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Tag Archives: post strike

No work today or tomorrow or the day after

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Blogger
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The second phase of the CWU’s nationwide postal strikes are now happening with 44 thousand members striking on Thursday (today). Further 24-hour strikes are due to take place on Friday and Saturday.

“I can see the strike action increasing now,” CWU general secretary Billy Hayes has said – great!

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Many small businesses are still using post for business communications which could be done by email, particularly for what are seen as vital messages, including invoices.

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Modernise or decline

This was the message from an independent review of the UK postal services sector from the UK government. October 2009: As postal strikes rage across the UK it appears clear the CWU have chosen to decline. We wish them a speedy goodbye into the dustbin of history.

Small Business

The Federation of Small Businesses claimed that small businesses had been hit particularly hard by the strike. They claimed that 94% of small businesses use Royal Mail exclusively, which meant that a lot of business communications had been held up by strikes. However, more and more businesses are making the decision to using email rather than post.

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Non state operated parcel delivery providers include Parcel Services, Boxby,Intercargo, Pay Per Parcel, Interlink Direct and Interparcel, UPS and FedEx.
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