Any Good News From a Pilot Office?

[SpacePhoenix]

As mentioned previously

Royal Mail are now removing CSS machines and the USO changes have still to be agreed by parliament.
Royal Mail will implement these changes no matter what the CWU states through executive action and there is nothing they can do about that.

From where - all Mail Centres ?

How many in total ?

Just had another 2 installed in our mc.

I believe that we'll shortly be getting another installed.

[Mr Rush]

Have to agree with you on that one.

The CWU is on its last legs with disapointment. Current membership figures substantiate that.

The CWU are so far out of touch with grass roots issues that are constantly evaded when questions asked.

How many people have left since the strikes?

Around 20,000 (of ~100,000) by early 2024, based on press releases. It's harder to say as time goes on because any newer figures also include the thousands of new starts that quit.

[Barnacle]

Have to agree with you on that one.

The CWU is on its last legs with disapointment. Current membership figures substantiate that.

The CWU are so far out of touch with grass roots issues that are constantly evaded when questions asked.

How many people have left since the strikes?

Around 20,000 (of ~100,000) by early 2024, based on press releases. It's harder to say as time goes on because any newer figures also include the thousands of new starts that quit.

Staffing overall has reduced. That Robin app they’re trying to get us all to use: it shows how many staff they have added and it is around 135,000. That’s us, management, and Parcelforce.

[Smoothbackground]

Staffing overall has reduced. That Robin app they’re trying to get us all to use: it shows how many staff they have added and it is around 135,000. That’s us, management, and Parcelforce.

Is that all it includes? And what about PFSL staff? Are they included in your 135,000 guesstimate?

So how many CWU-grade employees are there by your reckoning?

[Barnacle]

Staffing overall has reduced. That Robin app they’re trying to get us all to use: it shows how many staff they have added and it is around 135,000. That’s us, management, and Parcelforce.

Is that all it includes? And what about PFSL staff? Are they included in your 135,000 guesstimate?

So how many CWU-grade employees are there by your reckoning?

It’s not MY guesstimate. RM have added all employees to Robin - whether those employees use it or not - and the number displayed in Robin is 135,000 and something. That includes PF and management.

There’s no such thing as a ‘CWU grade employee’. If you want to know how many delivery staff there are and then how many of them are CWU members, you’ll need to find that out.

[Smoothbackground]

It’s not MY guesstimate. RM have added all employees to Robin - whether those employees use it or not - and the number displayed in Robin is 135,000 and something. That includes PF and management.

There’s no such thing as a ‘CWU grade employee’. If you want to know how many delivery staff there are and then how many of them are CWU members, you’ll need to find that out.

Ah! So finally a concession from you. Like me, you don’t know the precise numbers, do you?! Our resident fount of knowledge, the learned Barnacle, has run dry of “facts”.

PS - with PFSL I was on about Property and Facility Services…

[Barnacle]

It’s not MY guesstimate. RM have added all employees to Robin - whether those employees use it or not - and the number displayed in Robin is 135,000 and something. That includes PF and management.

There’s no such thing as a ‘CWU grade employee’. If you want to know how many delivery staff there are and then how many of them are CWU members, you’ll need to find that out.

Ah! So finally a concession from you. Like me, you don’t know the precise numbers, do you?! Our resident fount of knowledge, the learned Barnacle, has run dry of “facts”.

Of course I know. No guesstimate required.

[Smoothbackground]

Of course I know. No guesstimate required.

Yeah, course you do

[Navalron]

Can we all note as well, that if we didn’t have a union, we would all be working the pilot/trial delivery model now? We wouldn’t even have been consulted, it would simply have been rolled out long before now, they’re using ‘needing USO reform’ as an excuse to do what they want anyway.

Duly noted and minuted. On account of this, let’s have three massive cheers for the CWU! And let’s all chant “Here for me and you! Long live the CWU!”

Bitterness about a club you aren’t even in.

Does sound bitter to be honest.

I was merely being satirical when Barnacle was reminding all subs-paying members to be eternally grateful for their lot and for all that the CWU does for them.

Just to clarify — I have nothing at all to be ‘bitter’ about. Like 95% of the new-entrant cohort at my gaff, I am not a union member and so have never paid into the CWU coffers. The CWU hasn’t misled me or sold me down the river.

It is clear from other posts on here, though, that current CWU members are becoming increasingly upset and implacably hostile to their own club/union, hence Barnacle continually attempting to quell the disquiet and discontent. Perhaps ‘bitter’ is best used to describe them?

WAP.

[Smoothbackground]

WAP.

From our previous interactions I do appreciate that spelling, punctuation and grammar aren’t exactly strong points of yours, but what does WAP mean? Is it similar to a “ned” or NED? Using what little imagination I have, I am currently interpreting WAP as a high-pitched (yet male) Glaswegian voice drunkenly screaming “What a prick!” Is this what you mean by WAP? Do I need to report your abuse to the mods?

[SkiSunday]

WAP.

From our previous interactions I do appreciate that spelling, punctuation and grammar aren’t exactly strong points of yours, but what does WAP mean? Is it similar to a “ned” or NED? Using what little imagination I have, I am currently interpreting WAP as a high-pitched (yet male) Glaswegian voice drunkenly screaming “What a prick!” Is this what you mean by WAP? Do I need to report your abuse to the mods?

How do those bitter lemons taste Smooth?

[TrueBlueTerrier]

How do those bitter lemons taste Smooth?

Are your debating skills so poor that you resort to baiting people, and is your comprehension of the rules so skewed that you think that us asking people to debate points not character means you can ignore us.

THREAD LOCKED because of YOU.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

WAP.

Ex RAF here and if that was meant as what a prick then it also broke the rules and helped lock this thread.