I just thought I would drop a quick note here.
As much of the country is still under water, which is affecting services greatly. There is also a postal strike organised for tomorrow, which is expected to affect the entire country.
People expecting items via mail from the UK, it is likely to a delay.
Going to be interesting to see how much mail is lost during this time.
News report below.
A crippling national postal strike planned for Friday looks inevitable after last-ditch talks ended without agreement.
Royal Mail officials, led by chief executive Adam Crozier, met leaders of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) on Wednesday in a bid to break a deadlocked dispute over pay and modernisation.
The union has rejected a 2.5% pay offer and wants the Royal Mail to change its modernisation plans which it claims will lead to 40,000 job losses.
As many as 130,000 union members are to stage a 24-hour walkout, crippling mail deliveries across the UK.
The industry's watchdog Postwatch has urged people not to send any mail until Saturday because of the strike.
The Royal Mail said its officials again went through the business plan with the union and explained the reality of the commercial pressures it now faced.
A spokesman said: "Royal Mail is already losing business because we have not yet modernised and therefore our prices are higher than those that rivals are charging in the intensively competitive business mail market.''
The spokesman said it now appeared "inevitable'' that the strike would go ahead tomorrow, although the company remained available to meet the union at any time.
A spokesman for the CWU said: "This was another pointless meeting where Royal Mail simply rehashed its business plan which has been overwhelmingly
As much of the country is still under water, which is affecting services greatly. There is also a postal strike organised for tomorrow, which is expected to affect the entire country.
People expecting items via mail from the UK, it is likely to a delay.
Going to be interesting to see how much mail is lost during this time.
News report below.
A crippling national postal strike planned for Friday looks inevitable after last-ditch talks ended without agreement.
Royal Mail officials, led by chief executive Adam Crozier, met leaders of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) on Wednesday in a bid to break a deadlocked dispute over pay and modernisation.
The union has rejected a 2.5% pay offer and wants the Royal Mail to change its modernisation plans which it claims will lead to 40,000 job losses.
As many as 130,000 union members are to stage a 24-hour walkout, crippling mail deliveries across the UK.
The industry's watchdog Postwatch has urged people not to send any mail until Saturday because of the strike.
The Royal Mail said its officials again went through the business plan with the union and explained the reality of the commercial pressures it now faced.
A spokesman said: "Royal Mail is already losing business because we have not yet modernised and therefore our prices are higher than those that rivals are charging in the intensively competitive business mail market.''
The spokesman said it now appeared "inevitable'' that the strike would go ahead tomorrow, although the company remained available to meet the union at any time.
A spokesman for the CWU said: "This was another pointless meeting where Royal Mail simply rehashed its business plan which has been overwhelmingly