Royal Mail industrial action up-date

With more strikes planned for this Friday 6th and Monday 9th November, who is to say more won’t be announced again during this weeks industrisal action?

Below is the coummunication we have received from Royal Mail. Remember, if you have urgent or important items to post, we cn still send your letters, packets & parcels to their recepient without using the postal system.

Whilst this is a further and serious development, national strike action is not inevitable and concentrated talks between Royal Mail and CWU are continuing.

The details of the national industrial action are as follows:

Friday 6th

All functions across UK

Limited collection, processing, movement and delivery of mail.

Saturday 7th 

No strikes taking place           

Mail services will operate as usual

Monday 9th

All functions across UK        

Limited collection, processing, movement and delivery of mail

Mail services are unaffected on Monday to Thursday this week and on Saturday 7th November, although delivery and collection times may be later than usual in some areas because of a larger than usual amount of mail to sort and deliver.

The strike action planned for Friday 6th and Monday 9th November is not inevitable. We are continuing to urge the CWU to call off their strike action and concentrate with us on supporting our customers during the Autumn and Christmas peak mail period.

If this strike action does go ahead, some delay to the collection, distribution, processing and delivery of mail is inevitable.

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What does this mean for mail services this week?

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Friday 6th   

Limited collections accross the UK 

Deliveries across the UK will  accross the UK be limited to premium services 

Saturday 7th 

Collections as usual -times may differ due to larger postal volumes

Deliveries as usual – times maydiffer due to larger volumes of mail

Monday 9th  

Limited collections across the UK                         

Deliveries across the UK will be limited to premium services

Mail services will resume on Tuesday 10th November, however, please be advised that delivery and collection times may initially be later than usual as we work to restore normal service.

If, despite the strikes, we are able to collect from you on Friday and Monday, we’ll make every effort to let you know in advance, however, if resources on the day allow, we will perform extra collections and the late notice may mean that we cannot always contact you ahead of your collection.

To help you with your mailing plans, here are some alternatives for getting mail into our network on Friday and Monday:

Mail can be dropped off at any Post OfficeR -You can take your mail to any Post Office branch as they are not involved in this industrial action and services are available as usual. To find your nearest branch,

visit: http://www.postoffice.co.uk/branchlocator

Mail can be taken to your local Mail Centre -You can hand your mail over at any Mail Centre, check your regional page at http://www.royalmail.com/serviceupdates for details on your nearest office, and the latest time you can bring your mail.

We’ll continue to accept and prioritise the delivery of Special DeliveryT items but are sorry that we cannot guarantee items due for delivery between Friday 6th and Tuesday 11th November.

We are really sorry for the impact the CWU’s action may have on you, your customers and your business, and for the inconvenience and uncertainty we know any national industrial action would cause.

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Keeping you up-to-date

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For more information about mail services this week, please go to:

http://www.royalmail.com/serviceupdates. Alternatively, you can call your usual Royal Mail contact or the Business Service Helpline on 08457 950950.

We will continue to update you with information about contingency plans, the impact of industrial action and the recovery of service after any industrial action.

Regards,

Royal Mail Customer Service