The next round of one-day postal strikes in the United Kingdom will affect postal deliveries from 4:00 AM Friday, September 30, to 4:00 AM on Sunday, October 2, The Communication Workers Union also just announced calls for further 19 days of strikes in October and November, in protest of Royal Mail Group management's decision "to withdraw from major national agreements, push ahead with vicious cuts to workers terms and conditions and completely sideline the union," Reuters r

With Fiona behind us and Ian fast approaching, the current and expected impacts on postal services are being felt from Cayman Islands all the way up to Canada. Canada Post updated its service alert page to indicate the service impacts from Hurricane Fiona that tore through the Atlantic provinces, battering Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. Canada Post reports red alerts (suspended delivery) in a number of those areas where the devastation is particularly ac