Stevenage Mail Centre

Stevenage mail centre was a Royal Mail mail centre in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England.

In 2010, Royal Mail announced that a number of sorting offices from around the Home counties, including the Stevenage, Hitchin, Berkhamsted and Welwyn Garden City would be closed and merged into a large mail processing centre in Hemel Hempstead.[1] These closures initiated a protest by the workers at the Stevenage mail centre, and members of the CWU in November 2010[2]

It closed in 2012.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 'Royal Mail set to close Welwyn Garden City delivery office' - Welwyn-Hatfield Times, 24 September 2010 (accessed 28 Nov 2010)
  2. ↑ 'Mail centre workers march against closure' - Socialist Worker (Online), 2 Nov 2010 (Accessed 28 Nov 2010)
  3. ↑ https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/mail_centre_closures

The Welwyn Garden City Royal Mail Delivery Office did not close and remains open today as a stand-alone delivery office, this was after a successful campaign by the CWU Northern Home Counties Postal Branch which with the help of the local MP Grant Snapps helped win the day, the CWU campaign which was run by Branch Secretary Tom Walker and Area Delivery Rep Paul Grace, After many months of arguing the members at Welwyn Garden City Delivery Office won their victory and right to continue serving the people of Welwyn Garden City from within Welwyn Garden City.

Coordinates: 51°53′46″N 0°12′11″W / 51.8960°N 0.2031°W / 51.8960; -0.2031


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