Anybody else waiting longer than normal for US items. Still missing 2 Dexter SDCC boxes and a number of Dexter e-bay purchases

Are they striking again?

the post office is trying to put a lot of them out of work.

........and yes i have an ebay purchase which is late, i just put it down to this.

Yup, the postal strikes are definately effecting all consignments from America. I usually get things between 4 and 6 days. The last sketch cards I recieved took 16 days. UK post is effected too, a recorded delivery first class item took 5 days.

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Originally posted by H_Toser:
Are they striking again?

Yep, random 1 day/2 day strikes covering some of London, Birmingham etc.

It's affecting UK items as well, i'm waiting much longer for rental dvds both ways.

Looks like the first National Strikes could start on the 22nd October!!

"Two days of national postal strikes will take place next week after Royal Mail and unions failed to strike a last minute deal.

The Communication Workers Union announced this afternoon that there would be nationwide stoppages next Thursday and Friday.

The CWU repeated its offer of further talks with Royal Mail management to avert the industrial action, which will see postal deliveries ground to a halt.

Royal Mail responded by saying that the move was an "appalling and unjustified" attack on customers.

Post-Switch, the postal broker, estimated that the current backlog of mail – which currently stands at about 100 million items – would double as a result.

The postal service has been hit by months of regional stoppages but this will be the first nationwide action. The CWU said that 42,000 mail centre staff and drivers would strike on Thursday, followed by 78,000 postmen and women the following day.

Royal Mail managers will deliver some mail themselves but the vast majority of post will not get through on those two days. Disruption will continue the following week as staff clear the backlog."

Well at least these are over until after Christmas !

The union must have secured something really great in the talks to stop it's action at the time of year when it would have the most impact.

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Originally posted by wolfie:
The union must have secured something really great in the talks to stop it's action at the time of year when it would have the most impact.

The loss of the Christmas bonus if they didn't work.