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Originally Posted by danielf
Seems a little contradictory to me. If they have dumped them they'd have exercised their right. However, they haven't dumped them. Ergo?
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"Dumping" was Sirius's choice of phase.
Either way, whether "dumped" or placed gently in the candidates back garden a Royal Mail member (or members) of staff have exercised their agreed right not to deliver these leaflets.
It is their right to do so in circumstances where they consider them to be offensive or potentially offensive to their customers.
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Originally Posted by martyh
funny aren't you  |
Humour bypass?
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Originally Posted by martyh
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Yes, I acknowledged this in my earlier post of 16.55 - sorry to have you chase your tail.
They
are allowed to refuse to deliver material under the conscience clause - which was why it was introduced.
By way of background / explanation.
"We have a national agreement with Royal Mail with a conscience clause which allows individuals to exercise their right to not deliver material which they find offensive or believe their customers may find offensive.
"It is not specific to any political party. We are protecting the rights of our members to be safe at work. Royal Mail has a responsibility to ensure the safety of their employees".
"We have had instances of delivery workers being threatened, chased and spat at for delivering some election leaflets. We will support individuals who feel strongly about delivering these items. Postal workers are well within their rights to refuse to deliver offensive material."
Bob Gibson, CWU national official.