Tony Lloyd MP says thank you to Rochdale postal workers

Tony Lloyd MP with local postal workers

Rochdale MP Sir Tony Lloyd visited the Royal Mail Delivery Office on National Postal Workers Day (Monday 13 December) to thank local postal workers for the service they deliver as key workers, and for keeping our communities going throughout the pandemic.

Mr Lloyd said: “We ask a lot from our posties, and you can't guarantee it will be the most pleasant job, and given the Rochdale weather, it really is come rain, hail or shine. And they have to put up with the occasional dog that is more malicious than it should be allowed to be. But our posties get on with it and the mail gets through.

"At this time of year in particular, when we know that postbags will be especially heavy, we must offer our thanks for the hard work that the posties do week in, week out. They really have kept our communities going through this difficult year, and they'll continue to do so all throughout 2022.

"They'll be working hard over the Christmas period and through the New Year. I would like to wish a Happy Christmas to all those who deliver our mail."

The Communication Workers Union (CWU), which represents some 110,000 postal workers in the country, launched National Postal Workers Day in 2011.

The day celebrates the hard work and dedication of hundreds of thousands of women and men who collect, sort and deliver letters, parcels, and packets for everyone everywhere. It serves as a reminder of the work that our local posties put in day in, day out to bring us our deliveries, encouraging the public to show appreciation.