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Originally Posted by Jon T
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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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.