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cloherty1976
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Re: DINGO !

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postality wrote:
welshy808 wrote:CWUnews ‏@CWUnews now

An update on the current state of talks with #RoyalMail is expected tomorrow morning.

from twitter
Theyve gotta be joking.
Sounds like they might have to carry on talking over a pint or two..
pudz1224
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Re: DINGO !

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Feel they are taking the Mickey out of the members now.
dvbuk55
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Re: DINGO !

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cloherty1976 wrote:
dvbuk55 wrote:
cloherty1976 wrote:36.25 hours a week but our meal reliefs are unpaid
Who negotiated that?
Cwu back in 2007 I think.
Are the hours staggered over the week because it only gives you a 6 hour day, with loading/unloading you aren't going to get too far. Mind having said that, there was far less stress on the shorter working day than there is now. Even with 6 hours driving I couldn't do it there's far too many dickheads on the roads these days.
dvbuk55
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Re: DINGO !

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pudz1224 wrote:Feel they are taking the Mickey out of the members now.
Now? They've been doing that for a long time. TBH I think there's a deadlock and they'll be meeting the big guns tonight after the news has gone to RM of the likely result unless they can be persuaded to re-evaluate their decision. The reason I think that is because they know what the decision is so why haven't they said? Even if it was a split decision why not say so.
cloherty1976
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Re: DINGO !

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dvbuk55 wrote:
cloherty1976 wrote:
dvbuk55 wrote:
cloherty1976 wrote:36.25 hours a week but our meal reliefs are unpaid
Who negotiated that?
Cwu back in 2007 I think.
Are the hours staggered over the week because it only gives you a 6 hour day, with loading/unloading you aren't going to get too far. Mind having said that, there was far less stress on the shorter working day than there is now. Even with 6 hours driving I couldn't do it there's far too many dickheads on the roads these days.
No sometimes our duties can be 15 hours long and sometimes they can be 5 hours long. This does mean you could be on 4 day week as well as 6 day week. Sometimes you could be doing a 60 hour week then 20 hour week.its not all bad just sometimes it's not as easy as some people say on here. We can cover a lot of miles with I suppose a lot of responsibility..
dvbuk55
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Re: DINGO !

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cloherty1976 wrote:
dvbuk55 wrote:
cloherty1976 wrote:
dvbuk55 wrote:
cloherty1976 wrote:36.25 hours a week but our meal reliefs are unpaid
Who negotiated that?
Cwu back in 2007 I think.
Are the hours staggered over the week because it only gives you a 6 hour day, with loading/unloading you aren't going to get too far. Mind having said that, there was far less stress on the shorter working day than there is now. Even with 6 hours driving I couldn't do it there's far too many dickheads on the roads these days.
No sometimes our duties can be 15 hours long and sometimes they can be 5 hours long. This does mean you could be on 4 day week as well as 6 day week. Sometimes you could be doing a 60 hour week then 20 hour week.its not all bad just sometimes it's not as easy as some people say on here. We can cover a lot of miles with I suppose a lot of responsibility..
Rather you than me, I get road rage driving half a mile to the supermarket :chuckle