Sunday, October 18, 2009
There is always someone waiting at the gate .
Royal Mail is to recruit 30,000 temporary workers in an attempt to reduce the impact of a series of nationwide postal strikes which start on Thursday. Royal Mail said it expected most of the 20,000 postmen and women not in the union to work through the strike. A spokesman said the process was "well under way" and the company had received job applications from about 85,000 people. He said: "We have been absolutely inundated. These are difficult times and there are a lot of people out there who want to work."
But, in an increasingly bitter dispute, the Communication Workers Union said support for the action was "rock-solid" among its 120,000 members and it was confident that services would be "severely disrupted" and would increase the backlog of mail to "well over 60 million items" by the weekend.
...Do the Maths boys, the Royal Mail can easily replace you at short notice. There is always someone waiting at the gate to take your job. Anyone who goes on strike is in breach of contract and you do not have a leg to stand on. People are ready to replace you at the Royal Mail and a lot of your so-called loyal Trade Union members will break ranks and continue to work whilst you are out on strike. You have only your jobs to loose and trying to take on the Royal Mail with strike action is foolish. I do not think that you have any support from the public as our lives have changed so much that traditional post is a relic of the past. I would not be surprised if in future the Royal Mail abandoned 6 days a week delivery of post in favour of a more efficient and cost effective once a week delivery to households.
Forget the strike boys, if you do not like the way the Royal Mail is being run by it's management, then hand in your notice because there is always someone waiting at the gate to replace you. When you leave and hopefully get another job, you will then find that the grass is not greener on the other side. Management reserve the right to run things badly, get used to it boys.
Royal Mail is to recruit 30,000 temporary workers in an attempt to reduce the impact of a series of nationwide postal strikes which start on Thursday. Royal Mail said it expected most of the 20,000 postmen and women not in the union to work through the strike. A spokesman said the process was "well under way" and the company had received job applications from about 85,000 people. He said: "We have been absolutely inundated. These are difficult times and there are a lot of people out there who want to work."
But, in an increasingly bitter dispute, the Communication Workers Union said support for the action was "rock-solid" among its 120,000 members and it was confident that services would be "severely disrupted" and would increase the backlog of mail to "well over 60 million items" by the weekend.
...Do the Maths boys, the Royal Mail can easily replace you at short notice. There is always someone waiting at the gate to take your job. Anyone who goes on strike is in breach of contract and you do not have a leg to stand on. People are ready to replace you at the Royal Mail and a lot of your so-called loyal Trade Union members will break ranks and continue to work whilst you are out on strike. You have only your jobs to loose and trying to take on the Royal Mail with strike action is foolish. I do not think that you have any support from the public as our lives have changed so much that traditional post is a relic of the past. I would not be surprised if in future the Royal Mail abandoned 6 days a week delivery of post in favour of a more efficient and cost effective once a week delivery to households.
Forget the strike boys, if you do not like the way the Royal Mail is being run by it's management, then hand in your notice because there is always someone waiting at the gate to replace you. When you leave and hopefully get another job, you will then find that the grass is not greener on the other side. Management reserve the right to run things badly, get used to it boys.
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I'm happy to report that despite Mrs T's attempts (many of which were successful) to downgrade the unions to nothing more than yapping dogs, it is currently illegal to sack anyone undertaking strike action, so long as they've exhausted all other channels and have given sufficient notice. As far as I'm aware, this has been the case with Royal Mail's workforce, whose job security should remain as secured as your own.
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: 18 October 2009 at 22:11
: 18 October 2009 at 22:11
Thank you for putting me right on this one. I wrongly thought that any strike action would put the employee at risk of dismissal, so therefore it is in the best interests of Royal Mail to resolve this dispute before strike action finally takes place.
Your rights about strike action is available here.
I still think the Union is wasting it's time though!
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Your rights about strike action is available here.
I still think the Union is wasting it's time though!
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