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They don’t understand the upset and misery it causes’: Families and small business owners describe the impact of strikes on their lives this Christmas Families and small business owners claim strikes are inflicting misery on lives   Royal Mail action could be ‘the final nail in the coffin’ for small businesses  ‘Hundreds of …

Royal Mail customers could be hit with extra postage fees as thousands of stamps are set to become unusable. Barcoded stamps are planned to replace the traditional ones. When the postal company makes this switch, the old style stamps will no longer be valid. Any customers with traditional stamps are …

Royal Mail has announced its latest advised posting dates for people wanting to make sure that what they send to their loved ones arrives on time this Christmas. And it’s no surprise that the dates are earlier than usual – to take heed of the potential delays to deliveries due …

The festive season is here and the rush to get presents sent by post will be bigger than ever with Royal Mail strikes likely to cause disruption. Members of the Communication Workers Union are taking national strike action on December 9, 11, 14, 15, 23 and 24, 2022 – after …

R oyal Mail workers will stage a fresh strike on Sunday in the long running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are embroiled in an increasingly bitter row which has sparked a serious of walkouts. More strikes are due to be held in …

The CWU has written an open letter claiming that staff have been instructed to bin door to door mail Masses of undelivered post are reportedly being left outside and exposed to the elements at a Bristol Royal Mail sorting and delivery depot. Staff at the Filton site claim they have …

Scots are being urged to get their Christmas cards and parcels sent off early this year, with the first national deadline falling on Monday December 12 amid ongoing strike action. This first deadline is for more cost-effective 2nd class deliveries, which was recently pushed back from its original date of …

Royal Mail’s failure to contain strikes has also hit the court system. A paralegal based in the North West, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said cases were falling through because documents regularly arrived three weeks late. “It’s been extremely stressful because of the amount of additional work we’ve been …

Christmas cards ‘won’t arrive until February’ because of Royal Mail backlogs, union sources have warned, as hundreds of postal workers marched with ‘Grinch Lynch’ on the first day of mass walkouts. Communication Workers Union (CWU) members congregated outside Parliament in central London yesterday – joined by RMT union leader Mick Lynch …

Staff walkouts at Royal Mail in the run-up to Christmas are expected to cause disruption with new advice to post items sooner than originally suggested. The postal service has moved last-posting dates forward as more strike dates were announced by the Communication Workers Union (CWU). Union members have been taking …