[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Mr Angry

Do you remember anyone asking you to vote on whether you minded going to war with Iraq?

No, they didn't. However I believe the reasoning behind that is that when the voters voted the Government in, they gave the Government some power to make decisions on their behalf..

I don't remember voting for any Union leadership, so why should they decide I cannot receive post?

Originally Posted by RizzyKing

I used to support many workers that striked but not anymore why simple because i would love a job any job and right now i cannot get one nor at the rate i am going downhill will be in a position to be attractive to any employer. So there are thousands of you with jobs and your not happy and your going to strike right at the time of year you know damn well it will hinder and hurt people most and you want my support dream on. I have already had one specialist appointment cancelled because RM lost my letter and have now binned postal appointments so i never have to miss one again.

Times move on technology is now playing a bigger part in many many jobs and people have lost jobs because of that but you can't stem the tide by spitting out your dummy and striking. As for service my postman on average puts 10-12 letters through my door that are wrong how is that RM's fault it is the individual postman at fault because he doesn't bother to read what he is putting through my door.

We have had parcels stolen and damaged because posite leaves them in plain sight outside no matter what the weather. So please don't tell me it is all nasty RM managements fault because it isn't certain postal workers thought they had a job for life always protected by their powerful union and wollah like many have had to face reality and are being asked to accept things ain't staying the same.

But simple logic (i like simple) says to me company is in trouble needs more money so it's workers go off on strike annoy a vast amount of people who then seek alternatives company loses contracts\trade and therefore has to make more cuts thus kicking off another merry go round of strikes.

I know RM workers don't like hearing it but you are lucky right now to have a job i know many damn good people who are struggling on benefit trying everything they can to get a job so if your really that unhappy and don't like it do yourself a favour do us the public a favour and leave the job. Let someone else take it (they will not have trouble replacing people) who won't moan year in year out about this and that and woe is me.

Because many like me don't support you anymore in fact we're getting sick and tired of hearing about workers striking as well as gaining the uncanny knack of predicting when you will strike because you've done it so many times before..

Originally Posted by papa smurf

you sound like a room full of opera singers warming up me me me me me me

Of course the strikers are so busy thinking of other people (like say, the customers) that they don't have time to think of themselves... Oh, wait...

these people don't want to strike and lose money its the last resort .

Then don't. Negotiate and compromise some things if necessary. Even the unions should realise that it's not actually in their members interest to force customers to other delivery services.

Oh, and those who say RM ends up doing deliveries for some of the competitors. It may do, but you can bet your bottom dollar that they don't pay RM as much as you or I would per item to get their stuff delivered, so that's still costing RM money.