The six times a week Second Class service will end on July 28 (Yui Mok/PA) (PA Wire) Second class mail deliveries are to be slashed from six to just three days a week from later this month in one of the biggest cutbacks in postal services in the 500 year …
Read More »Ofcom’s “investigation” into Royal Mail: A cover for sabotaging the Universal Service Obligation
On May 23, regulator Ofcom announced an investigation into Royal Mail’s continued failure to meet statutory delivery targets for First and Second Class mail during 2024/25. These Quality of Service (QoS) targets have been ignored for years. Postal workers won’t be taken in. They have demanded action against the management …
Read More »Ofcom investigates Royal Mail after it misses delivery targets again
Regulators have launched an investigation into Royal Mail after it delivered just over three-quarters of first-class post on time last year, missing its delivery targets set by the communications watchdog. The company said 76.3% of first-class mail arrived within one working day in the 12 months to the end of …
Read More »Ofcom’s “package of reforms”: a wrecking ball against the mail service and postal workers’ jobs and conditions
Communications regulator Ofcom has announced “a package of reforms to the Universal Service Obligation” governing the delivery of mail to 32 million addresses across the UK. Ofcom’s announcement is the foundation for a Royal Mail pilot scheme being rolled out at 37 delivery offices with the full support of the …
Read More »Communication Workers Union welcomes Ofcom’s announcement gutting Royal Mail USO
Ofcom’s announcement on January 30 confirming “a package of reforms to the Universal Service Obligation” (USO) has been embraced by the Communication Workers Union (CWU). General Secretary Dave Ward issued a press release confirming the CWU’s support for the regulator Ofcom’s reduction of mail services while retaining daily parcel delivery …
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