postal union

American

noun

an international agreement on postal rates and services.

Etymology

Origin of postal union

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

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Royal Mail is legally required to deliver letters every day, with the exception according to the postal union of 35 delivery offices which are trialling a slower target for mail delivery.

From BBC

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

From Slate

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.

From BBC

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.

From BBC

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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