A couple hoping to have their first child have been left waiting for a vital letter as the Wirral experiences post delays following the controversial suspension of 11 staff. Jennifer Tomlinson is hoping to have a baby with her husband Liam starting in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment at Arrowe Park …
Read More »‘Elon Musk of Essex’ moves Royal Mail electric lorry maker to US
Tevva has started manufacturing 7.5-tonne trucks which have a 140-mile range in the UK, with customers including logistics companies Kinaxia and TG Lyons. It expects to deliver its first vehicle to Royal Mail in the coming weeks, and later develop an electric lorry with a “range extender” hydrogen fuel cell …
Read More »Reduced opening hours at Royal Mail delivery point will ‘alienate’ customers
Woking’s Royal Mail Customer Service Point has seen a sharp reduction in operating hours and now opens its doors to the public on Monday to Friday from 8am to 10am, and Saturday from 8am to 12pm. This reduction in hours “doesn’t help people who work at all” and could “alienate” …
Read More »Lime bikes just got their own clothing range
The clickety-clack of a locked Lime bike in use has become an established part of the soundscape of most London boroughs, alongside the usual cacophony of sirens, shouting and the screeching of tires. The noise indicates that a bike is technically being joy-ridden without payment – often by cheeky school …
Read More »Opening date announced for Nuneaton’s new Royal Mail delivery office
Nuneaton’s new Royal Mail delivery office should be ready to open by the start of next year. It is being built on a two-acre brownfield site which was formerly part of the Stanley Brick Works in Bermuda. Once complete, at the start of 2024, it will see the town’s main …
Read More »How the “friends” of Royal Mail workers helped the CWU inflict defeat – Part 2
Part one of this article was published August 11 The Socialist Workers Party are expert at providing tame “left-wing” criticisms of the labour and trade union bureaucracy, while serving to politically block any independent movement of the working class. The SWP’s long-established theory of the trade unions is one that …
Read More »Fuming Scots dad who had to fly to Hungary to collect passport offered eight stamps as compensation
A dad who had to fly to Hungary to collect a passport following a “postal delay” has been left fuming after he was offered eight stamps in compensation. Attila Cseke, from St Andrews, cancelled his daughter Liah’s passport when it hadn’t arrived ten days after his son Mate’s – despite …
Read More »Trouble brewing at Royal Mail as six postal workers are sacked in a row over tea breaks
Trouble brewing at Royal Mail as six postal workers are sacked in a row over tea breaks Staff dismissed after enjoying cups of tea and coffee at two pubs while on break By Dan Woodland Published: 19:32 EDT, 12 August 2023 | Updated: 19:35 EDT, 12 August 2023 Six Royal …
Read More »Six Royal Mail postal workers fired in row over tea breaks
Six postal workers have been fired from their jobs in a row over tea breaks, a union said. They were among 11 workers suspended from Prenton Delivery Office in Wirral, Merseyside, in July for drinking tea and coffee at pubs while on their breaks. Three were later reinstated, one was …
Read More »Six Royal Mail posties ‘fired’ after having ‘cup of tea’ in pub
Six postal workers have been fired from their jobs at a delivery office on the Wirral according to the Communication Workers Union (CWU). This follows the controversial suspension of 11 postal workers at the Prenton Delivery Office over a dispute reportedly involving postal workers having cups of tea and coffee …
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