Post staff to hold national strikes (22+23 oct)

sunnysea83

ghanagirl wrote: »

Royal Mail know that these firms will come back after the strikes are over because they will not be able to offer people free delivery.

John Lewis said we will offer other delivery options but there will be a charge.

They dont offer free delivery anyway they all charge 2.95 and 3.95 etc and normally post via standard post or recorded depending on value of item.

I have to say that the service provided by people like DHL etc is much better and more reliable than that provided by R.M!

At my work we sent out a lot of bulky sets of paper work to regular people and have decided that its more reliable and that they arrive in far better condition to pack all the stuff up and send via a courier once a week, we get gauranted delivery next day, it works out cheaper and the things we send dont end up getting damaged in the post. We only send our small letters via royal mail and if we could send them another way we would!!!

DelBoyPhil

i think the staff do a great job and totally support them!

HalfPint

My experience of dhl on more than one occasion has been downright diabolical....they managed to lose a camera and lens worth over 1K! They very kindly carded my upstairs neighbour, who brought it to us....then when delivery was re-arranged,.....they delivered it to another house halfway down the street:mad: - and that's just one example of how bad they are.

I call them DHH*LL....and I won't buy from a company who uses them to deliver.

On the flip side...my print supplier uses rm recorded (normally) and I never ever have any problem getting my photographs.

lepetit

Is there a Royal Mail number you can call today to see if we are going to get post?

custardy

lepetit wrote: »

Is there a Royal Mail number you can call today to see if we are going to get post?

no deliveries tomorrow

mail centre staff and network drivers (around 42,000 postal workers) strike on 22 October and nationwide delivery and collection staff (around 78,000 postal workers) strike on 23 October

lepetit

But the website says limited deliveries??

custardy

lepetit wrote: »

But the website says limited deliveries??

that is the national strike timetable
outwith that you can ask RM what their plans are

TEK_2

lepetit wrote: »

Is there a Royal Mail number you can call today to see if we are going to get post?

Don't know if it's the same around the country but in my office(Derby) we are adjoined to the Mail Centre, so as to not cross the picket line all functions in Derby are on strike today, but back to work tomorrow.

custardy

TEK wrote: »

Don't know if it's the same around the country but in my office(Derby) we are adjoined to the Mail Centre, so as to not cross the picket line all functions in Derby are on strike today, but back to work tomorrow.

yeah sorry i should have mentioned them
its down to that office how its handled
whether they go all on the 1st or 2nd day.
i think they usually all go on the 1st day as there are few feeds to the MC to work with

TurkishDelight

TEK wrote: »

Don't know if it's the same around the country but in my office(Derby) we are adjoined to the Mail Centre, so as to not cross the picket line all functions in Derby are on strike today, but back to work tomorrow.

Sorry if this is a dumb question but how do I tell if my local office is a mail centre?