Posties had already voted for four days of strike action and now more days are planned in a dispute over terms and conditions Video Loading Video Unavailable The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Royal Mail: Communications Workers Union announces strike action Royal Mail workers have voted overwhelmingly in favour …
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More than 115,000 postal workers who have been “pushed to the brink” are set to walk out on dates in August and September over a dispute over pay, the CWU has announced Video Loading Video Unavailable The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Royal Mail: Communications Workers Union announces strike …
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Royal Mail says it is having to redesign its network to keep up with rival firms as people are ordering parcels later at night, with the Communication Workers’ Union threatening strikes Thousands of postal staff could strike amid the changes proposed by the Royal Mail ( Image: SOPA Images/LightRocket via …
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Royal Mail warns customers to use their Swap Out exchange scheme before millions of stamps become worthless and charges may be incurred for using them You may incur a charge for ‘insufficient postage’ if you use non-barcoded stamps past the deadline of January 31 2023 ( Image: PA) Millions of …
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Brits make around £200 a month selling goods online, with two in five planning to turn this into their main source of income, a poll of 3,000 adults by Royal Mail Parcel Collect shows Brits send or receive an average of seven parcels a month ( Image: Royal Mail) Almost …
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Postie Walacy Ramos had been on his round when he felt under the weather so took the parcels home to deliver in his own time, only to be seen by a colleague and later sacked The postman was sacked and took it to an employment tribunal ( Image: Getty Images) …
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Sheffield had the most incidents reported during the year to March 31 2022, with 51 posties suffering dog attacks, closely followed by Belfast, with 50, and Tunbridge Wells with 44 More than 1,600 dog incidents reported in the past year ( Image: Getty Images) Postal workers have been left with …
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TikToker and postman Ben Davis – who works for Royal Mail – has shared the ‘worst thing he’s even seen’ on the job – and claims it’s a common mistake that people fall victim to The postman spoke about the ‘worst thing he’s ever seen’ ( Image: @bendavis_86/TikTok) A postman …
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Jim Hardbattle, 74, has shown he’s the postie with the mostie after he started as a messenger in May 1963, the same month The Beatles topped the UK chart Jim Hardbattle is the UK’s longest serving postie ( Image: Yorkshire Post / SWNS) Britain’s longest serving postman is hanging up …
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Royal Mail’s chief executive officer Simon Thompson got an overall annual pay and perks package worth £753,000. The deal included a ‘short-term’ bonus of £142,000 Simon Thompson, Chief Executive Officer of Royal Mail ( Image: Royal Mail) The boss of Royal Mail has been handed a bonus of more than …
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