Royal Mail strikes not affecting Malta
A series of strikes by Royal Mail workers over the past days did not affect Malta-bound mail, a Maltapost spokesman said yesterday.
"The volume of mail from the UK to Malta has not been affected. No mail has been stuck at Heathrow," the spokesman said.
He added, however, that some clients might experience delays if items they requested from UK suppliers were held up in delivery to Heathrow.
The action, initiated by the Communications Workers' Union last week, is the biggest since 2007's general strike, with a reported backlog of over 20 million items in London alone. The strikes are being held in the light of a "frightening and unprecedented" change planned by Royal Mail. According to the CWU, "the postal industry, along with the workplaces and jobs of our members, could be unrecognisable" as a result of such change.
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Norman Parker
Sep 18th 2009, 14:27
This always seems to be the case with the Maltese they never take the blame for late deliveries, and i think really it is true what Scot Thomas says, the problem lies with the Maltese side of distribtion parcels and mail from the UK and not in my beloved country of Great Britain, we always get our priorities in order strikes or no strikes.,
Scot Thomas
Sep 17th 2009, 17:37
If the Royal Mail strike is not affecting Malta, why is it then my medication were late arriving on three occasions and also i know of many who are still waiting for their parcel to arrive from london,So really the problem of late deliveries does not lie with The UK but in actually fact with the Maltese> the way i understand the above column.
Phil Press
Sep 17th 2009, 17:07
No maybe not from the UK. But my redirection from Gozo to Malta. 6 weeks and 2 "test letters", later sent by Malta Post?, to my old address in Gozo. Have not been received. Neither do they have the decency to reply to telephone calls