A CWU spokesperson added that “Royal Mail are risking serious security risks by bringing in completely untrained randomers with no experience to plough through your Christmas post. “There is a better day of dealing with this backlog: stop the destruction of your workers’ livelihoods, guarantee you’ll treat them with the …
Read More »Postcodes where DPD deliveries are suspended with Christmas in 8 days
Delays have been announced for DPD across the country, after Royal Mail went on strike on Sunday (December 11). Employees who are part of the Communication Workers Union have walked out, over pay and working conditions. This has resulted in a backlog across the country of deliveries. Further strikes take …
Read More »Shoppers’ anger as Royal Mail, Evri and DPD fail to deliver
Santa may have nothing to deliver this year, as anxious mums and dads wait for their Christmas parcel to arrive. Royal Mail workers have been on strike for four days so far this month, leading to reports of piles of parcels and letters building up at sorting offices, as workers …
Read More »DHL, Royal Mail and Evri’s Christmas delivery dates and advice
Christmas is just next week, somehow, that really snuck up on us didn’t it? Could’ve sworn summer was just a month ago but here we are. Everyone’s favourite time of year is just around the corner, the weather being a constant reminder that the festive season is truly upon us. …
Read More »Royal Mail strikes leave children hoping for a letter from Santa as weeks go by without deliveries
Royal Mail strikes have left children with no sign of their promised letter from Father Christmas as some homes have now gone weeks without receiving deliveries. Thousands of households across the country have been hit by Royal Mail strikes this week after more than 100,000 postmen walked out on Wednesday …
Read More »Royal Mail issue warning as Christmas post deadlines ‘brought forward’
Royal Mail has issued a warning that today (December 16) is the final date to post some Christmas mail before December 25. Households across the UK are being urged to get familiar with the final posting dates for Christmas or risk losing out. Today is the last day people can …
Read More »UK post and rail strikes continue, as trade union bureaucracy steps up efforts to end wave of industrial action
Postal workers completed a 48-hour UK-wide strike on Thursday, as rail workers began a two day national stoppage Friday. The postal strike involves 115,000 workers who are demanding a pay increase, an end to attacks on working conditions and the withdrawal of a plan for 10,000 redundancies. The rail stoppage …
Read More »List of postcodes where DPD has suspended deliveries in South West
DPD has suspended deliveries in nearly 50 postcodes around Bristol, Somerset and Wiltshire as Christmas approaches. Due to the inconvenience caused by Royal Mail’s industrial action on Sunday, December 11, the parcel company has announced delays in its next-day delivery service. After a long-running disagreement about jobs, wages, and working …
Read More »Royal Mail state ‘every item of mail is important’ after concerns of prioritising parcels
Royal Mail officials say they treat all items of mail with equal importance after concerns were raised by Nottinghamshire residents that parcels were being prioritised by the business. Residents in West Bridgford and Lady Bay alleged that a postal worker told them they had been told to only handle parcels …
Read More »Royal Mail issues urgent warning to post letters and parcels today in time for Christmas
The Royal Mail has issued an urgent warning that today (December 16) is the last chance to post letters and parcels in time for Christmas. It comes amid several days of protest that have caused major disruption to the postal service. Friday, December 16 is the final date to post …
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