Postal Union Likely to Accept Reduction in Saturday Deliveries
Sunday, 28 April 2024, 16:49
CWU accepts Royal Mail proposal to cut most Saturday deliveries
CWU seems to concede six-day service is financially unviable as company battles takeover bid. Letterboxes could fall silent on Saturday mornings, after the postal workers' union appeared to accept a proposal from Royal Mail that would abandon its duty to deliver all letters six days a week.
Royal Mail's service obligation
Royal Mail is required to deliver post from Monday to Saturday under the terms of the universal service obligation (USO) set down by an act of parliament in 2011.
- Amid a long-running industrial dispute with the financially struggling company, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has so far opposed a £300m cost-cutting blueprint that would include scrapping most Saturday services.
- The implications of this decision could have wide-ranging consequences for postal services in the UK.
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