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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 …

Strikes are planned in the UK this month by rail workers, passport control officers, and in Royal Mail. Source link

Investigations to check for ancient caves have taken place as demolition continues at the site of Nottingham’s former Royal Mail sorting office where a student block is planned. The Bendigo Building off Bath Street and Brook Street, which stood vacant for 20 years after its use by Royal Mail, will …

Thousands of stamps are set to become unusable, meaning Royal Mail customers could be slapped with extra postage fees. Barcoded stamps are planned to replace the traditional ones. One the postal company makes this switch, the old style stamps will no longer be valid, the ECHO reports. Any customers with …

Huge piles of undelivered post are reportedly being left out in the elements at Bristol Mail Centre. And staff at the Filton site 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. A Royal …