Thousands of Royal Mail workers have voted overwhemingly for strikes in a dispute over working conditions – increasing the threat of disruption to postal deliveries. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) backed strikes by 98.7 per cent on a turnout of more than 72 per cent. It was the …
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Workers at Royal Mail have overwhelmingly voted to back further strikes over a pay dispute with the company, a key union has announced. More than 98% of staff represented by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) voted in favour of industrial action that is likely to involve 115,000 workers this summer. …
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The £0 offer on doorstep collection, which Royal Mail launched in October 2020, applies to the service where parcels are collected by posties on their daily rounds. Nick Landon, Chief Commercial Officer at Royal Mail, said: “Because it’s so convenient, Parcel Collect has been incredibly successful since it was launched. “Everyone knows when their …
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Many businesses had other immediate issues to deal with aside from transport The Keener to be Greener study was conducted among 300 fleet decision-makers on behalf of Bridgestone Mobility Solutions. It found that only 53% of fleet managers feel they have adequate plans in place to decarbonise transport in alignment …
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International Post Corporation (IPC) is enabling its members to meet the growing cross-border regulatory challenges through the provision of industry-leading technologies. One of the major challenges facing postal operators is Import Control System 2 (ICS2) which is underpinned by a large-scale advance cargo information system. The first ICS2 release occurred …
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Officers in Perth are appealing for information after the tyres of five Royal Mail vans were slashed by vandals in a sorting office car park. The incident occurred outside the delivery office on Breadalbane Terrace sometime between 6pm on August 13 and 6am on August 15. Police are asking anyone …
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Royal Mail’s Parcel Collect service is now £0 until the end of December 2022 and booking it has become even easier. With Parcel Collect, customers arrange for their daily postal worker to collect their parcels from their doorstep. Customers sending or returning a parcel on the Royal Mail app or …
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Britain is experiencing a wave of strikes on a scale unseen for decades. More than 40,000 rail workers represented by the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) and Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) will continue national rail strikes on Thursday and Saturday. Around 10,000 RMT members on the London Underground …
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The Royal Navy has become embroiled in a row after backing down on its role as a ‘taxi service’ for migrants in the Channel – as the number of crossings has reached more than 20,000 so far this year. The Ministry of Defence has told ministers that Navy ships will …
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