The CWU has written an open letter claiming that staff have been instructed to bin door to door mail Masses of undelivered post are reportedly being left outside and exposed to the elements at a Bristol Royal Mail sorting and delivery depot. Staff at the Filton site claim they have …
Read More »Royal Mail urges customers to send items 2nd class with Christmas deadlines just days away
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 »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 »UK strikes in air travel and Royal Mail could impact Irish Christmas plans – TheJournal.ie
Strikes are planned in the UK this month by rail workers, passport control officers, and in Royal Mail. Source link
Read More »Royal Mail strike dates this December 2022: Walkout days, Christmas update
New details on Royal Mail’s Christmas strikes have been revealed, with customers warned to ‘allow plenty of time’ for festive post and presents to arrive, as the second of seven strikes before Christmas commences. Britain is facing the prospect of a winter of chaos with industrial action set to cripple …
Read More »All the days over Christmas when there are train, Royal Mail, ambulance and NHS strikes
Staff from key industries are striking on multiple dates across December and early January, meaning many Christmas services will be cancelled or massively reduced. From no trains running on Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day, paramedics only attending life-threatening call outs and Royal Mail packages being severely …
Read More »Royal Mail Christmas strikes begin and letters pile up as 115,000 workers walk out in…
9 December 2022, 07:52 | Updated: 9 December 2022, 08:42 A huge pile of Christmas post at a sorting office. Picture: CWU Over 100,000 Royal Mail workers go on strike today in the run-up to Christmas in a bitter ongoing row over pay and conditions. A total of 115,000 workers …
Read More »Series of strike action looms in Perth and Kinross in the run up to Christmas and New Year
A series of strike action will impact Perth and Kinross over the Christmas and New Year period if pay and working condition disputes are not resolved. Members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) are taking further industrial action against Network Rail, resulting in ScotRail services …
Read More »Final posting dates to get your presents in time for Christmas Day
The last day that you can send something through the Royal Mail has been brought forward this year by almost a week due to ongoing industrial action, meaning Gloucestershire residents have just days to get Christmas cards and presents in the mail if they want them to arrive in time …
Read More »UK strikes to hit ambulance services, hospitals and trains in the run up to Christmas
London CNN Business — Britain is bracing for further disruption from strikes heading into the Christmas period, as ambulance drivers and nurses join rail operators and postal workers in the worst wave of walkouts the country has endured for at least a decade. More than 20,000 ambulance workers, including paramedics …
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