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The Communication Workers Union (CWU) that does the local post delivery for Royal Mail underwent a two day strike last Thursday (10/22) and Friday (10/23) in the U.K. Shipwire found out that a local sort center for the Royal Mail was going to be processing parcels and we delivered our merchant outbound shipping directly to the sort center.

Shipwire will be conducting a Tweet Chat with partners, customers and "followers" on Twitter to discuss the impact of the Royal Mail strike on merchants. We are @shipwire and hope you can join us at 10am on Oct22nd at hashtag #RoyalMail.

Tomorrow (Oct 21st), Royal Mail workers will strike ("industrial action" is another name for it) and severely impact the delivery of orders in the UK delivered through Royal Mail.  While the strike progresses the management of Royal Mail is working hard to keep portions on the service open and functioning.  As such, we have built...

Shipwire merchants in the UK should be aware that a number of Royal Mail Postal Employees are moving towards a strike, including the local mail handlers. [Royalmail.com strike updates. Get Royal Mail strike updates by e-mail]. While Shipwire hopes the strikes are averted, there is a now a critical risk that Royal Mail may not...