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Just everyone doing proper van checks and their contractual work would be more effective at change than striking

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Rockstone
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Just everyone doing proper van checks and their contractual work would be more effective at change than striking

Post by Rockstone »

I would say 30-40% of vans in my depot would fail. I have a newish one for my round so it's ok, but before I would refuse vans whenever if I had to.

Just imagine if thousands of unsafe vans were refused by everyone, no one did the 15-30 minutes free overtime everyday, or the crazies who come in two hours early for free everyday stopped. Actually just doing the job you are contractually and legally meant to do like proper safety checks. I know it would never happen in a million years, but it's ironic that the shitness that everyone complains about could be solved by actually doing the job.

The managers are obviously borderline psychotic in a lot of depots, but actual posties are some of the most short-sighted, crabs in a bucket people I have ever met. Extremely conflict avoidant too.
Hitcher
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Re: Just everyone doing proper van checks and their contractual work would be more effective at change than striking

Post by Hitcher »

Lots of posties are their own worst enemy but nothing will change them unfortunately.
TooManyLoops
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Re: Just everyone doing proper van checks and their contractual work would be more effective at change than striking

Post by TooManyLoops »

We've got an handful who come in early, for free. They prep their door-to-doors and throw their sequence in

Their excuse is that they wouldn't complete it if they didn't

Idiots
thefox
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Re: Just everyone doing proper van checks and their contractual work would be more effective at change than striking

Post by thefox »

Been going on for as long as I can remember aint ever gonna change unfortunately.
enzio1272
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Re: Just everyone doing proper van checks and their contractual work would be more effective at change than striking

Post by enzio1272 »

You could understand taking the shortcuts before whene it was job and knock , but now it’s beyond baffling why people still work for free :arrrghhh
I guess they must feel pressured into it
SpacePhoenix
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Re: Just everyone doing proper van checks and their contractual work would be more effective at change than striking

Post by SpacePhoenix »

If it's the whole office then you'd need to ballot for it, as RM could construe it to be unofficial industrial action