Who can tell me the basics of the strike?/Scotland query!

[work = pay]

Im waiting for very valuable, very important mail that Im told has become "!scab mail" that posties wont touch.
Can someone please take a little time to explain to me why my mail is being left to the side while new mail is being processed as normal?
What happened to you that has caused you to ignore my mail?
Do you think that is the fairest way to get to the Big Dogs or do you not think you are just punishing people like me who know nothing about the situation?
I'm trying to run a business and this has caused me major hassle so I'd appreciate if someone could at least explain the basics to me and then I could relay the information to my angry customers.
I'd appreciate it.
Fiona.

[madelin4]

Im waiting for very valuable, very important mail that Im told has become "!scab mail" that posties wont touch.
Can someone please take a little time to explain to me why my mail is being left to the side while new mail is being processed as normal?
What happened to you that has caused you to ignore my mail?
Do you think that is the fairest way to get to the Big Dogs or do you not think you are just punishing people like me who know nothing about the situation?
I'm trying to run a business and this has caused me major hassle so I'd appreciate if someone could at least explain the basics to me and then I could relay the information to my angry customers.
I'd appreciate it.
Fiona.

Read some of your posts.. sorry to hear u feel we havel let you down.. As to who you put your anger to its not the postmen and woman its the ones trying to run the place in2 the ground!!! What we the posties want is to keep the service going and also to keep our jobs... any1 who is full-time is walking on eggshells as the company want rid of us full-timers , its not a nice feeling, i love my job and its awful it has come to this..but despite what the public seem to think that we are strike for more money that is far far from the truth.. If you want a general feel for what we are fighting for just read a few of the post by the guys on here, i myself had no idea it was this bad till i became a loyal member here with my collegues..

[vigilante]

sorry to hear you are having problems.
i am a union rep, i do not understand why you have been told it is scab mail???
could you elaborate if possible on this----who said this to you??
just so we can understand because i cant fathom out why someone would have told you this!

[work = pay]

....i do not understand why you have been told it is scab mail???
could you elaborate if possible on this----who said this to you??
just so we can understand because i cant fathom out why someone would have told you this!

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QUOTE FROM BBC NEWS SITE:

Willy Marshall, branch secretary of Central Scotland CWU, said anger had "boiled over" into the unofficial dispute.

"Our workers were asked to sort scab mail, which is mail the managers should handle if our workers are on strike, and they refused so they were suspended," he said.

"We want our men that were sent home to be brought back and start getting paid again and unless that happens the strike will continue."

You can read it yourself at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6925955.stm

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QUOTE FROM SCOTSMAN NEWS SITE:

Hundred of workers at a sorting office in Edinburgh called the wildcat strike yesterday in protest against being asked to sort "scab" mail.

The dispute in Edinburgh flared after four workers had their pay stopped for refusing to handle mail transferred from Glasgow following an unofficial strike there, said the Communication Workers Union. Around 200 walked out yesterday morning.

You can read it yourself at : http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid ... 1202562007

[vigilante]

Ah right fiona now i understand.
Unfortunately, as you are aware, these are very troubled times at RM.
i understand your frustration and appreciate it. However due to management's stubborness we are in this position!!
The union have continually asked the head of RM to negotiate from the very start of this action-----RM just continued to state their business plan
which would cut jobs and service to you the customer, that's what we are fighting for!!!! So that you can continue to use a good service.
The end of talks is Sept 4, please bear with us until then and sorry for any inconvenience.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Hasn't all that mail been processed by now though. Anyone in an MC got any details.

[lovejoy]

yeah that would have gone through by now! Sounds like a case of 'lost in the post!'

[POSTMAN]

I've edited the title a bit,we've got a few from the MC up there,hopefully they'll come on and give us the SP.

[work = pay]

As I speak in my office there is a s**t load of parcels still to go out ,they are still tryin to clear the back log of mail ,as we are only working to our time ,so nobody is doing parcel delivery as OT ,it has been left up to the Gaffas to clear it they are tryin to get in the agencyPoles
to work in the afternoons. Talk about the blind leading the blind

Yay so it shouldn't be too long? Phew!

[disheartened]

Hi,

When was this item posted,the backlog on outward mail is all clear,inward backlog at some offices has been aloud to build up.

The Investigation Department have had a busy time at our office since the despute and influx of non=postal staff,loads of packages found opened in yorks ect.