Southover Street Seagull
Well-known member
Yeah I know, maybe my sarcasm didn't come across well.
Yeah the public don't realise this though, and the union gets blamed in some quarters too!
Yeah I know, maybe my sarcasm didn't come across well.
Where do you live then?
Why do you lose your job if you strike? is it because you haven't got a union sticking up for your rights?
It is not perfectly acceptable for me or my colleagues to go on strike, we haven't taken the decsision lightly.
Just off to f*** myself.
I'm not sure of the relevance of your first question but seeing as you asked, Haywards Heath.
Because I'd be in breach of my employment contract. I don't think that the issue of "rights" comes into the equation whatsoever. Do you have a "right" to higher pay? Do you have a "right" to prevent your employer from changing working practices? Do you bollocks.
If you think it's unacceptable behaviour then why strike in the first place? It's a pathetic attitude that's a throwback to the seventies and eighties: "My employer won't give in to my every demand so I'm going to throw my toys out the pram and not bother going to go into work today, and sod the millions of people that I'm inconvieniencing by not doing my job."
Were you in any position to do anything about it ?
Because I'd be in breach of my employment contract. I don't think that the issue of "rights" comes into the equation whatsoever. Do you have a "right" to higher pay? Do you have a "right" to prevent your employer from changing working practices? Do you bollocks.
Well, i can understand that!!
Our postie doesnt knock on the door when he's delivering a parcel - he jsut puts the red card through!! He put a red card through for a recorded delivery (when we were all downstairs near the door) and also put a red card through for an amazon one - when it could go through the letterbox! (I tried it!) Is it worth complianing about - or will it just be ignored?
Totally agree. Good luck posties. It's a pain in the arse but we can live with it.The posties like a lot of workers still have the "right" to fight for pay and conditions, Do you? Do you bollocks!
I blame Adam Crozier .... nuff said
I'm not sure of the relevance of your first question but seeing as you asked, Haywards Heath.
Because I'd be in breach of my employment contract. I don't think that the issue of "rights" comes into the equation whatsoever. Do you have a "right" to higher pay? Do you have a "right" to prevent your employer from changing working practices? Do you bollocks.
If you think it's unacceptable behaviour then why strike in the first place? It's a pathetic attitude that's a throwback to the seventies and eighties: "My employer won't give in to my every demand so I'm going to throw my toys out the pram and not bother going to go into work today, and sod the millions of people that I'm inconvieniencing by not doing my job."
Indeed you would. On your own, nobody would pay any attention to your grievance.I'd be in breach of my employment contract.
I wish all the posties good luck. Esp. the ones on here who have taken time to explain the issues.
Once our Postman just left the parcel on the doorstep.................................Good idea in an inner city area
What we can't get is.............
During the week when we out working our post arrives at 10.
On Saturday, when we at home it arrives at 8?
If we did away with Saturday work we'd lose at least 1/5th of the work force, (more than that want to go). The customers, (that's the businesses not you guys), wouldn't care, and the general public are not going to miss the 1 letter the might recieve on every other Saturday.
Existing staff are still in the final salary scheme which is now closed to new entrants.New entrants go into a new scheme which is based on average earnings.I believe that this was a compromise to avoid massive industrial action if the retirement age was raised to 65 to existing employees who have a right to retire at 60 under Civil Service rules.No they haven't!
My brother works for the Civil Service and he is still on his final salary scheme.
Part of the strings that are attached to the pay deal means that the night shift will virtually disappear so that RM dont need to pay any night allowance. Early starts will be later and have a knock on effect so most people wont get their mail until late afternoon as the business mail will get priority. When they have got rid of 40000 with modernisation plans , RM will casualise deliveries with agency staff which means that they wont complete their walks because their shift has finished and they will just dump it back into the nearest postbox.It's bullshit Stat Brother. Sixty percent of mail for delivery offices is ready to leave mail centres at midnight.
So why on earth do they have to move delivery start times later.
Why not send the mail to the DO when it is ready?
Existing staff are still in the final salary scheme which is now closed to new entrants.New entrants go into a new scheme which is based on average earnings.I believe that this was a compromise to avoid massive industrial action if the retirement age was raised to 65 to existing employees who have a right to retire at 60 under Civil Service rules.
All the posties I know work until the pubs open then sit in one all day occasionally nipping to the bookmakers. When they are at work all they do is rob the post. Come 40 when they have suffered the effects of 25 years constant daily boozing they claim disability benefit. I've got 3 in my local who are all under 50 and no longer work but can still afford to sit in the boozer all day.
I say f*** em, the only reason there are 40k job cuts is because people have no faith in them any more and are using alternative sources to send their mail.
They've brought it on themselves.