Thank-you to all our customers for their patience and
understanding during the spate of CWU Industrial Action.
Updated 17:55
pm Thursday 5th November 2009: Strike action has been cancelled
and will not cause any disruption until the Christmas season has passed.
Please be aware that in some areas there are STILL backlogs from the previous
actions.
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Updated 17:24pm
Fri 30th Oct 09: Strike action has been set for 121,000 postal workers
UK-wide for 24 hours from 3am on Friday 6th November and for 24 hours from 3am
Monday 9th November. We anticipate deliveries to get back to normal from
Wednesday 11th November
onwards.
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UPDATED
17:09 pm Friday 23rd Oct 09: Thursday 29th
October to Saturday 31st October 2009 (this
is the most impacting strike with VERY LIMITED delivery of
mail)
The CWU members are continuing to strike in a rolling method around the country. This has enabled maximum impact on customers for minimum disruption to the workers wage packets. Contract Mail (such as credit card bills, junk mail and unaddressed advertising leaflets) and regular letters are and will continue to be largely unaffected as Royal Mail are fined large sums if these items do not get through to customers in a reasonable time. Large letters and parcels are the worst hit by these strikes as items left unsorted by end of shift are left to pile up until time is found to sort them. Unfortunately Royal Mail's own rules of "first in first out" sort method is not adhered to in most depots and often new mail is sorted before backlogged mail. We understand why the CWU members are striking. Some of the things we have been told by Royal Mail staff who work closely with our companies about conditions and working restrictions are truely shocking. If they are to be believed, it is absolutely no wonder the members are standing their ground, however we believe intervention is now required to ensure everyone get's their mail in a timely manner. Here is an online petition asking for government intervention http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/MailStrike/ please take the time to sign it if you think the goverment can help resolve this situation in time for Christmas online ordering. This situation affects everyone in the UK who sends and receives mail. Here is a list of upcoming strike dates / locations: Strike action for week commencing 5th October 2009
Below is a list of postal strikes for the week commencing 5th October 2009. All action is for 24 hours unless stated otherwise. Further detail is available on the Royal Mail dispute page of this website: www.cwu.org/royal-mail-dispute.html
Wednesday 7th October
Peterborough delivery office (DO) from 22:00
Thursday 8th October
Bristol mail centre
Peterborough DO
Friday 9th October
Burslem DO
Kilmarnock
Peterborough DO, until 22:00
London mail centres:
East London
London Airport Mail Unit
Mount Pleasant
South London mail centre
Network (logistics and van) drivers in:
Carlisle
Coventry
Chelmsford
Hatfield, Northern Home Counties
Leeds, North East Regional Distribution Centre
Nottingham
Peterborough
Swindon
Warrington, North West Regional Distribution Centre
London:
East London
Greenford
Nine Elms, Vauxhall
Princess Royal Distribution Centre, North London
Saturday 10th October
Bathgate
Hadfield DO
Irvine DO
London-wide deliveries
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