Carriers start planning for Royal Mail strike

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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Mail and express operators have started working on contingency plans following the decision by the Communications Workers Union to call a strike at Royal Mail on 4th November.

Petar Cvetkovic, CEO at DX said: “A Royal Mail strike will mean that many UK businesses will be under added pressure and need to put measures in place to guarantee business continuity in the run up to Christmas. As such, we have been talking to our DX Customers about their contingency plans in case the Royal Mail strike does indeed go ahead as planned.

“With a strike likely to impact the busy Christmas trading season, businesses will need to forecast as accurately as possible – and communicate to their logistics providers – the volumes that will need to be sent.

“Businesses will also need to consider how capacity issues brought on by strike action will affect the logistics market, and should be engaging with their suppliers and partners early on to reserve the capacity that they’ll need for their Customers’ deliveries.”

James Greenbury, chief executive officer at Parcel2Go.com, the courier comparison site, said: “When the strike begins, we expect both businesses and consumers to experience severe disruption continuing into the long-term. Parcel2Go.com usually sees a significant surge in customers when Royal Mail workers strike and, with some predicting rolling strikes continuing to disrupt normal service up until Christmas; this occasion will likely be no different.”

“The good news is that there is now a much greater availability of alternative services than five years ago including services such as Click and Collect and Collect+. Don’t be surprised if services such as these chip further away at Royal Mail’s market share in the coming months by offering consumers more convenience at a lower cost.”

Royal Mail has vowed to do all it can to minimise disruption resulting from the strike. In a statement it pointed out that only minority of CWU members voted for the strike with 51 per cent voting against or abstaining.

The company says it has offered the CWU a three year legally-binding and enforceable contract with an 8.6 per cent increase in in pay, allowance and overtime payments over three years. An additional £300 lump sum in year one (pro-rata for part timers) is also on offer as part of the proposed agreement. The proposed criteria would include payment to individuals in December 2013, as long as they have worked normally during any strike action.

[Lounge Lizard]

- and that from DX who in the past have had to resort to hiring taxis to get their mail delivered.

[redneck]

- and that from DX who in the past have had to resort to hiring taxis to get their mail delivered.

And who delivered my new passport to a neighbour.

[UnhappyGremlin]

- and that from DX who in the past have had to resort to hiring taxis to get their mail delivered.

And who delivered my new passport to a neighbour.

Close enough isn't it?
You expect too much.....and they think RM is bad.

We had a complaint from a customer about their passport being delivered without a signature being obtained.
It was pointed out it was nothing to do with us, as we'd lost the contract years ago.
The woman simply said 'What's that got to do with it?'

[DGP1]

Royal Mail has vowed to do all it can to minimise disruption resulting from the strike.

Maybe if they talked instead of acting the tough guy there would be no need for any IA.

[UnhappyGremlin]

Royal Mail has vowed to do all it can to minimise disruption resulting from the strike.

Maybe if they talked instead of acting the tough guy there would be no need for any IA.

What kind of sensible suggestion is that?
I really don't know where people get ideas like this.......

[DGP1]

Royal Mail has vowed to do all it can to minimise disruption resulting from the strike.

Maybe if they talked instead of acting the tough guy there would be no need for any IA.

What kind of sensible suggestion is that?
I really don't know where people get ideas like this.......

I know, I'll never get into management with ideas like that

[meweavy]

if dx couriers will be taken over,then people will be begging royal mail to get their posties back off strike.
dx are the devils axxhole of a delivery company,

[hopkirk]

the strike is the same date as the latest cod game is launched it is normally sent by tracked item i wonder how amazon will try and get round this as there will be a few thousand in transit on this day

[UnhappyGremlin]

the strike is the same date as the latest cod game is launched it is normally sent by tracked item i wonder how amazon will try and get round this as there will be a few thousand in transit on this day

In the areas they have their own vans, they'll do it themselves.
Everywhere else (which will be about 90% of the country), they'll sub contract the work out to hermes or some similar company.
Which will not end well.

[k979aaa]

if dx couriers will be taken over,then people will be begging royal mail to get their posties back off strike.
dx are the devils axxhole of a delivery company,

Full of arseholes who cannot drive even a snail has more capacity of thought DX Excrement Done over.