POSTAL STRIKE

[emre]

i was speaking to ma postman bro yesteday and i asked him what the hassle is about/ he told me the main issue is , they have made a lot of peeps redundant, he himelf was offered a substantial amount but he declined . anyway the peeps they have paid off arn,t been replaced yet all their work is been loaded onto existing staff at no extra cost to the g.p.o / bro said
he is now working more hours than ever from 4 am till late afternoon for the same pay , as it stands there will be a national strike , but the union has gave the g.p.o management a 10 day cooling off period, and if they dont come up with a resolution, 28 days strike notice will stand so that will mean the national strike
will take place around 22nd november so do as i have and send your xmas greetings now

[grumpy]

i never got last months credit card statement

[emre]

i was meant to attend the general hospital last sat and i still havent got the letter

[Bugs]

Our postie RUNS everywhere....

Sometimes, if he's behind and he's got a parcel, he just puts a card through the door and runs away rather than wait for us to answer.........

Think they're being put under too much pressure

[grumpy]

there was a phone in the other day on radio 2 and folk were saying exactly that bugs, they were carding the house when the folk were in

[emre]

well there determine to hold out this tme / last strike berwick was still working andi got text messages telling me to shout scabs through the letterbox lol

[grumpy]

if you did that they wouldn't deliver ya post

[emre]

Postal workers are to stage two nationwide strikes next week in a bitter row over pay, jobs and working conditions.

About 42,000 mail centre staff and drivers will walk out on Thursday, October 22 for 24 hours,.

And on Friday, October 23, 78,000 delivery and collection staff will walk out for 24 hours.

The Communication Workers Union said it had made a "genuine offer" to avert a national strike and accused the Royal Mail of rejecting it without proper consideration.

More than 60 Labour MPs have publicly backed the union's offer.

One attacked Business Secretary Lord Mandelson and Postal Affairs minister Lord Young over their opposition to the CWU.

The Prime Minister said the Royal Mail could lose major contracts if the "unnecessary" walk-out was not prevented.

"We want to see a settlement of this dispute. But we want to say that this dispute is not in the interests of anybody.

"If Royal Mail start to lose major contracts, like those of some of the major firms in this country, it will be difficult for them to regain these contracts over a short period of time."

A Royal Mail spokesman said: "The CWU's so-called peace offer is a list of threats and demands against Royal Mail, including a demand for more money and an absolute veto over any future change and modernisation, which no company would give."

Billy Hayes, CWU general secretary, said: "Our offer included a three-year proposal to secure stability for the Royal Mail."

[Bugs]

Its on the news today - there's a leaked Post Office document been given to the BBC - who've passed it on to the union.

Sets out the PO strategy for making the reforms "with or without union engagement"

[grumpy]

they're gonna lose a lot of custom amazon says there gonna go elsewhere

i like my postie he goes out of his way

[grumpy]

got ma credit card statement the day neary 3 weeks late

[emre]

i still havent recieved ma appointment for the general

[Bugs]

When does the strike start??

My postie turned up today

[emre]

delivery vans thursday posties friday

[Bugs]

Booger - I'm waitin on some Ebay stuff comin......

Still, don't suppose thats really important compared with the lads and lasses at Royal Mail fightin for their jobs