The postal strike [Merged]

[Southover Street Seagull]

Are there more strikes booked in/planned/whatever it is called, after this one is finished?

Next week the strikes will take the form of functional strikes within Royal Mail. They will be 24 hour strikes by each function on different days, e.g Monday Deliveries, Tuesday Distribution, Wednesday MDECs, Thursday Mail Centres etc etc.

 

[Southover Street Seagull]

Worringly JB I have just recieved my post.
My depot has (I thought) a few staff, mainly newbies coming in, to sort, but if the post is getting out, is this the beginning of the end? I always thought 4 days was asking to much, I know I really had to think about it.
I think the Union may well have shot itself in the foot.

I live in central Brighton and haven't received any post since the strikes started.
The strike is working RM are back at the negotiating table,

"The talks are now at a critical stage with only a few issues left to be resolved," said a TUC spokesman.

 

[Stat Brother]

woohoo my day off, finally I catch a break.

 

[Southover Street Seagull]

woohoo my day off, finally I catch a break.

Those functional strikes I put up were examples mate, not factual, they may be different.

 

[Stat Brother]

sod it, lol

 

[sten_super]

I live in central Brighton and haven't received any post since the strikes started.
The strike is working RM are back at the negotiating table,

"The talks are now at a critical stage with only a few issues left to be resolved," said a TUC spokesman.

They've probably also hastened the demise of RM. While I understand the need to strike over what they felt were unfair demands being put upon them, all that they are going to achieve ultimately is the collapse of the firm.

 

[Hatterlovesbrighton]

They've probably also hastened the demise of RM. While I understand the need to strike over what they felt were unfair demands being put upon them, all that they are going to achieve ultimately is the collapse of the firm.

But is that maybe what the unions want, forcing the RM back into being run by the Government, with a public subsidy either through cash or through a monopoly.

 

[kevinsmith]

The rebel postmen & woman of shoreham were on their rounds delivering today

 

[Napper]

wish they would go bac k ,waiting for loads of important letters

 

[csider]

Our postman delivered this morning ... does that make him a scab?

Yes, if you see him tomorrow pick him and call him Scab & Judas.

Where is my post you fookers.......!

 

[Southover Street Seagull]

They've probably also hastened the demise of RM. While I understand the need to strike over what they felt were unfair demands being put upon them, all that they are going to achieve ultimately is the collapse of the firm.

Royal Mail management and the Government have hastened the demise of Royal Mail. It is Royal Mail management who have not bothered to challenge the biased regualation that we now have to work under.
Did you realise that our Government could prevent TNT(Dutch) and DHL (German) from competing with Royal Mail until the postal network in both Holland and Germany are fully liberalised like in the UK?

This is from the European Parliament website:

To prevent any distortion of competition until markets are opened up to competition, the committee said that postal service providers from countries with a reserved area must not meanwhile be granted an authorisation to operate in countries such as Sweden, Finland, and the UK, where postal service markets have been fully opened. This means that liberalising Member States may refuse authorisation to operators which are granted a reserved area in another Member State (reciprocity clause).

Click on this link to see for yourself:

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/...09-07-2007-2007-false/default_p001c001_en.htm

Why is our own Government doing this to a company that it owns?

 

[Southover Street Seagull]

But is that maybe what the unions want, forcing the RM back into being run by the Government, with a public subsidy either through cash or through a monopoly.

It is owned by the Government now and you can argue it is run by the Governement as they appointed Allan Leighton as Chairman.

 

[Stat Brother]

But is that maybe what the unions want, forcing the RM back into being run by the Government, with a public subsidy either through cash or through a monopoly.

There will be no clock turning back.
If RM were to got breasts up, TNT (for which Leighton is on the board, please tell me how that works) or maybe Deutchpost would step in.

 

[Southover Street Seagull]

There will be no clock turning back.
If RM were to got breasts up, TNT (for which Leighton is on the board, please tell me how that works) or maybe Deutchpost would step in.

I'm not sure he is mate, have you any proof to show that he is?

 

[Southover Street Seagull]

Stat Brother they have just announced the strike dates for next week, you are a delivery boy I take it?
Well the strike day for you is:

Deliveries and Separate Collection Hubs - duties, Scheduled Attendance and overtime commencing at or after 03.00 Tuesday 16th October 2007 and before 03.00 Wednesday 17th October 2007.

 

[Hatterlovesbrighton]

There will be no clock turning back.
If RM were to got breasts up, TNT (for which Leighton is on the board, please tell me how that works) or maybe Deutchpost would step in.

Which would no doubt lead to loads more jobs losses.

 

[Stat Brother]

Stat Brother they have just announced the strike dates for next week, you are a delivery boy I take it?
Well the strike day for you is:

Deliveries and Separate Collection Hubs - duties, Scheduled Attendance and overtime commencing at or after 03.00 Tuesday 16th October 2007 and before 03.00 Wednesday 17th October 2007.

Damn, another day's pay lost, I hope The TUC are right, because I just can't keep this up for much longer, esp as that's another day lost next week.

Re Leighton & TNT, it's discussed so 'matter a factly' in our office I assumed it to be true. When I can be bothered I will investigate further.

 

[John Byrne]

Stat mate do what i do make up the lost pay by doing overtime where you can...we have to stick together mate.

Is also true our new uniform is going to by orange like TNT?

 

[Pettitt303]

anyone knows when it ends

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

There's a whole thread on it on this page!