Postal Strikes in UK

[willchels 0]

Article came out in Sunday Post today advising that postal workers in the UK (130,000 workers) intend to strike this Thurs and next Monday. They will also begin striking weekly from mid-October until Christmas. I understand people gotta do what they gotta do but this is really inconvenient for those in the early stages of immigration process. Just thought y'all should know!

Peace!

[Mary Lou 681]

Thanks for the heads up.

It's frustrating to hear cause we seem to have ####### luck with posting to the UK lately anyway

We pay for it to get there in 4-7 days, and are lucky if they receive it a month later, not to mention the cost of the post!! So i plan to post xmas pressies end of Oct.

[kisschick1976 0]

Ugh! Tell me about it! I've been waiting for his birth certificate to get here for quite some time now! Usually takes 4 business days but this has been since the 18th!

[MrsBruce5 0]

Don't fret-My dad in law works for the council and says it will be picked up by private companies after a few days (if the strike even lasts that long).

They sent us a package last Thursday, and we got it yesterday...

[Amby 490]

my mother in law has already mailed our christmas presents to us! she wanted to make sure we got them in time lol

[ddkm 0]

the strikes really arent helping anybody! I work for a large Financial Services company and we rely on receiving application forms and the like in the post...none of that at the moment unfortunatley so businesses are really suffering. Also, Royal Mail are losing a lot of their big dollar contracts to companies such as parcelforce.

And its my birthday this weekend and i havent got a single card or my package from AZ yet - Travesty!!

[MargotDarko 0]

my mother in law has already mailed our christmas presents to us! she wanted to make sure we got them in time lol

Haha. What a complete MIL thing to do!

[VisaJourneyLady 33]

I wish the embassy would have let me submit my I-130 package in person, this postal strike is intolerable. I sent an envelope last thursday at 12pm for next day delivery and it still hasn't arrived. I knew that the strike was happening but they said they were prioritising special delivery, so I paid for it.

I sent my I-130 yesterday, at this rate it won't be there for another week!

humph!

does anyone know if they take courier deliveries? I have a good mind to show up, say I'm a courier, and deliver it myself

[RosemarieL 0]

I wish the embassy would have let me submit my I-130 package in person, this postal strike is intolerable. I sent an envelope last thursday at 12pm for next day delivery and it still hasn't arrived. I knew that the strike was happening but they said they were prioritising special delivery, so I paid for it.

I sent my I-130 yesterday, at this rate it won't be there for another week!

humph!

does anyone know if they take courier deliveries? I have a good mind to show up, say I'm a courier, and deliver it myself

I sure hope they do as I sent my Package 3 by DHL lite on Monday

[freecake 0]

Yes they take courier. we used one

[Amby 490]

best of luck to everyone waiting for their packages to arrive at the embassy! freaking postal strike!

[Amby 490]

btw I think I will post our christmas presents to her at the end of october just to make sure she gets them

[RosemarieL 0]

best of luck to everyone waiting for their packages to arrive at the embassy! freaking postal strike!

My package 3 is held up in the postal strike so I used the scan of the checklist which someone posted on Visajourney plus the downloaded forms and the case number supplied by NVC to send my package back by courier before I received it. I am hoping that this will be ok but I don't want to have to wait with all the problems with the post at the moment. This process is taking long enough as it is.

[willchels 0]

Further wildcat walk outs in Scotland

Almost 100 postal staff have been staging wildcat strikes in Edinburgh and Grangemouth over pay deductions following recent official action.

Workers left depots in Edinburgh North West and Grangemouth at about 0900 BST.

The walkouts followed 48-hour strikes last week and earlier this week. Staff said deductions for both strikes came out of one weekly wage.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinbu...ast/7041132.stm

[willchels 0]

An agreement has been reached that could lead to an end to strike action by postal workers.

The breakthrough came late on Friday after marathon talks between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers' Union at the TUC in London.

Details are yet to be announced, but it is hoped the deal will end the dispute, which centres on pay, pensions and flexible working.

The terms reached will be considered by the union's executive on Monday.

The deal was ratified by Royal Mail boss Adam Crozier, Communication Workers' Union (CWU) general secretary Billy Hayes and his deputy Dave Ward, and TUC general secretary Brendan Barber.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7038899.stm

(Thats good news at least)