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Royal Mail losing 400 postal workers a week, says union

The CWU says the exodus began after a new delivery system arrived, which it claims is failing in hundreds of offices; your parcel may be the last to know.

On air: Vera Bullock on BBN Tonight
Published 7:19 PM ET, Tuesday, October 13, 2026

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First reported by BBC: “Royal Mail losing 400 postal workers a week, says union”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 7:19 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Vera Bullock.

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Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe CWU says Royal Mail is losing four hundred postal workers a week since a new delivery system arrived, which the union says is failing in hundreds of offices.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorJoining us from an undisclosed retreat is Saoirse Tamblyn-Reyes, a corporate wellness consultant. You say the union is just resisting change.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorExplain that to a man with a sack.
Saoirse Tamblyn-ReyesGladly. Four hundred people a week are leaving because they are not aligned with the system, and the system is not aligned with them.
Saoirse Tamblyn-ReyesEveryone is projecting.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe union says the system does not work. That sounds less like projecting and more like software.
Saoirse Tamblyn-ReyesSoftware is just intention with a login.
Saoirse Tamblyn-ReyesThe universe has a tracking number, Vera, and mine is for a singing bowl I ordered three weeks ago.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThree weeks. So the delivery system is failing you personally, and you still say the postal workers are the problem?
Saoirse Tamblyn-ReyesThe bowl is simply taking its time to find me.
Saoirse Tamblyn-ReyesThe universe has a tracking number, and it says the bowl is in a depot in Crewe, humming.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHumming.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo is that a yes? Do you think the people leaving that job are the failure, or the system the union says is not working?
Saoirse Tamblyn-ReyesBlame is a low frequency.
Saoirse Tamblyn-ReyesThe universe has a tracking number, and honestly, the bowl has been in transit since the sixth, and it has only gotten louder.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorYou have just described a missing parcel, a broken system and a union that predicted it. I think the universe is on the union's side.
Saoirse Tamblyn-ReyesI will manifest a refund, and I would like it noted that my course is twelve weeks, delivered instantly.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorInstantly. Well, the invoice reached you on time, so that is one parcel.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRex has sports, and I hear he has a bench to tell us about.