London votes for strike action

[maisymoo04]

cut off king ,if 46 percent could not be bothered to tick a box and post a letter back,then they should not complain about the outcome.Peoplr are asked to vote on a serious issue, and theirs no excuse not to vote.

and the 55000 who could not be arsed to vote aswell in the delivery methods agree

[maisymoo04]

All four sites which were balloted for strike have voted yes strike action .

We will be balloting our distribution hubs next week.

The London members deserve praise for standing up to Royal Mail.

dingo why do london deserve praise mate no one went on strike when our mail centre closed and people lost jobs and went some were else.we did not get praise off nobody i wont be walkin out no way

[louielouie]

dave ward mates work at nine elms

[Danelectro]

nobody wants VR but only 52% voted in the ballot

[harryjohn]

it shouldnt be just london voting for strike action. im in the union too and we can only get a result with a national strike. they are beating us up with divide and rule.we should ALL come out. :ncfo

[nalaknip]

may be the north east should have been balloted instead of the union working with rm to shaft us.
and before any smart arse says you are the union.
we pay for some guidance which was shite.
thanks cwu
but hey lets sort london out.

Well said.

[fishtank]

nobody wants VR but only 52% voted in the ballot

It is a surprisingly low turnout on such a major issue.

[baldrick]

Mount Pleasant ballot result:

YES - 675 (82.9%)
NO - 139 (17.1%)

[north london driver]

so the mail centres vote for strike action in london,so what happens to the sub-offices

do we just carry on working, managers will bring our work up then what happens.

if we walk-out the strike will then become unoffical.

it is time our union starts telling its members what the f**k is going on.

[Judgee]

So what will happen.... posties will go on strike for numerous single days here and there losing £100s even £1000s

Mysteriously thousands of pounds will end up in Hayes and Wards bank accounts and all of a sudden Hayes will say "Well we have to do as RM management want as they rightly say mail figues are dropping and we all have to make cuts and do more work so lets end these strikes.... Right I'm off to the pie shop I think we need to celebrate don't you Dave!"

[barbario]

Steven100,My understanding is when it all kicks off,all CWU branches are going to be told not to touch Londons Mail by the union at national level.This is all sliding towards a national dispute.For people who worked in Mail Ccentres already closed,what were your divisonal reps doing,did they try to fight it.Its the London divisonal reps banging the drum in London for industrial action,not the national union.In London in the past we have always gone out on strike to support union members in other parts of the country when we were asked to.I can't actually remember anybody asking us to support Mail Centres in the North East and West that were in danger of closing in the last couple of years, otherwise i think we would have done.So lads ,blame your own divisional reps,if you don't ask,you don't get.

[rmdriver]

The problem the last time was different areas/sections being balloted for different days. We need one vote (nationally) for the same days strike. The last time RM must have been pissing themselves because the workforce was divided and it didn't have the blanket affect.

[maisymoo04]

The problem the last time was different areas/sections being balloted for different days. We need one vote (nationally) for the same days strike. The last time RM must have been pissing themselves because the workforce was divided and it didn't have the blanket affect.

AM NOT WALKIN OUT NO WAY HOSSSEY

[fishtank]

The problem the last time was different areas/sections being balloted for different days. We need one vote (nationally) for the same days strike. The last time RM must have been pissing themselves because the workforce was divided and it didn't have the blanket affect.

AM NOT WALKIN OUT NO WAY HOSSSEY

Maisy...we get the picture mate...you are not walking out.
If you add it to your signature you won't need to keep typing it.

[IloveMYredTROLLEY!]

If a strike does go ahead I hope it is for a sequence of at least three consecutive days, as sporadic single days of industrial action over the space of several weeks are hardly likely to result in anything positive for the protesters when it will be too easy to catch up with the backlog.

However, at a time of many families being on very tight budgets, losing a day's pay through industrial action is going to really hurt...