LTB 051/26

[Acca Dacca]

Strap yourselves in boys and girls this is gonna be a bumpy ride

[Mr Rush]

Or just have Ward and Kretinsky take part in a televised UFC fight

My money's on Dan. Dave's already got his CBE, clearly he's given up. Dan's well motivated due to the big burly banks standing behind him who want their loan paid back.

[ted_e_bear]

Intense talks always makes me chuckle. The union has been in “intense talks” for about 6 years now and bugger all comes from it. Maybe they should start relaxed talks and see if there’s more luck in that. Or just have Ward and Kretinsky take part in a televised UFC fight, winner gets all the concessions they want from an agreement and any profit made goes towards subsidising the USO for the next year.
Ok I’ve went a bit stupid but this whole situation is now stupid.

Haha you just me made me think of this

fgth.two.tribes.mp4

[Duesouth]

So basically, nothing to see here.

What power does the union have apart from postponing new delivery methods that we all know are not working properly. Not sure what the government can do to intervene, maybe another parliament talk followed by another pointless investigation.

Excuses is the best the business can do by explaining we don't have enough stuff (which is partly true). Cut back on overtime even though there is work available.

[TopperGas]

The present Government do seem to be taking stronger action than the last Government who just seemed to ignore the PC's findings, the DK attended the meeting rather than just send Cochrane or similar suggests he's got some concerns.

[Gingerbread Fred]

What exactly can the government do?

Fine a struggling company for an inability to manage the loss making part of the business? This will do nothing more than speed up the decline.

They want answers... EP will give an ultimatum - subsidise the letters or reform the USO. There is no money so reform will happen

[Sean06]

The present Government do seem to be taking stronger action than the last Government who just seemed to ignore the PC's findings, the DK attended the meeting rather than just send Cochrane or similar suggests he's got some concerns.

Cwu have already expressed concerns with what dk had to say.

[ted_e_bear]

The present Government do seem to be taking stronger action than the last Government who just seemed to ignore the PC's findings, the DK attended the meeting rather than just send Cochrane or similar suggests he's got some concerns.

Cwu have already expressed concerns with what dk had to say.

Yeah I've just copy/pasted this bit, doesn't tell us anything at this stage but presumably it'll become apparent shortly

'However, whilst we very much welcome this Government led process, we must report that we were not encouraged at all on the position set out by the owner and we will be giving the Postal Executive and Divisional Reps a full report of the meeting later today.'

[britwrit]

Intense talks always makes me chuckle. The union has been in “intense talks” for about 6 years now and bugger all comes from it. Maybe they should start relaxed talks and see if there’s more luck in that. Or just have Ward and Kretinsky take part in a televised UFC fight, winner gets all the concessions they want from an agreement and any profit made goes towards subsidising the USO for the next year.
Ok I’ve went a bit stupid but this whole situation is now stupid.

Yeah. Just for a change of pace, I'd like to see "casual chit chat" on the agenda.

[Perseus]

The position set out by DK will be it's the ODM or bust/USO change/job losses.

It's naive to think if the CWU have a better alternative to the ODM, then RM don't have a worse alternative to the ODM

I hope the CWU have a backup offering to their heavy/light model, as it's not going to be agreed by RM in my view.

[Acca Dacca]

The position set out by DK will be it's the ODM or bust/USO change/job losses.

It's naive to think if the CWU have a better alternative to the ODM, then RM don't have a worse alternative to the ODM

I hope the CWU have a backup offering to their heavy/light model, as it's not going to be agreed by RM in my view.

Its not up to DK to change the USO

[Perseus]

The position set out by DK will be it's the ODM or bust/USO change/job losses.

It's naive to think if the CWU have a better alternative to the ODM, then RM don't have a worse alternative to the ODM

I hope the CWU have a backup offering to their heavy/light model, as it's not going to be agreed by RM in my view.

Its not up to DK to change the USO

I know that, but he would be the one to ask/lobby for it.

[Acca Dacca]

The position set out by DK will be it's the ODM or bust/USO change/job losses.

It's naive to think if the CWU have a better alternative to the ODM, then RM don't have a worse alternative to the ODM

I hope the CWU have a backup offering to their heavy/light model, as it's not going to be agreed by RM in my view.

Its not up to DK to change the USO

I know that, but he would be the one to ask/lobby for it.

Good luck asking government for mail to be delivered even less than it is now given events

[A2B]

Its not up to DK to change the USO

Again I ask what happens if RM/IDS say we are no longer able to adhere to the current USO so we're not doing it.

The government don't want to take over letter delivery and l don't think there's a mass of other companies waiting in the wings to take it on.

[Perseus]

The position set out by DK will be it's the ODM or bust/USO change/job losses.

It's naive to think if the CWU have a better alternative to the ODM, then RM don't have a worse alternative to the ODM

I hope the CWU have a backup offering to their heavy/light model, as it's not going to be agreed by RM in my view.

Its not up to DK to change the USO

I know that, but he would be the one to ask/lobby for it.

Good luck asking government for mail to be delivered even less than it is now given events

I’ve no doubt they would argue that halving (for instance) the 6 day USO to 3 days it would improve quality of service. Mail wouldn’t count as a failure if it’s not supposed to be delivered that day. A total disaster for jobs clearly.