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ArchieG
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Sunday working

Post by ArchieG »

Asking for a couple of fairly new newbies: what was the date when compulsory Sunday working came in? So from what start date are people actually contracted to work Sundays? Thanks.
At the end of the day you are just postmen [sic].You deserve nothing more than what's been offered and probably a lot less.
Martin Walsh
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Re: Sunday working

Post by Martin Walsh »

1st December 2022 under the agreement.

But if no agreement new contracts were being given from October 2022.
DirtyHarry
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Re: Sunday working

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Truly awful that such a question about compulsory Sunday working, has to be asked.

What sort of bloody union, is this?
ArchieG
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Re: Sunday working

Post by ArchieG »

Thanks very much.
And, yes, a sad situation. I'll now give bad news to one person and good news to another.
At the end of the day you are just postmen [sic].You deserve nothing more than what's been offered and probably a lot less.
world class male
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Re: Sunday working

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DirtyHarry wrote:
06 May 2023, 15:06
Truly awful that such a question about compulsory Sunday working, has to be asked.

What sort of bloody union, is this?
i am sick to the back teeth of folk blaming the cwu for this and that,
i despise them for certain reasons but when folk accept a job and it's crap T&C then they must accept it,
same as part timers crying because they cannot live on part time wages....why take the job in the 1st place then! :arrrghhh
aiden01
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Re: Sunday working

Post by aiden01 »

DirtyHarry wrote:
06 May 2023, 15:06
Truly awful that such a question about compulsory Sunday working, has to be asked.

What sort of bloody union, is this?
How is it unions fault did they twist their arm up their back to sign the contract.
SMS1969
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Re: Sunday working

Post by SMS1969 »

world class male wrote:
06 May 2023, 18:57
DirtyHarry wrote:
06 May 2023, 15:06
Truly awful that such a question about compulsory Sunday working, has to be asked.

What sort of bloody union, is this?
i am sick to the back teeth of folk blaming the cwu for this and that,
i despise them for certain reasons but when folk accept a job and it's crap T&C then they must accept it,
same as part timers crying because they cannot live on part time wages....why take the job in the 1st place then! :arrrghhh
Part timers like me took the job because at the interview, full time hours were ‘promised ‘ with overtime. It’s ridiculous that F/T contracts aren’t easily available to those who can work the hours.
DirtyHarry
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Re: Sunday working

Post by DirtyHarry »

aiden01 wrote:
06 May 2023, 20:01
DirtyHarry wrote:
06 May 2023, 15:06
Truly awful that such a question about compulsory Sunday working, has to be asked.

What sort of bloody union, is this?
How is it unions fault did they twist their arm up their back to sign the contract.
The fact that such contracts are there, is the union's fault.
DirtyHarry
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Re: Sunday working

Post by DirtyHarry »

world class male wrote:
06 May 2023, 18:57
DirtyHarry wrote:
06 May 2023, 15:06
Truly awful that such a question about compulsory Sunday working, has to be asked.

What sort of bloody union, is this?
i am sick to the back teeth of folk blaming the cwu for this and that,
i despise them for certain reasons but when folk accept a job and it's crap T&C then they must accept it,
same as part timers crying because they cannot live on part time wages....why take the job in the 1st place then! :arrrghhh
Those contracts exist, only because the union caved in to RM more than once before.
People desperate enough for a job, any job, will take them, even with crap T&Cs.
If you don't blame the union for allowing these contracts to come into existence, then who do you blame, the bloody tooth fairy?
world class male
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Re: Sunday working

Post by world class male »

SMS1969 wrote:
06 May 2023, 20:04
world class male wrote:
06 May 2023, 18:57
DirtyHarry wrote:
06 May 2023, 15:06
Truly awful that such a question about compulsory Sunday working, has to be asked.

What sort of bloody union, is this?
i am sick to the back teeth of folk blaming the cwu for this and that,
i despise them for certain reasons but when folk accept a job and it's crap T&C then they must accept it,
same as part timers crying because they cannot live on part time wages....why take the job in the 1st place then! :arrrghhh
Part timers like me took the job because at the interview, full time hours were ‘promised ‘ with overtime. It’s ridiculous that F/T contracts aren’t easily available to those who can work the hours.
so your mortgage advisor advised to take on a promise from a liar? btw it took me 10yrs or so to make it to full time so don't cry a river to me, been there and got several t-shirts, plan to live on the basic pay and T&C you sign up for, then fight like hell when they try to reduce them
aiden01
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Re: Sunday working

Post by aiden01 »

DirtyHarry wrote:
06 May 2023, 20:41
aiden01 wrote:
06 May 2023, 20:01
DirtyHarry wrote:
06 May 2023, 15:06
Truly awful that such a question about compulsory Sunday working, has to be asked.

What sort of bloody union, is this?
How is it unions fault did they twist their arm up their back to sign the contract.
The fact that such contracts are there, is the union's fault.
How an why?? Meanwhile ile let you carry on union bashing..
aiden01
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Re: Sunday working

Post by aiden01 »

world class male wrote:
06 May 2023, 21:03
SMS1969 wrote:
06 May 2023, 20:04
world class male wrote:
06 May 2023, 18:57
DirtyHarry wrote:
06 May 2023, 15:06
Truly awful that such a question about compulsory Sunday working, has to be asked.

What sort of bloody union, is this?
i am sick to the back teeth of folk blaming the cwu for this and that,
i despise them for certain reasons but when folk accept a job and it's crap T&C then they must accept it,
same as part timers crying because they cannot live on part time wages....why take the job in the 1st place then! :arrrghhh
Part timers like me took the job because at the interview, full time hours were ‘promised ‘ with overtime. It’s ridiculous that F/T contracts aren’t easily available to those who can work the hours.
so your mortgage advisor advised to take on a promise from a liar? btw it took me 10yrs or so to make it to full time so don't cry a river to me, been there and got several t-shirts, plan to live on the basic pay and T&C you sign up for, then fight like hell when they try to reduce them
Only 10 yrs took me 26 years.
DirtyHarry
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Re: Sunday working

Post by DirtyHarry »

aiden01 wrote:
06 May 2023, 22:38
DirtyHarry wrote:
06 May 2023, 20:41
aiden01 wrote:
06 May 2023, 20:01
DirtyHarry wrote:
06 May 2023, 15:06
Truly awful that such a question about compulsory Sunday working, has to be asked.

What sort of bloody union, is this?
How is it unions fault did they twist their arm up their back to sign the contract.
The fact that such contracts are there, is the union's fault.
How an why?? Meanwhile ile let you carry on union bashing..
Hasn't the union agreed to part-time working in Royal Mail?
Hasn't the union agreed to Sunday working, compulsory for all new starters, which leads me on to the next question.
Hasn't the union, by allowing Royal Mail just that little sample of a long catalogue of crimes against postal workers jobs and terms and conditions, connived with Royal Mail in solidifying a two-tier workforce, one that was already in the making, thanks to this lousy union's last poor deal?

If not, give me the number of that bloody tooth fairy, and I'll be on the blower straight away to them.
DirtyHarry
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Re: Sunday working

Post by DirtyHarry »

Oh, and I'll bash anyone, union or management, that bashes hardworking postal workers.

Always will do, too.
heraldmoth
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Re: Sunday working

Post by heraldmoth »

So if you look at this from another angle since we’re all so concerned. There’s nothing stopping someone not contracted to doing Sundays chipping in and doing the odd Sunday so as not to shovel all the s*#* on people with rubbish contracts