Take up the fight to save the post office! Join the USPS Workers Rank-and-File Committee by filling out the form below. A U.S. Postal Service employee works outside a post office in Wheeling, Illinois. [AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh] The US Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors is preparing to name …
Read More »Royal Mail partners with Watershed to deliver reductions in supply chain emissions
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Read More »First-class stamp price to rise by 5p as takeover by Czech billionaire looms
Daniel Kretinsky has agreed not to push through unreasonable price rises following his takeover of the Royal Mail – David W Cerny/Reuters The cost of a first-class stamp is to rise by 5p as Royal Mail gears up for a looming takeover by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky. The postal service …
Read More »Royal Mail issues warning for delivery delays with 33 postcodes affected – see full list
The delays could affect customers in 12 different areas across the UK, with one warning issued due to problems at its Mail Centre in Swansea over the weekend Royal Mail issued the warning on its website today ( Image: AFP/Getty Images) Royal Mail has issued a warning as thousands of …
Read More »Royal Mail warns of major delivery delays with 30 postcodes affected – see full list
Earlier today, the postal group reported “significant disruption” to mail centres affecting four UK regions alongside issues affecting 14 other local offices Royal Mail issued the warning on its website today ( Image: (Image: Getty)) Royal Mail has issued a warning as thousands of Brits could see delays to their …
Read More »Government must step in to investigate Royal Mail ‘fake deliveries’ scandal, say postal workers
Postal workers have called on the Government to investigate Royal Mail senior leadership over the “fake deliveries” scandal. The Telegraph reported earlier this week that postmen and women claimed Royal Mail managers were telling them to record some parcel deliveries as “inaccessible”, even if they never attempted to deliver the …
Read More »Royal Mail sale to Czech billionaire gets national security clearance
Royal Mail’s sale to Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky has taken another step towards completion, after it got the green light on national security grounds. Pat McFadden, the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, approved the deal under the National Security and Investment act. The Cabinet Office said it means the …
Read More »UK clears Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky to buy Royal Mail
STORY: The British government approved a multi-billion dollar takeover of the country’s iconic postal service Royal Mail on Monday (Dec 16). EP Group – owned by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky – has bid $4.5 billion for International Distribution Services – or IDS – which is Royal Mail’s parent. IDS agreed …
Read More »Heathrow exec appointed new head of Britain’s Royal Mail | National News
Logistics and mail group International Distributions Services on Tuesday said it had appointed Emma Gilthorpe as chief executive of its subsidiary Royal Mail. Gilthorpe will join the embattled British postal operator on May 1, working with group chief executive Martin Seidenberg before taking over fully later in the summer months. …
Read More »USPS rural letter carrier whose wages were cut by $20,000 speaks out on slashed pay, harsh working conditions
Work at USPS? Tell us what you working conditions are like by filling out the form below. All submissions will be kept anonymous. A USPS employee works outside post office in Wheeling, Illinois December 3, 2021. [AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh] The WSWS recently spoke with a rural letter carrier for …
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