Does Anybody Know If The Postal Strikes Are Continuing Into The New Year?

[fitdarren]

Thanks in advanace.

[bobbinwales]

They haven't settled. The union leader won't settle until his allowed to run the company. So yes

[bobbinwales]

^.. not finished
...probably although no dates yet AFAIK....

[Peter Pedant]

yes
yes I do know
and yes they continue
(" they go arn and arn... wowser ! ") Gig Young in They shoot horses dont they?

[Fibonacci]

I think dates in January have yet to be announced. If you need to post definitely post as early as you can. I suspect it will take some time to return to normal after Christmas strikes.

[goodgoalie]

I think even if they're not striking it will take ages to clear the backlog. I got a Christmas card on the 22nd which took 17 days to reach me from a village 2 miles away.
My Private Eye eventually arrived last week, 9 days late.

[fitdarren]

Thank you for your replies. I didn't get my tablets on time in December because my prescription that I post to the surgery never arrived. It took a lot of hassle to sort it out! I'll take it round next month rather than risk posting it again.

[gingejbee]

Does your surgery not do online scripts?

[bobbinwales]

yes 2 weeks was quite common before chrismas and we know some cards we sent 2 weeks before chrismas haven't arrived yet The Royal Mail said they were trying to prioritise things like hospital letters... not sure how they know - but I guess they deprioritised cards.
Next year the unions and management will find Christmas card numbers drop dramatically and volume's generally will fall so modernisation/job losses will be on the agenda again so strikes will be on the cards (no pun intended ) again next year

[Buenchico]

There are currently no new strike days to come. However the dispute remain ongoing and information about any further strikes will appear both here
https://www.royalmail.com/latest-news
and here
https://www.cwu.org/rmgstrikeinfo

[Bazile]

//I didn't get my tablets on time in December because my prescription that I post to the surgery never arrived//

Why do you 'post prescription to your surgery '?

Do you mean you let them know by post , what you need ?