With the situation described by insiders as “precarious”, Royal Mail is pressing ahead with plans to unilaterally make sweeping changes to working practices if the CWU rejects the latest pay offer. These include greater use of technology to automate sorting and other manual processes, as well as extending the working …
Read More »Royal Mail is pricing the letter and itself out of existence
The snail mail industry has experienced a tough couple of decades. And the company is hardly rolling in money. It is expected to report a full-year loss of between £350m and £450m this year, and the share price has fallen by 27pc over the last 12 months. It faces plenty …
Read More »First class stamp to cost more than £1, says Royal Mail
A first class stamp is to cost more than £1 following an inflation-busting increase, Royal Mail has announced. The cost of sending letters overnight will rise from 95p to £1.10 in April, Royal Mail confirmed, months after the postal operator warned significant price rises would be necessary unless it was …
Read More »Royal Mail delivers only half of first-class post on time in Christmas run-up
Royal Mail failed to deliver almost half of first-class post on time in the run-up to Christmas, in what is thought to be the worst performance in the firm’s history. Just 54 per cent of first-class mail was delivered the next working day in the three months to December, significantly …
Read More »We track how fast workers deliver post, concedes Royal Mail boss
Committee chairman Darren Jones, another Labour MP, added: “I think it’s quite clear that you are using technology to encourage people to be more quick and are marking them against their colleagues. We’ve had testimony from all over the country.” On a leaked Royal Mail diagram shown to MPs, each …
Read More »Royal Mail strike called off after union slip-up
Union leaders have been forced to call off a two-day postal strike following a legal challenge by Royal Mail bosses. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) blamed laws that are “heavily weighted against working people” for scrapping planned walkouts on Feb 16 and Feb 17. The union will now not be …
Read More »Royal Mail strikes could worsen court backlogs as jury summonses fail to arrive in the post
Royal Mail strikes could cause further delays to criminal trials after jurors failed to receive summonses in the post. In a memo sent to senior judges at crown courts in England and Wales, seen by The Telegraph, court service officials warned of a potential shortfall in jurors this month as …
Read More »Royal Mail ‘dystopian’ tracking system ‘tells bosses when postmen stand still’
“We found his answers to be generally evasive and, at times, in direct conflict with Royal Mail’s policy and the practices being deployed in the workplace.” At the heart of the tracking row is technology known as the “postal digital assistant”, which tells workers where to go on their rounds …
Read More »Small business owner takes parcel to US himself as Royal Mail delays drag on
A British business owner flew a package himself to a customer in the US after becoming increasingly frustrated by Royal Mail delays. Vern Tessio, who runs the dog accessory business WildBarc, personally flew the delivery 3,641 miles across the Atlantic after the Royal Mail banned sending parcels abroad after a …
Read More »Royal Mail accused of ‘letting people down’ as millions miss health appointments and legal letters
Issues with deliveries have caused turmoil for retailers. Almost 40pc more packages were returned between Christmas and New Year compared to last year, figures from returns company ReBound showed, after presents turned up too late. Altogether the row with the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has cost Royal Mail around £200m …
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