[ad_1] New National Lottery rules have meant winners are struggling to get hold of their prizes. The National Lottery was taken over by Allwyn from Camelot in February. Changes to rules have left winners unable to collect their prize money from the Post Office, which is no longer handing out big rewards. Some winners have…
[ad_1] The swoop is also facing opposition from the CWU, which is instead calling for a “new ownership and governance model” for Royal Mail. Mr Kretinsky’s EP Group, which is expected to make a fresh offer ahead of a deadline of May 15 set under City takeover rules, has held meetings with union bosses in…
[ad_1] A swordsmith has slammed a forthcoming ban on delivering blades through the post as threatening his business. Posting swords and most blade types will be prohibited by Royal Mail and Parcelforce from May 7. Most other courier services have already introduced such bans. Paul Macdonald owns Macdonald Academy of Arts in Stockbridge – dedicated…
[ad_1] Royal Mail postal workers will recall during our bitter 2022-23 industrial dispute the transparently disingenuous performance of then CEO Simon Thompson in front of the House of Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Select Committee. When questioned about the technology that posties carry with them, Thompson was by turns evasive, feigned ignorance, and…
[ad_1] CLEANERS have threatened to take industrial action if Royal Mail’s facilities management arm drops the Real Living Wage. Communication Workers Union (CWU) members said they “will resist by all means possible” should Royal Mail Property and Facilities Solutions (RMPFS) abandon the voluntary commitment. Delegates approved the approach at the union’s annual conference in Bournemouth today. The motion, which was debated…
[ad_1] Mr Ward, speaking at the union’s annual conference in Bournemouth, said: “It has been a roller coaster for employees in the past few years, going from being key workers during the pandemic, then involved in the most brutal industrial dispute I have ever seen, a debate about the quality of service and now a…
[ad_1] Nuneaton’s new Royal Mail delivery office is almost complete. That is according to developers, the Deeley Group, which is behind the new facility in Bermuda village. The current delivery office in Church Street will be demolished as part of the £20m Justice Walk development, which will boast a new library, offices and up to…
[ad_1] Hundreds of copies of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) statement “Oppose Royal Mail’s Assault on the USO! Defeat CWU’s Collusion!” have been distributed at Royal Mail delivery offices in Bradford, Keighley, Sheffield, Barnsley, Leicester, Glasgow and Manchester. The appeal to attend the PWRFC’s Zoom meeting this Sunday, April 28, met with a welcome…
[ad_1] FREE Royal Mail redeliveries should be reviewed after the company’s actions have left its six-day delivery service financially unviable, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) conference heard today. Deputy general secretary Martin Walsh told delegates in Bournemouth that the union has submitted its rejection of a three- or four-day letter delivery service to regulator Ofcom, which is looking at watering down…
[ad_1] ROYAL MAIL has been urged to waive its postal redirection service fees to women’s refuges. Communication Workers Union (CWU) delegates unanimously backed the move at the union’s conference in Bournemouth today. South Yorkshire delegate Louise James told delegates the voluntary sector should not be relied on to cover the redirection fees for domestic abuse survivors. “I…