Junk mail must remain at the sorting office to protect our posties from coronavirus infection

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 01 Apr 2020, 08:40

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Record Views says Royal Mail must now follow a range of companies around the country who are taking measures to stop the spread of the deadly Covid-19.

The Alloa postal workers who went on strike were at the end of their tether.

They felt as if their safety has been compromised and no one was listening.

The Royal Mail is the fourth emergency service. Our posties carry out essential work and provide a lifeline to people across the country.

Like many, they are exposed to Covid-19 infection but understand the responsibilities of being key workers and the importance of doing their job.

We’ve all had to adapt to our changed circumstances.

Essential workers up and down the country have kept going through the lockdown, often at personal risk.

Employers must demonstrate a duty of care to their staff especially when they ask them to do so much.

The Royal Mail should help lighten the load by keeping junk mail in the sorting office and doing all they can to supply the correct personal protective equipment.

The Alloa posties have shown how strongly they feel.

None of them would have wanted to add to their stress levels by taking any kind of industrial action.

It is time for Royal Mail bosses to show they care for workers who each day step up to the mark for all of us.

Post by **CRIBMAD** » 01 Apr 2020, 09:27

Never going to happen ! Anyone else have addressed pamphlets for nearly every house for the DFS SPRING SALE yesterday ? Correct me if i'm wrong but aren't they closed ? Whole company is a joke !

Post69 · Post by **Post69** » 01 Apr 2020, 09:39

I've been a postman coming up for 4 decades and I can tell you now although there has and are managers that do get it! And do right for the workforce we have a small amount of management that are just narcissistic! it's in their DNA

in our area we have one particular manager knows nothing else other than to do his daily work on the premises of spite royal mail have moved him around all the different PDO's for the decades that I've worked for the company and industrial unrest has always followed, so unless these sort of people are taken out of the equation at times like this things I can tell you won't change

Post by **rambo1** » 01 Apr 2020, 10:30

Put RM aside for a second, tell the f in public not to order as much shite. It's like late November today on packets!!

Post by **General Mannerheim** » 01 Apr 2020, 11:02

CRIBMAD wrote:Never going to happen ! Anyone else have addressed pamphlets for nearly every house for the DFS SPRING SALE yesterday ? Correct me if i'm wrong but aren't they closed ? Whole company is a joke !

My postie brought 5 door to dustbins yesterday and every one of them was a place that was shut.
Cannon fodder is all that posties are now, that cockney spiv Pullover has effectively handed down a death sentence to his membership all for political and partnership deals.

Post by **POSTMAN** » 01 Apr 2020, 11:45

MYROYALMAIL.COM :We will now only deliver door to door to addresses receiving letters or parcels at the same time, wherever possible. We call this ‘warm calling.’

Door to Door is safe to deliver

Public Health England (PHE), the key health authority, has advised that people handling letters and parcels are not at risk of contracting coronavirus
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has also advised that coronaviruses do not survive long on objects, such as letters or packages

Obviously, as we have spoken about a hundred times on here, how long........is long?

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scoobymunster · Post by **scoobymunster** » 01 Apr 2020, 11:53

We've been told by our DSM that D2D must be delivered as normal, anyone caught not doing it will be suspended. For a communications company, how come we can't sing from the same hymn sheet?

Cluaran · Post by **Cluaran** » 01 Apr 2020, 13:12

We are not essential workers!!!

Post by **Sugar** » 01 Apr 2020, 13:41

POSTMAN wrote:MYROYALMAIL.COM :We will now only deliver door to door to addresses receiving letters or parcels at the same time, wherever possible. We call this ‘warm calling.’

Door to Door is safe to deliver

Public Health England (PHE), the key health authority, has advised that people handling letters and parcels are not at risk of contracting coronavirus
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has also advised that coronaviruses do not survive long on objects, such as letters or packages

Obviously, as we have spoken about a hundred times on here, how long........is long?

https://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communi ... bc#p888971" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Anything from 24 hrs up to 72 hrs seem to be the numbers being banded about.

And if your office is riddled with base and six double slotted frames your fuc£ed because you have still to take the D2D's if there's no mail for one of the two houses in that slot.

Clearly whoever is coming up with these ideas has never worked in a DO.