Thousands of undelivered letters remain at Bristol depot...

[POSTMAN]

Thousands of undelivered letters remain at Bristol depot, union claim

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Thousands of items of mail including Mayoral candidate information are remaining undelivered at a Royal Mail depot in Bristol, a union has said.

Communication Workers Union (CWU) claim postal workers are "struggling to complete increased delivery rounds".

"This has resulted in stacks of mail remaining in the depot," a CWU spokesman said.

A Royal Mail spokeswoman apologised for any delays but said a contingency plan was being put in place at the weekend.

According to a union spokesman, postal workers delivering to the BS4 and BS14 postcode areas were told to "take whatever mail they had at 0930 and leave the rest".

'Contingency plan'

The result, according to the CWU, is packets that have remained in the depot for days and undelivered "literature about candidates standing in the Bristol Mayoral election" on 15 November.

David Wilshire, CWU branch official, said: "Aside from the impact this may have on the Mayoral election - our members at this workplace are receiving daily complaints from customers regarding the lateness of their postal deliveries.

"Bosses will not accept that the rounds are far too long and have adopted a panic-management approach to the problem."

A Royal Mail spokeswoman apologised for "any delay" in mail delivery in the BS4 and BS14 postcode areas but said it was caused "by high levels of sickness in the office this week".

"We are working very hard to ensure that all mail is delivered as soon as possible," she said.

"We are putting contingency plans in place this weekend so that we can provide the high level of service expected by customers."

[teesdale]

Ive done quite well out of panic management at Bristol mail centre for years. Here's hoping they keep the same junior managers and never get organised. By chance got my manager to smell my farts twice in one week!. His facial expression did change and he stepped back, but didnt say a word. Victory.

[Lounge Lizard]

A Royal Mail spokeswoman apologised for "any delay" in mail delivery in the BS4 and BS14 postcode areas but said it was caused "by high levels of sickness in the office this week". - or taking part in that choir thing on the telly ?

[malcolm3011]

A Royal Mail spokeswoman apologised for "any delay" in mail delivery in the BS4 and BS14 postcode areas but said it was caused "by high levels of sickness in the office this week". - or taking part in that choir thing on the telly ?

Another revision failure then

[mark_e]

"We have a passion to deliver for our customers"

"Royal Mail people have a passion for customer service and delivery excellence – it’s what gives us our edge and and wins us trust"

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[TrueBlueTerrier]

Election booklets 'piling up at sorting office' http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Election ... story.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

ELECTION addresses from Bristol's mayoral candidates are piling up at a sorting office because overworked posties are unable to deliver them, a union has claimed.

Officials from the Communication Workers Union say thousands of items of mail, including election booklets, were at the Mead Street depot, near Temple Meads, which serves the BS4 and BS14 postcodes.

The union blames increased delivery rounds which they say posties are "struggling to complete".

The city council said it was "very concerned" at delays delivering election material and would take action to ensure polling cards and postal votes were delivered.

A Royal Mail spokeswoman blamed "high levels of sickness" for the backlog and said contingency plans had been put in place over the weekend to try and solve the problem.