Bosses at Nuneaton’s hospital have reassured patients that they are determined to make sure that letters reach them in time amid the Royal Mail strike action. The George Eliot Hospital has said that the continued strike action may impact the time it takes for patients to receive letters from them. …
Read More »Next-day delivery services dropped as Royal Mail strike chaos continues
Next-day delivery services by private parcel companies have become the latest casualty of the Royal Mail strike. DPD has temporarily suspended its next-day services in some areas of the UK as it struggles to cope with soaring demand as customers lose faith in Royal Mail because of strike disruption. The …
Read More »Royal Mail warns that thousands of stamps will become ‘unusable’ in the New Year
Royal Mail has warned that certain stamps will become invalid in the New Year, meaning customers may be charged extra when sending their post. After January 31, 2023, the postal company will only accept mail with barcoded stamps on it. These will have the Queen’s picture on them, but non-barcoded …
Read More »Royal Mail customers could be hit with extra postage fees in stamps shake up
Royal Mail customers could be hit with extra fees soon and comes as thousands of stamps are soon set to become unusable. The postal company, who are currently taking part in strike action across a number of days this month, are set to add barcoded stamps to replace the traditional …
Read More »Britain’s December strikes: Who is striking, why, and for how long?
Royal Mail staff, nurses, paramedics, rail workers and Border Force officials will all stage walkouts over jobs, pay and conditions this month as Brits prepare for mayhem over Christmas. December is being described as the ‘new winter of discontent’ – with bus workers, baggage handlers, environment agency staff and paramedics …
Read More »Farewell Royal Mail, a glorious institution facing certain death
How I miss that distinctive sound of Advent: the heavy thud of 11 envelopes landing on the doormat! Ever since the decline of handwritten letters, which began in the 1990s with the arrival of the internet, Advent has been the one time of year when we could re-live the daily …
Read More »Full list of Merseyside postcodes DPD has stopped delivering to
Parcel delivery giant DPD has temporarily stopped delivering to a number of Merseyside postcodes. The company said there will be delays to its next-day delivery service because of the industrial action. According to DPD, there will be delays in delivering parcels to the affected Merseyside postcodes of one day. READ …
Read More »Postal workers ‘are told to bin leaflets due to backlog’ as parcels and letters pile up outdoors
Huge piles of undelivered post are reportedly being left out in the elements at a Royal Mail Centre. Staff at the Filton, Bristol, site also claim they have been told by management to bin flyers and promotional mail with questions raised by the union over the legality of that decision. …
Read More »UK postal workers speak on fight against Royal Mail and wider strike movement
The WSWS spoke with postal workers attending the Communication Workers Union (CWU) rally in London’s Parliament Square on Friday, the thirteenth day of national strike action since August. Part of the delegation of postal workers from Wolverhampton Mail Centre, West Midlands [Photo: WSWS] A postal worker who was part of …
Read More »Travis thanks The Office for introducing new generation to one of band’s biggest hits
Travis thanked The Office – for winning the band a new generation of young fans. The band’s hit Sing was the soundtrack to a famous scene in the US version of the sitcom, a montage of clips showing main characters Pam and Jim falling in love over several series. And …
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