Thursday 16 April 2020

Postal Delays


The mail has been classed as an essential service and postal deliveries continue to function under the current coronavirus emergency. Royal Mail have introduced a range of new social distancing measures aimed at offering further protection for the work-force. Standard ways of working have been revised to ensure that, wherever possible, postal workers stay two metres apart. The company has also brought in a new rule that means there will only be one person in a Royal Mail delivery vehicle at any one time.

The implementation of these precautions is being monitored by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) which represents most of the Royal Mail’s staff. Earlier in the month angry postal workers walked out of a sorting office in Scotland after bosses failed to clean the workstation of a worker who was hospitalised with coronavirus symptoms. They returned to work after Management agreed with the union to deep clean their Greenock office and enforce the two metre spacing guidelines.

The Royal Mail’s new health and safety measures have led to inevitable delays in the delivery of the New Worker. Most comrades are still getting our paper with the Friday post but others have reported delays of several days.

We are committed to maintaining the print edition of the New Worker during the current coronavirus crisis. But we are dependent on our suppliers to keep our press running and we rely on the Royal Mail to distribute virtually all of our papers. Should these services be restricted or disrupted we will still be able to produce the electronic version of the New Worker, which currently is only sent to communist and progressive forces overseas. If we are unable to print or post the New Worker we can send the Electronic New Worker to home subscribers who need, first of all, to send their email address to Carole at: newworker77@gmail.com

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