Royal mail workers are ready to strike (From Swindon Advertiser)

the spokesman for royal mail is a lair.dont belive it folks,it's just a smokescreen to get the public onside.

the fact is that royal mail have not stuck to their side of the bargain and have railroaded things through which are not agreed at all.

postmen and women dont want to strike but are being driven to it by managers who dont give a monkeys for staffs welfare.

yeti wrote:
the spokesman for royal mail is a lair.dont belive it folks,it's just a smokescreen to get the public onside.

the fact is that royal mail have not stuck to their side of the bargain and have railroaded things through which are not agreed at all.

postmen and women dont want to strike but are being driven to it by managers who dont give a monkeys for staffs welfare.

Yes, yes and the nasty boys took my ball too. Its long overdue mythical beasts like yetis and dinosaurs realised the age of yore is long over and strikes accomplish nothing but personal pain for the sheep & those of us that are struggling to keep small businesses afloat. From the report, lets hope only "internal deliveries" are affected, in the current climate, sympathy, let us say is rather lacking.

..and the moon is made of green cheese... etc - pathetic doubtless some of the 6m on the dole would swap places - I know I've been there until very recently and it ain't good -yes it is 6m the 2.7 they quote officially have been nicely massaged of course!

I suppose that other old dinosaur and relic from the Scargill era Bob Crow will be bringing the RMT out in support! Mercifully the unions thinking they can blackmail the country are long gone!

Royal mail staff are stuck in the 70's. Deutsche post, the german post office is a european giant and owns several large uk haulage companies amongst other things. Why? it is privatly owned and they adopt modern waorking practices.

Even Angrier Monkey wrote:
Royal mail staff are stuck in the 70's. Deutsche post, the german post office is a european giant and owns several large uk haulage companies amongst other things. Why? it is privatly owned and they adopt modern waorking practices.

Unfortunately, the Royal Mail won't be privatised until after the general elections, Labour needs the unions votes.
Political engineering at its sickiest

Sack the lot of them and open up Royal Mail to other companies (who will do a better job - and probably more cheaply)

Whats wrong with modernisation?? O yee that to you workers means acual work. Get in the real world royal mail workers. Just be thankful you still have jobs.

swindonistani wrote:

Even Angrier Monkey wrote: Royal mail staff are stuck in the 70's. Deutsche post, the german post office is a european giant and owns several large uk haulage companies amongst other things. Why? it is privatly owned and they adopt modern waorking practices.

Unfortunately, the Royal Mail won't be privatised until after the general elections, Labour needs the unions votes. Political engineering at its sickiest

Stuck in the 70's, not really it is still legal to have a trade dispute with an employer. As for Deutsche Post, this so called giant is owned by TNT the same company who wanted a slice Royal Mail. Why would they want to buy into Royal Mail, to improve the service? No. To take away the profits and invest in its European operation which is loss making. Both in Germany and Holland TNT are making staff redundant or down sizing to a part time work force and paying the minimum wage, whilst their postage rates are outrageous. The CWU do not have a problem with modern working practices, if you visited Swindon Mail Centre you would see for yourself the amount of new technology that has been sited, that is not the issue as reported in the article and you are clearly not availed with the facts. If you want Royal Mail to be put into the Private Sector then expect even higher prices and a worse service, fact. Have a look at the TNT sites and see how they treat their workers. I suppose you think it is ok for an employer to treat its workers as it sees fit, we are not all sheep some of us are prepared to stand up and defend ourselves unlike people like you.

As for Labour needing the unions votes, Labour is a dead duck, and you may remember that it was Labour that attempted to introduce part privatisation into Royal Mail. Put Royal Mail into the private sector are you mad how much would you be paying for a stamp if they were suffering the real effects of the credit crunch? Think about it, it would be shear madness. As for political engineering what a load of s@+t.

at last a post from someoen who actually knows what they are on about.
people saying posties are lazy,stuck in the dark ages etc have no idea.
people slate the service they get from royal mail-ie one post time late in the day.but in the dark ages they got it twice a day.once early in the morning then agin at lunch time.so this progress is infact a lesser service for the public.
that said when it's sold off(which it will be)people will be calling for its return.
just because there is a recession doesn't=what royal mail are doing to its staff fair.they are imposing ridiculous working hours that will mean child care for their children will become impossible.no regard is being shown for agreed procedures for allocating work.
i also find it strage that people can slate posties when they are probably sat at work posting bile on here.

takemetothehospital wrote:

swindonistani wrote:

Even Angrier Monkey wrote: Royal mail staff are stuck in the 70's. Deutsche post, the german post office is a european giant and owns several large uk haulage companies amongst other things. Why? it is privatly owned and they adopt modern waorking practices.

Unfortunately, the Royal Mail won't be privatised until after the general elections, Labour needs the unions votes. Political engineering at its sickiest

Stuck in the 70's, not really it is still legal to have a trade dispute with an employer. As for Deutsche Post, this so called giant is owned by TNT the same company who wanted a slice Royal Mail. Why would they want to buy into Royal Mail, to improve the service? No. To take away the profits and invest in its European operation which is loss making. Both in Germany and Holland TNT are making staff redundant or down sizing to a part time work force and paying the minimum wage, whilst their postage rates are outrageous. The CWU do not have a problem with modern working practices, if you visited Swindon Mail Centre you would see for yourself the amount of new technology that has been sited, that is not the issue as reported in the article and you are clearly not availed with the facts. If you want Royal Mail to be put into the Private Sector then expect even higher prices and a worse service, fact. Have a look at the TNT sites and see how they treat their workers. I suppose you think it is ok for an employer to treat its workers as it sees fit, we are not all sheep some of us are prepared to stand up and defend ourselves unlike people like you. As for Labour needing the unions votes, Labour is a dead duck, and you may remember that it was Labour that attempted to introduce part privatisation into Royal Mail. Put Royal Mail into the private sector are you mad how much would you be paying for a stamp if they were suffering the real effects of the credit crunch? Think about it, it would be shear madness. As for political engineering what a load of s@+t.

Spot on ! Finally someone talking sense and not just running others down without proper analysis of the situation

Thought for today Royal Mail staff...
Why not strike on Bank Holiday Monday ?

A strike? Oh, how quaint. What a funny old-fashioned world you Royal Mail chaps inhabit. Bless you, what a charming idea. Now run along and let the grown-ups sort it out.

Jo-Ent wrote:
A strike? Oh, how quaint. What a funny old-fashioned world you Royal Mail chaps inhabit. Bless you, what a charming idea. Now run along and let the grown-ups sort it out.

The grown ups are! they are going on strike, glad you think it is a charming idea that people are prepared to lose money to defend what they have and it is not an old fashioned world its the real world. Either stand on the platform or get on the train, aint that quaint!!!!!!!

Good luck , posties - this country deserves a decent mail service - too
many years of Brussels -led " government " interference and serious mis-management have ruined our once great mail service!

With the number of people out of work at the moment how can the Post Office afford to strike because you will be next out te door. Management will unfortunately win. Unfortunately the days of Unions have gone. Look after yourself & dont trust them. There are always cheaper Firms ready to take over your jobs. I know I've been there.!!!