even before the latest wave of strike action began on Wednesday, images and video show sorting …
Read More »Royal Mail owner IDS’ shares rose 11% in November! Time to buy them for dividends?
Image source: Getty Images Shares in International Distributions Services (LSE:IDS), owner of Royal Mail, leapt by double-digit percentages over the course of November. But they remain 55% cheaper than they were at the start of 2022. Could this be the start of a stunning recovery for the IDS share price? …
Read More »Union says allegations ’embarassing’ and ‘untrue’ as Royal Mail reports incident on Welsh picket line to police
//= do_shortcode(‘[in-content-square]’)?> Postal workers from the Communication Workers Union (CWU) in London on the picket line. Picture by Yui Mok / PA Wire Incidents on a picket line in Gwent are among those the Royal Mail is saying it has reported to police in a clash with a union representing …
Read More »Royal Mail slams union’s ‘wholly unacceptable behaviours’ at strikes
Thursday 01 December 2022 4:55 pm Credit: @CWUnews Royal Mail has today written to union bosses to intervene in “wholly unacceptable behaviours” on the picket line. Writing to the general secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) Dave Ward, the delivery giant said there had been more than 100 allegations …
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