National Postal Workers Day – Monday 12th December 2016

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9^th December 2016

National Postal Workers Day – Monday 12^th December 2016

Monday 12th December will mark the fifth annual National Postal Workers Day, when the whole nation celebrates the hard work and dedication of hundreds of thousands of postal workers, who collect, sort and deliver letters, parcels and packets to 29 million addresses, 6 days a week.

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) will be calling on the nation to celebrate National Postal Workers Day, which is one of the busiest mail traffic days of the year for postal workers. The aim of the day is to recognise postal workers for their effort and dedication in delivering a vital service.

CWU General Secretary Dave Ward said: “Our members play a vital role in communities across the UK. National Postal Workers Day gives us an opportunity to thank our posties for their efforts all year round. The Royal Mail may have been privatised but the service is and always will be the People’s Post.”

Terry Pullinger, CWU Deputy General Secretary said: “National Postal Workers Day is about showing proper appreciation for the work that postal workers do, the vital service they provide to the public and the social role they play supporting our local communities.

“We encourage the public to use the day to recognise that postal workers do much more than deliver the mail, they regularly go the extra mile to serve the communities they deliver to all year round and keep an eye out for the vulnerable and elderly. They are the eyes and ears of the local communities and many play the role of Good Samaritan helping people and customers they encounter whilst out on their daily deliveries.”

The public are encouraged to take to social media on Monday, using #PeoplesPost to thank their own Postal Worker.

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Notes to editors:

CWU represents non-managerial staff working throughout Royal Mail Group. CWU is the largest trade union in the communications sector with 195,000 members working in post, telecoms, mobile and financial services, working as delivery people, drivers, engineers, call centre staff, support services and other roles.

For more information please contact:

Charlie Pullinger, CWU press officer, tel: 020 8971 7267, mobile: 07793 314 249, e-mail: pressofficer@cwu.org