More Postal Disruption
We, along with all the other customers of the Royal Mail are as disappointed as they are that the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have announced and are implementing further disruption to services. According to the Royal Mail website:
‘Royal Mail is hugely disappointed that the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has announced a series of strikes over a two-week period. These begin at 7pm on Wednesday 25th July 2007 and end at 12 noon on Wednesday 8th August. The situation is complex but we have identified the probable impact on services for the week commencing 23rd July. The strike will affect all Mail Centres on Thursday 26th July and Delivery and Collection services will not be available on Saturday 28th July’, they go on to assess the probable impact of the action as follows:
‘What this means for you
- There will be normal access to Royal Mail services on Thursday 26th July
- On Saturday 28th July services will be limited to a single collection from post boxes outside of Post Offices and these collections may be earlier than the normal advertised times
- There will be limited delivery and collection services on Saturday 28th July
- We will do all we can to deliver Special Delivery items. Special Delivery Saturday guarantee will be suspended for Saturday 28th July
- Parcelforce Worldwide’s guaranteed services will remain unaffected
- Royal Mail’s Branch Direct, Sameday and Door to Door services remain unaffected
- All other mail services will be subject to delay
As a consequence of this, we will be offering our customers the option of a low cost next working day delivery Carrier service for the duration of the strike. We will bear a proportion of the cost and only charge £3.99 for the service. Please make sure that if you are desperate you select the Carrier service. We cannot offer this service for weekend deliveries.
The CWU website states as follows:
‘The Communication Workers’ Union has announced an escalation of the level of strike action in Royal Mail. Although postal workers will individually take 2 days of strike action in the next two weeks, the strikes announced mean that there will be two weeks of continuous disruption to mail services. The strikes call out separate functions nationally on different days and the timing is aimed at maximising the impact on mail’, and obviously on their customers also!
