Casuals and drafted-down managers

[rebel]

My office has been flooded with casuals for months, on occasion, flooded with Northern managers. We see them leaning 4 abreast smoking and chatting with maps in their hands. Joe Public will also see this but they can't discriminate between "proper" postmen and these jokers. Work has been found all around town. How much this costs RM beggars belief. HCT's eventually unlocked to find them stuffed full of mail. RM refuse to let any postie in our office claim a penny of docket while there is still backlog - but spend many thousands on casuals and useless managers (at great expense) who cannot do the job. Re-dies are a joke - they just are unimportant to these people. I had a casual last week didn't know about recorded's, 739's etc - management even tried to get them to IPS last week!!!

About to give up!!

[rhino49]

"No:1020/2009 Ref: 24209 Date: 18th November 2009
The interim agreement commits both parties to making significant progress by early December. At a meeting today to review overall progress the PEC has identified the union’s strategic priorities to meet the significant progress criteria.

We recognise genuine problems persist in some areas in relation to resolving local disputes and restoring normal services. In front of ACAS Royal Mail has confirmed that the agreement provides for utilisation of CWU members before casuals when additional overtime is required. Royal Mail has also confirmed that genuine negotiations on local agreements mean you can go back on change. However, the company has stated that they believe some of the current local problems are due to our members, in some locations, participating in collective go slows. The CWU has refuted this point."