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or they are determined to keep the business running and minimise the loss due to people going elsewhere.

My parcel that was meant to be delivered on Friday, then on Saturday never came. Getting fed up of it.

EDIT: Just read the BBC article, it looks to me like RM are recruiting staff to clear the backlog after the strike(s), not as a replacement for the striking workers. Fancy that, RM not wanting to pay overtime to people that have caused the problem in the first place.

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Then the cwu need to wake up and smell the coffee. They are on a hiding to nothing. They have NO public support what so ever. They have decided to ruin the part of the year when its imperative that the post is working. but the worst of all is they will potentially ruin the run up to Christmas and parents have a long memory.

The CWU have pushed the suicide button on this one. I am a member of the CWU and i have supported them in the past on all there actions however i dont support this at all.

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i have just read this
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/oc...l-strike-temps

Royal Mail is heading for a bitter confrontation with postal workers after announcing plans to recruit an army of 30,000 temporary staff in an attempt to crush the national strike that starts this week.

In a move that stunned union leaders and raised tensions between management and workers to new levels, Royal Mail said it had ordered the biggest recruitment drive in its history "to help keep the mail moving during the strikes called by the Communication Workers Union (CWU)". Sources inside the CWU, which has called national strikes for Thursday and Friday, questioned whether the move was legal and suggested that it could be challenged in the courts.
and this from the inde http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...e-1804868.html


Labour MPs warned that the move could turn the dispute into a full-blown industrial crisis, and urged ministers to intervene immediately – or at least to encourage both sides to turn to the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas).


sorry to hear about your parcel hope it turns up.

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Good

You cannot expect to have a nice fat pay packet from clearing up the mess that you created by striking. Well done RM

Mean while i hope we can bill the CWU if this happens

In fact if this does turn to violence i for one will cancel my membership of the CWU.

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Commie ;)

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i am also a cwu member ;)

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This is a very insightful read.

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good find :tu:

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A blog from a postman. Not that i am saying its all one sided :)

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There is very little public support for them this time and they know it times are hard for everyone it is simply the wrong time to be doing this and potentially making xmas a lot harder for people with little else to look forward too.

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I'm sure RM's management hadn't thought of that at all.

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will you also refuse any future pay rises they negotiate ?

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What pay rise.

Really what pay rise. The only time i have any interaction with the CWU is when they take my subs. They never get involved unless they think they can get us out on strike :rolleyes:

In fact you have made my mind up for me. Monday i cancel my DD and inform them to sod off.

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the pay rise you get every year/cost of living rise usually around 3% unless of course your over the pay threshold and receive a one off yearly payment.
with the exception of this year of course [pay freeze due to to recession ]


any hoo if your leaving i hope its not a decision you regret next round of redundancies ,or the next time your employer decides to pick on you.

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So no one that works for a company and isn't a union member gets an annual payrise :rolleyes: i have never been a member of a union and while i worked i always got annual payrises and quite generous ones as well and all that without the muscle of a union damn i mst have been lucky. Loving how for some of you it is all down to RM and nothing whatsoever is wrong or at fault at the union level says it all for me thanks.