[ad_1] 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 traditional stamps are advised…
[ad_1] 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 Mail worker of long…
[ad_1] Postal workers were massing in central London this afternoon after talks to resolve the long-running strike action at Royal Mail broke down again. The CWU organised a rally at 1pm in Parliament Square, with Royal Mail workers travelling from across the UK to attend. Around 100,000 workers across the Royal Mail network are…
[ad_1] Pictures show mountains of mail outside Royal Mail centres in midwinter amid the ongoing strikes. The photos and videos, which were sent to the Mirror, show cages full of undelivered packages outside two mail centres this week. The pictures were taken before today’s fresh walkout by 115,000 posties even began. A source at the…
[ad_1] New details on Royal Mail’s Christmas strikes have been revealed, with customers warned to ‘allow plenty of time’ for festive post and presents to arrive, as the second of seven strikes before Christmas commences. Britain is facing the prospect of a winter of chaos with industrial action set to cripple railways, impede deliveries over…
[ad_1] Staff from key industries are striking on multiple dates across December and early January, meaning many Christmas services will be cancelled or massively reduced. From no trains running on Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day, paramedics only attending life-threatening call outs and Royal Mail packages being severely delayed, the festive period…
[ad_1] More than 100,000 Royal Mail workers are walking out today (Friday, December 9) in the first of several dates of industrial action planned in December. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) are striking after negotiations with Royal Mail failed. Further days of industrial action are planned on December 9, 11, 14, 15, 23…
[ad_1] Thousands of Scottish postal workers are taking a further day of strike action today after talks between union representatives and Royal Mail reached a standstill. Around 11,000 members of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) are embroiled in an increasingly bitter dispute over pay and working conditions with the postal service, with little sign of…
[ad_1] With postal workers set to launch a fresh wave of strikes throughout December, plans to post gifts in the run up to Christmas have been left in disarray. Royal Mail has been urging customers to “allow plenty of time” for posting items this year, but there are alternatives to work around the latest industrial…
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