A shortage of electric vans is holding back businesses from making the switch to zero emission vehicles, international NGO Climate Group has warned. The Climate Group, which represents 28 UK-based businesses through the UK Electric Fleets Coalition, including major fleet operators such as including BT Openreach, LeasePlan, and Royal Mail, …
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Reports from postal workers across the UK show the real face of what is happening at Royal Mail regarding cost-cutting revisions, with mail deliveries failing daily by up to 50-80 percent and increased workloads described as “crippling”. Workers are demanding action against Communication Workers Union (CWU) leaders Dave Ward and …
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The trustee of the Royal Mail Pension Plan (RMPP) has agreed to a request from Royal Mail Group (RMG) to release some money that has been held separate from the RMPP. The funds released from escrow aim to enable RMG to pay a one-off lump sum payment to all employees …
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The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has announced a five-week “mass engagement exercise” to ram through its pro-company “Business Recovery, Transformation and Growth Agreement” with Royal Mail. The postal ballot will run from June 22-July 11. CWU General Secretary Dave Ward and his deputy Andy Furey announced a revised ballot timetable …
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An attempt by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) to smear the World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) on its coverage of the Royal Mail dispute and undermine its standing among postal workers has failed miserably. After the CWU Postal Executive twice suspended the ballot on its sellout deal with Royal Mail …
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Royal Mail has announced its successful imposition of “the biggest revision ever in the history of this business” delivering a barely concealed tribute to Communication Workers Union (CWU) officials for “working together” to make the company competitive with Amazon. Royal Mail’s statement explodes the lying claims of Dave Ward and …
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A scammer sent thousands of people fake Royal Mail texts requesting a ‘settlement’ fee for their parcel to be delivered. Mohammed Gulzar was caught with a ‘smishing’ kit when police raided his home in Birmingham. The 22-year-old university student duped at least one elderly woman and spent more than £2,500 …
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UK postal workers have written in to outline their crippling workloads and Royal Mail’s trashing of its statutory obligation to deliver six days a week. Increased walks and impossible targets are being enforced by management intimidation and use of overtime to clear back logs, forcing postal workers into a longer …
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Residents have said they’re “not happy” at a post office being downsized in an Essex town. In West Mersea, the main post office closed on Friday, June 9, to be replaced with a new ‘local service’ branch inside the Premier Mersea Island Supermarket. While the new branch offers longer opening …
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Thefts of post boxes have been reported in eight places in Cambridgeshire. Cambridgeshire Police had asked members of the public to contact them with any information. A Cambridgeshire Police spokesperson said thefts have been reported in Ramsey, Huntingdon, Old Hurst, Wistow, Ely, Aldreth, Wilburton, and Haddenham. They said: “We’re asking …
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