Printers secure as Royal Mail offers bulk mail opt out during strikes
It should be business as usual for bulk mail printers as Royal Mail has announced the suspension of door drops for unaddressed mail during next month’s strikes to allow customers to make alternative arrangements for delivery.
The company is suspending its activities for the weeks beginning 8, 15, and 22 October, during which the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has scheduled a series of 48-hour strikes.
The company said in a statement: “The CWU’s strike action, which is designed to damage Royal Mail, its customers and its people, will make it impossible for us to deliver the services normally to our customers and we are taking steps now to give customers in the fully competitive door to door market the opportunity to change their mailing plans or, if necessary, make alternative arrangements.”
Direct Marketing Agency head of postal affairs Alex Walsh was confident that mailers would have no problem finding alternative means of delivery.
