heat and sickeness

[Queeg500]

Yesterday the heat got to me, I ended up throwing up, I felt awful and still do today.

Reported it to manager, they ordered me to finish my tracked and come back to clean the van up, upon arriving back at base I was not asked how I was doing, I was immediately asked to explain what the parcels and mail in the york I unloaded where, then sent into the afternoon heat again to clean the van.

How do these people lose their basic decency and basic humanity?

If I'm off im on s2 so told im at risk of being fired (Im rarely ever off), plus I'll lose pay.

Work until you die I guess is the way RM want it.

[moonjaguar]

Put in a grievance against whoever made you go out again. If you feel worse today tell them it's because you were made to go out when feeling unwell. You should not get a stage warning for feeling unwell in the heat. The person who made you go back should lose their job. They have made someone who feels unwell in the heat go back into that heat. What if you had collapsed? Get your rep involved.

Managers have been told to work with the affected workforce and CWU Safety Reps in periods of
high temperatures and allow staff to make personal judgements throughout the day.
All workers should be advised to cover up, drink plenty of water, take breaks in the shade,
apply sunscreen - and return to the office if at any time they feel unwell due to the heat and
intense sunlight.

[tramssirhc]

Put in a grievance against whoever made you go out again. If you feel worse today tell them it's because you were made to go out when feeling unwell. You should not get a stage warning for feeling unwell in the heat. The person who made you go back should lose their job. They have made someone who feels unwell in the heat go back into that heat. What if you had collapsed? Get your rep involved.

Managers have been told to work with the affected workforce and CWU Safety Reps in periods of
high temperatures and allow staff to make personal judgements throughout the day.
All workers should be advised to cover up, drink plenty of water, take breaks in the shade,
apply sunscreen - and return to the office if at any time they feel unwell due to the heat and
intense sunlight.

Whereabouts in the joint statement is this wording?

[pinstripe]

Yesterday the heat got to me, I ended up throwing up, I felt awful and still do today.

Reported it to manager, they ordered me to finish my tracked and come back to clean the van up, upon arriving back at base I was not asked how I was doing, I was immediately asked to explain what the parcels and mail in the york I unloaded where, then sent into the afternoon heat again to clean the van.

How do these people lose their basic decency and basic humanity?

If I'm off im on s2 so told im at risk of being fired (Im rarely ever off), plus I'll lose pay.

Work until you die I guess is the way RM want it.

I had a similar incident yesterday, but the complete opposite experience. Driver drove me back, then went back out to do as much as he could in the remaining time, brought back some tracked which were passed onto the DPR drivers. Managers checked if I was ok, which I was once I got out of the sun. Even today they checked up on how I was when I started, before going on delivery and when I got back.

[nightcrawler]

Sorry to hear what happened, hope you’re doing better now. If I’ve learnt anything after 30+ years in the job, it’s that RM don't give a f***. You’re just a number to them. All they care about is getting tracked and specials done.

[Delbhoy]

Put in a grievance against whoever made you go out again. If you feel worse today tell them it's because you were made to go out when feeling unwell. You should not get a stage warning for feeling unwell in the heat. The person who made you go back should lose their job. They have made someone who feels unwell in the heat go back into that heat. What if you had collapsed? Get your rep involved.

Managers have been told to work with the affected workforce and CWU Safety Reps in periods of
high temperatures and allow staff to make personal judgements throughout the day.
All workers should be advised to cover up, drink plenty of water, take breaks in the shade,
apply sunscreen - and return to the office if at any time they feel unwell due to the heat and
intense sunlight.

Whereabouts in the joint statement is this wording?

we had a wtl and management said something similar