fionalou wrote:hi. i would like to point out. i work at aberdeen mail centre and most of inverness mail getting sorted at aberdeen mail centre, ie not most all of inverness mail getts sorted at aberdeen. inverness dosen't have a mail centre its more like a delivery office.
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So that's Scotland down to thre mail centres then. Nice and efficient ready for independance.
dingo wrote:There are 15 duties including reserves within the SW1 Hub they serve SW1 ,3 , 2 , 8 , 5, 10 , 4 , 11.
Jubilee will be the biggest inward operation in the country from next week. However their is a panic on as their is insufficient professional drivers in Jubilee to cover the SW units.
hi we recently promoted to temporary distribution drivers we had been in posts for 5 months.then 4 fulltime reserve driving positions were advertised. we all had more seniority than the ag`s who applied for them . although we had temporary contracts in itribution the jobs were given to ag drivers with a lot less seniority than us.
was this done correctly where part time worker s took preference over fulltime workers with more seniority.
If you are permanent full time (and been in your duty more than 12 months) then temporarily promoted to Dist drivers then you should be able to have applied for the reserve duties. Seniority rules. Ask your union rep to get involved!
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pcb wrote:If you are permanent full time (and been in your duty more than 12 months) then temporarily promoted to Dist drivers then you should be able to have applied for the reserve duties. Seniority rules. Ask your union rep to get involved!
hi pcb
I have 33 year as a royal mail employee been mgv driving on substitution basis from processing.for the last 18 weeks been attached on a istribution contract a a long term mgv driver. unfortunately drivers rep seem to be working againt me. we have approach the area rep in mailcentre.
3 of the people iven the contracts have less than 10 year a ag drivers. im suitable an have the seniority but wasn`t iven the poition my record I excellent good conduct no sickness. only 3 pt on license.
pcb wrote:Get hold of area distribution rep if no joy there go to the branch secretary face to face and tell him/her your issue ASAP!
thanks pcb the area rep of mail centre is speaking tomorrow with the driver`s div rep.it seems the area distribution rep is at the heart of all my troubles he appears to be closing all doors to stop me getting in to distribution
Jubilee MC now handles GU and SW postcodes
Croydon MC now handle SE Postcode
London South now Knocked down only a little tower remains.
As for rumours re Medway maybe the manager is planning for post privatisation and becoming a minicab driver.
Seriously Croydon BR/CR/SM postcodes and Gatwick set to merge in future due to 2nd runway at Gatwick running thru the MC and a site has been bought near Coulsdon. A Croydon driver did say SE1-28 would stay in Croydon and SW1-20 move in with them. Jubilee may be merged with Greenford KT moved in with Gatwick and Croydon Guildford could be merged into a new mail centre altogether with SL and RG postcodes RG moved out to maybe make way for another area to go into Thames Valley Mail Centre.
Be prepared for re shuffles as phase 1 ends and phase 2 starts.
rainbowwarrior72 wrote:Jubilee MC now handles GU and SW postcodes
Croydon MC now handle SE Postcode
London South now Knocked down only a little tower remains.
As for rumours re Medway maybe the manager is planning for post privatisation and becoming a minicab driver.
Seriously Croydon BR/CR/SM postcodes and Gatwick set to merge in future due to 2nd runway at Gatwick running thru the MC and a site has been bought near Coulsdon. A Croydon driver did say SE1-28 would stay in Croydon and SW1-20 move in with them. Jubilee may be merged with Greenford KT moved in with Gatwick and Croydon Guildford could be merged into a new mail centre altogether with SL and RG postcodes RG moved out to maybe make way for another area to go into Thames Valley Mail Centre.
Be prepared for re shuffles as phase 1 ends and phase 2 starts.
Hi rainbow, How long does phase 2 take and will there be EVR' s and will MTSF agreement be relevant?
I am assuming phase 2 is when they will start the process of Super Super Mail Centres. The view seems to be that RM want 3-4 MCs per region and big enough to accommodate a packet machine and another FSM. Most MCs have just the one FSM I think Thames Valley has 2 but might be wrong on that. Also with the new closures announced like Gloucester, Pompey, Cambridge, Ipswich, Shrewsbury and the others it stands to reason to expect some major reshuffling. Watford took on Luton work only to close 2years later.
A lot of what I said in my post is abit of idle speculation and to be fair we all know where RM is heading for long term of Super MCs and Delivery Centres ie Premier Park in West London which I believe is not working out the way RM wants it to be.
I know at JMC we are expecting a major cull of duties both on MGV and Processing side next year. Can't see it be anything but disaster for the MC if they go with their plans.
Did hear from a member of Camberley MPU of rumours of a Super MPU unit in Farnboro by the airport there but RM have had the chance before
Re EVRs they did a consultation earlier this year and its all gone quiet
rainbowwarrior72 wrote:I am assuming phase 2 is when they will start the process of Super Super Mail Centres. The view seems to be that RM want 3-4 MCs per region and big enough to accommodate a packet machine and another FSM. Most MCs have just the one FSM I think Thames Valley has 2 but might be wrong on that. Also with the new closures announced like Gloucester, Pompey, Cambridge, Ipswich, Shrewsbury and the others it stands to reason to expect some major reshuffling. Watford took on Luton work only to close 2years later.
A lot of what I said in my post is abit of idle speculation and to be fair we all know where RM is heading for long term of Super MCs and Delivery Centres ie Premier Park in West London which I believe is not working out the way RM wants it to be.
I know at JMC we are expecting a major cull of duties both on MGV and Processing side next year. Can't see it be anything but disaster for the MC if they go with their plans.
Did hear from a member of Camberley MPU of rumours of a Super MPU unit in Farnboro by the airport there but RM have had the chance before
Re EVRs they did a consultation earlier this year and its all gone quiet
I wouldn't be surprised to see some sort of automation of both Tracked and SDs in MCs, not so much for the SDs but for the Tracked with the every increasing volumes (also the SD guns are old and f****d - I heard a rumor that RM have to get spares/replacements from ebay) and the PDAs aren't really up to scanning the volume of stuff that we put through in MCs. Anyone who works at an RDC, what sort of setup is used for the automated processing and/or scanning of Tracked there and how much room does it take up?
Where any given DO is with around an hour's drive or less of its MC it wouldn't surprise me to see them loose any runs before 06:00 as that would save RM money and would mean that instead of sending part filled sleeves/yorks every so often, the only part fills would be the final odd bits at the end.
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Nice and efficient ready for independance. 
