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@ Dowsie.
Yes.

@ Time2Kill.
Isn't that when the 12 week period elapses for discussions?
This is when all staff can be sacked in one go. But they all have to be treated the same.
In line with regulations regarding IA. A google search should point you in the right direction.

@ teslo.
""""As of now you guys are striking, then going in the next day and are either being given or booking overtime simply to clear the backlog, which basically is make-up for the lost pay""""

So why is my office in total disarray?
If you cannot answer that, then your above point is invalid.

@ Maximas. 19.39
So why hasn't this already happened?
Are you saying that i will be sacked?
Oh!. Because nothing has been decided.
You are aware that all staff have to be treated the same.
So, unless you have the inside tack on something, your posts are full of conjecture, hope and lies.

@ teslo. 20.22.
I'm not sure that's entirely correct.
I would love it if Thompson banned ALL overtime. He hasn't got the guts to do it.
Why do you think that is?

@ mhudson.
If that is correct, then these issues should be addressed. What are the management doing?
Isn't this where the problem actually lies?
Shouldn't the management be taken to task over this?
I'm not disputing anything that you're saying. But if this is typical of MC's nationally, and there is this much wastage, get the people in charge to answer as to what their staff are doing.

@ teslo.
""""Again on social media the responses to the CWU letter as much negative as they're positive and how is striking whilst talks are ongoing benefiting anyone ?""""

It clearly isn't. And nobody says any different. But the imposition of certain things without agreement, would suggest that if we do not strike then the impositions would continue.
2% pay rise.
SISO. (Which i actually agree with, but not necessarily what may lie behind the information)
Sickness policy. To be implemented in January.

I've already heard that new start times should have been implemented in my office a month ago. That hasn't happened.
So what next, if we don't strike?

"""""He will terminate the contracts, then re-employ them on lessor terms and conditions with no CWU.""""

It's hard enough to get and keep staff under the current t's and c's. What would happen if they were worsened?
Before you start making rash statements without foundation, like the above, please do some research. I haven't yet seen the fire and re-hire statement. Or maybe i've missed it. So, if you could share that, it would be appreciated.

@ crumbs.
"""""one day you may all wake up and realise the greatest asset is the posties!""""

NO WE ARE NOT!!!!

We are all lazy, workshy, militant, greedy dinosaurs.
And we are all going to lose our jobs. Or have to work until 10pm. 7 days a week.
How dare you suggest anything different!

Ask anyone on this board.

@ Maximas.
""""If they don’t want to work past 3pm…they will end up unemployed..""""

What basis do you have for this lie?

I will not be working past 2.30pm. So, do you think i'll end up unemployed?
Will that be through redundancy, or will i be sacked?

Just a thought on the above subject.
Word reaches me from the world of workplace.
Apparently, Si, hasn't posted for 2 whole days.
He is normally extremely active on here.
In the words of Showaddywaddy: I WONDER WHY?

@ Anger.
""""What does it matter as long as there are Royal Mail representatives present?""""
Because one of his representatives couldn't understand that if a postie started work at 8am, why he/she wasn't out of the door delivering at 8.30am.
It normally helps if you have someone who knows what happens in delivery.

@ DerekR.
It's the first time i've seen owner/driver recruitment. So, i will stand corrected if this is the case.

@ Anger.
You still don't get the redundancies thing.
The only redundancies will be voluntary. We cannot clear in my office. So how many staff will be made redundant? They should be recruiting. Whilst i understand that some offices may be fully staffed, and making time, this policy of advertising, interviewing then leaving these people on the back burner, has been on-going for at least 12 months.
The point i'm making is that many offices are understaffed.
Royal Mail have all the data, by the way. So, the culling of staff that you're expecting, shouldn't be too much of a problem, should it? That is in delivery only.

@ Anger.
""""IsleworthSpy - And of course the greatest irony in all of this……the only person that will be laughing all the way to the bank either way is Simon Thompson.""""

I really do hate to agree with you, but yeah.
Doesn't that tell you something?

@ Anger.
I've never said anything different.
I'm not sure what you expect me to do in the circumstances.
I have a life outside of Royal Mail. And the proposed changes will impact that severely, along with my family.
The 2% pay rise? Couldn't give a f**k! I do actually think that we should be given a bigger pay rise. See my post the other day. Bonuses, pay rises and dividends have been paid out across the board. Do you agree? That's why i'm pi**ed off. But more so, my t's and c's.
The actions of a mad man? I know what i'm doing and the reasons i'm doing it!
And as for redundancies? Bring it on.
And a financially unstable business? See the t's and c's prior to privatisation.

@ teslo.
BT aside, i'm sure that Thompson knew of the impact of strikes. I don't think he'd imagine it would continue for this long.
I totally agree that it is damaging to both sides. But it will continue. More and more agency staff in the office, and i believe in 2 weeks, Sundays is going to be the main day for deliveries by agency staff. Offices will be flooded with them. So, Royal Mail are upping the ante. Further increasing their people costs.
Despite your posting presence about how both sides should sort this out, i do notice that you have sounded out Dave Ward for your vitriol. And of course, the sheep that follow.
No words of detriment towards my great leader, Thompson?

As for blackmail? 10,000 job losses? No Xmas bonus? If strikes continue, even further job losses? Is that blackmail?

I haven't seen this before.
Royal Mail are advertising for owner/drivers for the above service.
I'm sure that Our Si said that owner/drivers would not be used.
Or have i missed something and this is old news?

@ Anger.
""""Dividends can be taken away. Wages can’t.""""
Very true. But if Thompson gets everything he wants, our salary after all the changes to our t's and c's, will be less than now. Plus, a few in my office have other jobs, so impacting them externally. This is after the enforced 2% rise, the 1.5% offered for agreement and the bonus that will never be paid.
Basically, a pay cut before we start.
A bit like now, with the strikes.

@ Oli G.
Apparently, the dividend payments came from GLS coffers. I think that has been mentioned many times here. So, the £149m figure still stands. But still a reduction Q on Q.
You mention hitting OFCOM targets? No chance in my office. I'm not sure how lean other offices are, but we are so lean we are like a skeleton, on a diet.
This is all about the removal of the USO.
We fail daily in my office. We still hadn't caught up from the last strike. And then we had Thursday.
It's as plain as the nose on Pinocchio Thompsons face. Once the USO has gone, he can fail as often as he likes. Without reporting.
I'll bet the shareholders won't care about crimbo or birthday cards, hospital appointments or medication then.
The service will be so sh*t, and that includes parcels, that customers will be FORCED to look for other options.
How can this be good for the company? How can this be good for employees? How can this be good for shareholders?

@ Anger.
From the wonderful world of workplace, i've just been sent a screen shot of a message, from Si.
Obviously talking about dispute and IA:
"And more jobs will be lost - along with the Christmas attendance bonus - a terrible situation for everyone."

I did mention this the other day. And it will come to fruition.
He probably shouldn't be posting this on social media though. I think it's hilarious. At least he's clawed some money back.
Maybe he should give it to his agency staff.