If you want cards and presents to arrive by Christmas Day, you should post 2nd class items at the latest by December 19, while 1st class should be sent no later than December 21. Special deliveries and tracked guaranteed items should be sent by December 22. Special deliveries with the …
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Strikes are planned in the UK this month by rail workers, passport control officers, and in Royal Mail. Source link
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Further strikes are also planned on Sunday and well as on December 14, 15, 23 and 24 and Royal Mail has already warned people to post their Christmas cars earlier than usual this year to ensure they arrive no time. At a mail centre in Leeds, one member of staff …
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Royal Mail workers are striking on Friday as part of a long-running dispute over jobs, pay and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have held a series of walkouts in recent months, which Royal Mail claims have cost it £100m. Workers walked out over Black Friday, one of …
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The CWU has claimed the programme of modernisation the company is seeking would turn Royal Mail into a "gig economy-style parcel courier, … Source link
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Britain was hit with more pre-Christmas disruption today, as Royal Mail staff went on strike over pay and conditions – the first in a series of walkouts. They’re just the latest set of workers to take industrial action – with more planned this month by unions representing train drivers, nurses …
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Investigations to check for ancient caves have taken place as demolition continues at the site of Nottingham’s former Royal Mail sorting office where a student block is planned. The Bendigo Building off Bath Street and Brook Street, which stood vacant for 20 years after its use by Royal Mail, will …
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Thousands of stamps are set to become unusable, meaning Royal Mail customers could be slapped with extra postage fees. Barcoded stamps are planned to replace the traditional ones. One the postal company makes this switch, the old style stamps will no longer be valid, the ECHO reports. Any customers with …
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In a heated disagreement over wages and conditions, Royal Mail employees have begun a wave of strikes that will last until Christmas Eve. More than 115,000 workers walked out on Friday, the 13th day of strike action this year, with more to come in the coming days. While millions of …
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Mountains of packages were piled up in cages outside Warrington delivery office as postal workers continue to strike for better pay. Images and videos shared with The Mirror by the Communication Workers Union this week showed cages full of undelivered post both outside and inside mail centres this week, causing …
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