Royal Mail losing 400 postal workers weekly, union claims

Summarised from BBC Business's report · Updated 14 Oct, 02:44 · Archive

The CWU says about 400 postmen and women leave Royal Mail each week since a new delivery system was introduced.

The Communication Workers Union claims Royal Mail is losing about 400 postal workers per week since introducing the DM26 delivery system earlier this year, up from approximately 330 departures weekly before the change. The union says the new system, which reorganises routes and allows second class post to be delivered every other weekday only, is not working in hundreds of offices.

Postal staff speaking anonymously have told the BBC that parcels are being prioritised over letters, with first class mail being left behind and time wasted sorting mail into categories. One worker in the West Midlands said: 'I didn't take any first class mail out on my last shift because I was on a road that's been behind for weeks.' Royal Mail said it always worked to ensure all mail was delivered on time, and that the reforms were part of plans to improve delivery performance.

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• Royal Mail losing 400 postal workers a week, says unionThe CWU says more posties are leaving since a new delivery system was brought in, that it claims is not working in hundreds of offices.BBC Business · 14 Oct, 00:03

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