Currys drops Royal Mail 'for now' as strikes threaten deliveries

[nutcracker]

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... deliveries

Come on RM get around the table

[FilthyBloke]

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... deliveries

Come on RM get around the table

Just reading this on bbc. A lot of other companies are using other couriers and are paying more for it but they all pretty much say they will probably return in the future.
Royal Mail know this. They know that Christmas is probably not salvageable now and are counting their losses knowing companies will return.
And all those that think strikes will still have an impact after Christmas are wrong. Once the festive period is over the mail and packets drop right down and at our office most walks go back to lapsing 2/3 loops because there is so little work.
The public will only be on our side for so long.

Like somebody else has mentioned, Tuesday is massive. If the board meeting passes by and nothing changes then it’s clear Royal Mail have written Christmas off this year and they be forcing through their changes regardless.

Most businesses will return. A lot of postmen probably won’t. But Royal Mail won’t care about that.

[qwerty2]

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... deliveries

Come on RM get around the table

They dont care

[nutcracker]

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... deliveries

Come on RM get around the table

Just reading this on bbc. A lot of other companies are using other couriers and are paying more for it but they all pretty much say they will probably return in the future.
Royal Mail know this. They know that Christmas is probably not salvageable now and are counting their losses knowing companies will return.
And all those that think strikes will still have an impact after Christmas are wrong. Once the festive period is over the mail and packets drop right down and at our office most walks go back to lapsing 2/3 loops because there is so little work.
The public will only be on our side for so long.

Like somebody else has mentioned, Tuesday is massive. If the board meeting passes by and nothing changes then it’s clear Royal Mail have written Christmas off this year and they be forcing through their changes regardless.

Most businesses will return. A lot of postmen probably won’t. But Royal Mail won’t care about that.

What this week has shown me is that 2 day strikes if done on a Monday and Tuesday would completely wreck my mail centre and hence the pipeline no matter what time of year it is.

[norris9]

What this week has shown me is that 2 day strikes if done on a Monday and Tuesday would completely wreck my mail centre and hence the pipeline no matter what time of year it is.

Do you have floats in your office covering your day off?

We don't, so on these days Royal Mail are essentially striking themselves by not providing the staff and so the backlog gets even worse.

shooting themselves in the foot.

[Celtic warrior]

Quote - "Currys is one of several major retailers that have been forced to increase wages repeatedly in response to chronic staff shortages and soaring inflation.
Baldock told the BBC programme his staff had been given a 16% pay rise over the past year, above the rate of inflation, because “we need to retain and motivate a workforce”, and that is “the price we are paying for the right talent”.

So in the same article where he says that paying out higher wages would cause "a wage-price inflationary spiral and is simply going to make things worse for everybody for longer.” he sees it okay to pay to retain the right talent if it keeps his staff happy.

My argument is the conditions that RM want me to accept more than the wage rise so therefor I am glad to hear the CWU now getting this across more and more in the media now.

[emu72]

Yep.simon just isn’t interested in rm and running it into the ground and our jobs with it.

[k979aaa]

The fact of the matter is everyone is dropping RM because of one man his bonus and his stubbornness he is not the architect of change but the destroyer of business!

[ted_e_bear]

Just read that guardian article, I quite liked this from Alex Baldock the head of Currys, no idea if it's actually true or not but.....

Baldock told the BBC programme his staff had been given a 16% pay rise over the past year, above the rate of inflation, because “we need to retain and motivate a workforce”, and that is “the price we are paying for the right talent”.

Can't imagine much chance of RM releasing such a statement

[Chitchat]

At the end of the day, we will never and can never except royal mails final offer. We won't except a deal that destroys the job destroys our terms and conditions and offers no job security. And all that for an effective pay cut.

The sole responsibility for this mess lays at the feet of Simon and the board!

[TopperGas]

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... deliveries

Come on RM get around the table

Just reading this on bbc. A lot of other companies are using other couriers and are paying more for it but they all pretty much say they will probably return in the future.
Royal Mail know this. They know that Christmas is probably not salvageable now and are counting their losses knowing companies will return.
And all those that think strikes will still have an impact after Christmas are wrong. Once the festive period is over the mail and packets drop right down and at our office most walks go back to lapsing 2/3 loops because there is so little work.
The public will only be on our side for so long.

Like somebody else has mentioned, Tuesday is massive. If the board meeting passes by and nothing changes then it’s clear Royal Mail have written Christmas off this year and they be forcing through their changes regardless.

Most businesses will return. A lot of postmen probably won’t. But Royal Mail won’t care about that.

I assume that depends on what service they get from the new delivery firm plus what sweeteners they are prepared to hand out to retain the business when our IA eventually ends? I doubt Currys will allow the delivery co's to doorstep microwaves etc which is usually one of the big issues for customers.

[enskied]

If ? and it is a big if, royal mail have to uphold the Universal Service Obligation.
They will have to address the chronic understaffing of their delivery offices.

All down to OFCOM doing their bit.

[k979aaa]

If ? and it is a big if, royal mail have to uphold the Universal Service Obligation.
They will have to address the chronic understaffing of their delivery offices.

All down to OFCOM doing their bit.

To scared to do anything or just paid to do nothing?

[Binsey]

It seems the Union FB page is under attack from Fake Accounts.

There really upping the ante now…

[Surfpostie]

Well said Chitchat