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Originally Posted by RizzyKing
I doubt i will notice they are on strike three times in the last two weeks we got our delivery at 20:20 which is not exactly helpful and routinely don't get any post till 15:00. They might have a grievence with their employers but striking right now is simply not the way to go as many people are having a much harder time then post office workers and don't have the luxury of being able to strike. You took the job if you didn't know what you were joining or how it might change then your ignorance is not my fault and i shouldn't have to suffer for it and neither should anyone else. Be grateful right now to have a job as i know over 40 people that have recently lost thiers and more join that each week.
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20:20?
Thats actually Illegal if I recall correctly. 15:00 doesn't surprise me in the slightest as I often finish only slightly before then due to poor management in our delivery office. If I remember correctly the mail should not be delivered any later than 17:00 though I think there are special exceptions to that rule, I doubt they would apply three times within two weeks.
I'm not sure I understand your point there, On the one hand you say we are lucky to have the right to strike but then on the other you condemn us for exercising that right? I also really don't see how any of us could have predicted how the company would change so I also don't see how you can call that ignorant of us.
FYI Royal mail is trying to further downsize its workforce, and force the remainder to take on their work for less pay. This for a company that is struggling could be understandable though I don't think any workforce would lie down and accept this without any negotiation. Add to this the fact that royal mail isn't struggling anymore and actually doubled its profits last year then I think some may understand why mass redundancies etc are met with such opposition.
At the end of it all really it's kind of a moot point. Royal Mail will be sold in the next couple of years (Probably to DHL or TnT) whatever internal or public opinion on the matter is. Standard mail delivery will likely stop within 5 or 10 years as predicted mail volumes drop and your friendly neighbourhood postie will probably either be replaced by a van driver or a motorcycle courier. I would imagine postage costs will also rise and those of you who complain about getting what little mail you get at 15:00 will likely be in for a shock as that will likely increase to 17:00 - 20:00.
STONEISLAND: Postmen in my part of the country are on 16.5K pa full time. I am on 13K pa for a part time contract.
And I don't have a link the milkman wage I quoted, this was the figure I had quoted to me when I was looking into becoming a milkman just before I started working for Royal Mail.