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Jonnycab
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Re: strike
« Reply #20 on: Jul 16th, 2007, 1:59am » |
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Dave82506.... 
....Spanners mate  ....if the documents were that important & the threat of a postal strike was looming, then why didn't they get them delivered by courier ?
A below inflation pay rise of 2.5% for the guys & galls that (in my opinion) provide a fantastic postal service is frankly an insult, & I think they should be paid more.
I was thinking of changing jobs a while back & becoming a postie, until I saw what they were offering as a starting wage  ....thought I'd stick with the cabbing for the time being
Lets face it, it's dirt cheap to post a letter....30p first class.....bargain.....& it usually gets there pronto, if not pretty quick. What else could you get for 30p that is such value for money ? 
If people don't trust the Royal Mail to deliver their mail/packages, then they should go for a more expensive courier service....
I've worked for many courier/delivery companies in the past including the Royal Mail (Parcel Force, when it was part of the post office)...& must say that the postal workers wages were no higher than any other delivery company wages....even though you were expected to deliver twice the amount of parcels as a rival company 
Considering the amount of post that has to be delivered everyday by the biggest postal network in the country, then....Yes....I think the posties should have a decent wage rise in line with inflation  ....
& if the fat cats at management HQ don't agree, then strike action is the only way to make them get out of their 'comfy leather armchairs' & consider the workers & the part they play in keeping this national institution alive
After all...it is still endorsed by the Queen
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pete from Hull
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Re: strike
« Reply #21 on: Jul 16th, 2007, 6:54am » |
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on Jul 15th, 2007, 10:34pm, Spannerdemon wrote:| Well. As expected, It's been confirmed that on Friday, we lost a very lucrative contract, due to paperwork not arriving by the deadline, and as a result, 8 people are being laid off with effect from the end of July. |
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This to me stinks, could it be that this action was already pre-planned from the managers side, SURELY a decision to sack 8 people would not or could not be made in this way, if the documents were THAT detrimental SURELY a GOOD management team could have ensured that something like a postal strike would not be able to put the company in jeapody in this way, it is to hard to believe. They have used it to furnish themselves with a reason to make cuts, (it isn't an engineering firm is it) cos they certainly seem to me to have 'Engineered' the demise of your Fellow Workers. A typical management tactic if ever I saw one....
This is where you need the backup of a good union and that's all I can advise....
Tell your mates to seek legal advice...
Pete
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Bring back fair wages.........
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Spannerdemon
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Like I said>J
Just leave it. Enough damage has already been done.
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