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Old 19-10-2009, 08:56   #255
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re: [Update] The Royal Mail strike thread

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Originally Posted by foreverwar View Post
This may have been covered before (re the temp workers), but don't the Royal Mail normally hire around 15k temps at this time of year for the build up to Christmas?

So they are hiring another 15k temps to deal with the backlog caused by the strike - is this reasonable, or do we believe that the workers going on strike should be able to earn overtime catching up on the backlog created by the strike?
I think it is reasonable.

They normally take on 15k this time of year due to the additional Christmas mail etc. This is fine.
The extra 15k is also fine, why should they have to pay people who have refused to work lots of overtime? In a recession to boot. Actually, it's an even better thing that they hire people for that very reason.

30,000 new jobs for people. Cool.
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