The World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) has received more write-ins over the past week from postal workers across the UK voicing opposition to the sell-out deal between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail. A month-long ballot of 115,000 postal workers over the agreement signed by CWU leaders Dave Ward and …
Read More »An open letter to Royal Mail workers from the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee
Dear brothers and sisters, Thousands of our colleagues are preparing to vote down the CWU’s sell-out agreement with Royal Mail when balloting begins on May 25. But nothing can be taken for granted. With CWU officials threatening “mutual destruction” if their deal is rejected, postal workers are not just in …
Read More »Royal Mail drops bombshell ‘trade secret’ about ‘pointless’ first-class stamps
A postman has shared a little-known “trade secret” about the reality of buying stamps. Royal Mail man Andy Mason took to Times Radio to explain how users of the service can save a few quid by ditching first-class stamps. He explained how the premium sending option is “absolutely” pointless, and …
Read More »Royal FAIL: Where in Britain has the worst postal service?
The Royal Mail has failed to hit its target for delivering first class mail anywhere in the United Kingdom over the past 12 months, shocking figures have shown. There is a legal obligation on the Royal Mail to deliver 93 per cent of first class mail within one working day …
Read More »‘Gross mismanagement’ of Royal Mail to blame for firm’s £1bn losses, union says
THE “gross mismanagement” of Royal Mail is to blame for the privatised firm slumping to losses of more than £1 billion, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) warned today. The owner of the 500-year-old company, International Distributions Services (IDS), revealed it suffered an operating loss of £1.04bn for the year to late March, …
Read More »Royal Mail slumps to loss of more than £1bn after year of strikes
Royal Mail has blamed strike action for helping send it slumping to a full-year loss of more than £1 billion. The group’s owner, International Distributions Services, revealed Royal Mail swung to an operating loss of £1.04 billion for the year to March 26, against earnings of £250 million the previous …
Read More »Royal Mail confirms it will get more posties to deliver in Nuneaton amid more delays
Royal Mail has confirmed it will get more posties to deliver across Nuneaton amid reports of more delays. One resident contacted CoventryLive to say her dad, who lives in the St Nicolas Park area of town, had no mail delivered for three weeks – then it all turned up at …
Read More »Royal Mail: improving quality of service is “top priority”
Royal Mail has again called for “major reform” of the USO after posting a £1bn operating loss – reduced to a mere £419m, or £8m a week – on an adjusted basis. Parent company International Distributions Services (IDS) posted its preliminary results for the 52 weeks ending 26 March …
Read More »Royal Mail strikes push owner into red after costing £1m a day
Strike action cost Royal Mail more than £1m every day over the past 12 months, with the disruption contributing to an annual loss of more than £1bn for the group’s owner. International Distributions Services (IDS) revealed Royal Mail swung to an operating loss of £1.04bn for the year to March …
Read More »Royal Mail makes £1 billion annual loss
Royal Mail makes £1 billion annual loss as postal service is hit by strikes and slump in demand for parcel deliveries By Martin Robinson, Chief Reporter For Mailonline Published: 02:30 EDT, 18 May 2023 | Updated: 03:10 EDT, 18 May 2023 Royal Mail has lost £1billion in the past year, …
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