📨 🎄 Britons have been warned to post their Christmas parcels well in advance as Royal Mail strikes “could easily spiral” into the festive season.
Royal Mail said it will try to keep services running but warned of “significant disruption” during the strikes and a knock-on effect across the surrounding days.
Smaller groups of workers will strike on a number of other days in November and December, in action that is expected to impact all deliveries. Post sent via Special Delivery Guaranteed will be prioritised on strike days, although next-day delivery cannot be guaranteed “until our services are back to normal”, said Royal Mail.
The delivery firm announced it would be withdrawing from existing legal agreements with the CWU and handed over a letter about the modernisation of the company which involved cultivating a “high-performance culture”. At the meeting, Royal Mail also asked CWU to go to the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service to resolve the dispute but the union declined.
They said: “Our invitation to enter into talks through ACAS remains open. Our people need the CWU leadership to recognise the reality of the situation Royal Mail faces as a business, and to engage urgently on the changes required to adapt to customer demands in a highly competitive market.
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