Tag Archives: Post Office

Royal Mail Group, the U.K.'s national mail carrier, will undergo a vast round of cost-cutting as it attempts to adapt to a world of “more parcels and fewer … Source link

Royal Mail has warned it may have to cut back on postal services as increasing numbers of its staff take sick leave. The company, which provides letter and parcel delivery services to 30m homes and businesses, said it had taken measures to limit contact in the workplace and with customers …

Postal workers have called on Royal Mail and e-commerce sites to limit the amount of non-essential items they are being asked to deliver at a time when they are risking their health by turning up to work. Despite the UK government’s closure of non-essential retail outlets, e-commerce companies can continue …

As the increasing dominance of passive investing demonstrates, share tipping is a mostly a mug’s game. Just ask the former Labour MP Adrian Bailey, who as chairman of the business select committee in 2014 published a scathing report on the privatisation of Royal Mail. According to Bailey and his colleagues, …

The trustees of the Post Office section of the Royal Mail Pension Plan (RMPP) are planning on converting their buy-in policy with Rothesay Life into a buyout policy. In a letter, Communication Workers Union (CWU) assistant secretary, Andy Furley, detailed the trustees’ plan to move from a group insurance policy …

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/30024 Posted on 17 December 2019 at 13:07 GMT photo Paul Mattsson   (Click to enlarge) Kevin Pattison and Ros Campbell Hundreds of former Post Office (PO) workers, whose lives were ruined after being falsely accused of committing fraud, finally had a modicum of justice after the …

The first recorded evidence of a British child’s letter to Santa Claus has emerged in time for Christmas. A newspaper cutting shows that the Post Office was able to “communicate” with Father Christmas in 1895 on behalf of a little girl who had asked for a box of paints. It …

Imagine you find the perfect Christmas present online for a loved one. You’ve spent hours searching for it and now you can’t stop thinking about the brownie points you are going to get on the big day. Imagine your reaction when you find out the parcel isn’t going to arrive …

Royal Mail workers have voted to strike over job insecurity and employment terms and conditions, raising fears there could be walkouts in the run-up to Christmas. Communication Workers Union (CWU) members backed industrial action by 97% in a turnout of almost 76%. The vote could potentially lead to the first …

  UK Royal Mail workers wildcat strike over racist insult by management By Laura Tiernan 4 October 2019 Royal Mail postal workers in Merseyside walked off the job Tuesday to protest a racist comment against a Muslim co-worker. The solidarity action continued yesterday with a picket outside company headquarters in …