postal union

noun

1. an international agreement on postal rates and services.

Word History and Origins

Origin of postal union¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

Or consider the world’s first intergovernmental organization: the Universal Postal Union.

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The Safe Sick Pay campaign co-ordinated the letter, with signatories including the leaders of the civil service union, the PCS; the teaching union, the NEU; the Bakers' Union, and the postal union, the CWU.

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Mr Thompson said he believed it was the "right time" to go after Royal Mail and the main postal union struck a deal that could end a long-running dispute.

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An end to the long-running dispute at Royal Mail appears to be close after the postal union recommended that its members should accept the latest offer.

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Chuck Zlatkin, legislative and political director for the New York Metro Area Postal Union, expressed similar concerns in a Twitter post late Friday.

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