"...Biggest design change in 175 years includes a digitally activated drawer for sending parcels ...The new postboxes will feature a scanning mechanism powered by the solar panel ...Customers scan a barcode on the Royal Mail app to open the drawer, which is designed for parcels too large to fit through the traditional slot."
"“Apparently, the department that delivers parcels said that the mail for SW17 is piled up to the ceiling," Claire said. ...The spokesperson added: “This meant 99 per cent of items are successfully delivered to customers on the first or second delivery attempt. ..."
"...The head of Royal Mail told Parliament that his company has used technology to track the speed of postal workers, including for how long they stood still. Appearing before the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy committee Wednesday, Chief Executive Officer Simon Thompson said the exercise was to avoid cases of work overload and not to..."
"...The British government’s National Cyber Security Center said it’s aware of the incident and is working with Royal Mail and the National Crime Agency “to fully understand the impact.” Services for mail coming into the country are operating with minor delays, Royal Mail said. ..."
"..."One of the sorters said: 'Look at this this, do you know who it is?'" postal worker Fergus McAllister told CBS News partner network BBC News. "I said 'I know exactly who it's for,' and he said: 'I feel like I know him, too, for his whole life story is on the front."..."
"...Subcontracted drivers working for Parcelforce – the parcel delivery arm of the Royal Mail – are under investigation after delivery vans were suspected to have stopped outside addresses without dropping off packages, said officials at the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)..."
"..."Only a year ago the government and Moya Greene promised postal workers that their pensions were secure - now they have reneged on their promise and postal workers' pensions are again under attack. For the company to present this as some kind of benefit linked to a pay offer is scandalous. This is daylight robbery of a further £2 billion of pension scheme assets being used to subsidise privatisation.”..."
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"...The agreement also outlined a 6.9% pay rise over three years for Royal Mail workers, a cut in working hours and further assurances that there will not be compulsory..."
"...First class post has plunged to its worst performance in more than a decade. ..."
"...Classic Rock magazine reports that Pink Floyd have teamed up with Royal Mail, the national postal service of the UK, to produce a special stamp available from March 6, 2010...."
"..."If the Government backs the changes, as seems likely, it will inflame the postal unions and Labour backbenchers who both want a fully publicly owned Royal Mail..."
"...Most postal workers are fiercely proud of the job they do and see it very much as a community role, way and above the concept of putting letters through letterboxes. This view would seem to be supported by Royal Mail itself which runs an annual competition to find postal workers that have demonstrated a commitment way and beyond the requirements of the job. In that respect, postal workers do stand out against employees in many other service industries, even if not entirely unique. Postal workers, at least for the moment, see the new working ethos as akin to working like robots, particularly with timed walks, but they weather the changes in the hope that it will at least secure more jobs. ..."
"...The decision to return to strike action was in response to pension changes, post office closures and job losses at Royal Mail. Last year’s strike action was a major factor in Royal Mail’s failure to meet operational targets...."
"...The postal group halted its final salary pension for all employees in April, and replaced it with one based on career average earnings...."
