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Originally Posted by jamiefrost
If Royal Mail is loosing money then they need to be brought into the 21st century.
This includes modern equipment and working practices until the company is profitable. This is no different than any other company why should Royal Mail be treated any different.
JJ
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Mainly because RM Aren't losing money. Their profits are lower then they would like because of the massive pension deficit when they took a holiday from paying into it (For 17 years if I heard correctly). However I don't see why the work force should suffer for that one, they made the debt, they should pay it back.
And I know this isn't a reply to you but someone earlier mentioned a nice juicy payment to anybody taking voluntary redundancy because we are government owned. That couldn't be more wrong, The highest offer we have had so far was £5,000. That was for a postie of 25 years experience, Thats not even 1/3 his yearly wage. Now while I suppose this is better than nothing its still not as though we have the easy out like some people think.
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Originally Posted by Russ B
Nobody is saying the workers don't have a legitimate reason to be unhappy. What we object to is having our lives and services disrupted when the argument isn't even ours. I can't stand it when some union decides the only way to get what they want is to take it out on silly old Joe Public. I also hate it when the wheel out the "this is a last resort" and "we never wanted to strike" lines. Well boo-hoo boys, no-one's buying it.
Even worse is when they expect support from the very people who are crying out for employment.
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Suggest a way around it then.