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Christmas Door to Door

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AndyK
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Post by AndyK »

No. 880/08 Ref: 535.07 Date: 14th November 2008


To: Branches with POSTAL Members

Dear Colleague

Christmas 2008 – Door to Door Arrangements

In order to provide clarity regarding the delivery of Door to Door over the Christmas period and avoid a similar situation to last year. We have agreed the following Door to Door delivery timetable with Royal Mail, which has been ratified by the Postal Executive.

w/c 8th December Normal week for D2D deliveries
w/c 15th December Closed for D2D deliveries
w/c 22nd December Closed for D2D deliveries
w/c 29th December Closed for D2D deliveries
w/c 5th January Re-opens as a normal week for D2D deliveries

Any enquiries to Bob Gibson’s Office, quoting reference 535.07


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plus any one wondering about saturday 27th we will be working (or off sick) its official. :evil/mad
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Digger1975
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Post by Digger1975 »

Thats an absolute joke!! Our first week of xmas pressure is the w/c 8th december. Same old story union agree to do d2ds but nothing in return(27th dec)!!!
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mrlovepantsuk
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Post by mrlovepantsuk »

I cant see why we cant be given the option to deliver them if we want to, I have to go most delivery points every day so I don`t mind delivering them.
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Post by TrueBlueTerrier »

mrlovepantsuk wrote:I cant see why we cant be given the option to deliver them if we want to, I have to go most delivery points every day so I don`t mind delivering them.
Good idea in principle but when someone exercises there right not to do them, I lay odds that a manager somewhere will say to them, well so and so does so why cant you. Perhaps if it was a cast iron never to be changed, written in stone that from a certain date to another date, they were entirely voluntary, then and only then would I think it would be possibly acceptable.
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Martin Walsh
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Post by Martin Walsh »

The cwu did try and get the 27th off in return for Door to Door but was unacceptable to Royal Mail.

The fact is Royal Mail is expecting over 3 million items from downstream access clients and masses of other items from amazon and other shopping channels for the 27th and as Royal Mail have just won the amazon contract back said they didt want to apply to post comm to have the 27th December off.

In additon in post comms second submission to the hooper report they lobbied for the removal of the saturday USO. I realise for some the idea of a permant saturday off may seem very desirable but in an instant we would lose something in the region of 25 thousand rest day covers as well as mail centre jobs and overtime and sa at the weekend.

In addition we are currently facing the mail centre ballots , the pension issue is still unresolved as well as problems in delivery do we really think taking industrial action on the 27th is really in the best intrests of the members.

Moreover I have been involved in the union a long time and i know it would be differcult to achieve a yes vote on this issue, the reasons being is that in the main mail centre and distribution staff have only a few people work on duty but would have to be balloted and more who were working on overtime. In deliveries there are a significant amount of members who already have that day as a rest day.

Its time to get real on this site , there are bigger issues to criticise headquaters if it pleases you on like whats happening on pensions etc.
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NWpostie
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Post by NWpostie »

You say Postcomm is looking to get Saturdays removed or RM is .......or Both ?
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Martin Walsh
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Post by Martin Walsh »

Leighton lobbied for it about 3 years ago before his candian intrests took him over there. I think Royal Mail would like to remove the uso on saturdays as well as a lot of savings can made !
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AndyK
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Christmas Pay Dates

Post by AndyK »

Not Door to Door but intersting christmas info........

Weekly paid employees – Christmas Timetable 2008

W/c 8th December (pay date Friday 12th December 2008)
• Regular Pay (Basic & assigned allowances)
• Overtime/SA/Adhoc allowances performed w/c 1st December

W/c 15th December (pay date Friday 19th December 2008)
• Regular Pay (Basic & assigned allowances)
• Overtime/SA/Adhoc allowances performed w/c 8th December
• Christmas Supplement (eligible grades only)

W/c 22nd December (pay date Wednesday 24th December 2008)
• Regular Pay (Basic & assigned allowances)
• Overtime/SA/Adhoc allowances performed w/c 15th December

W/c 29th December (pay date Friday 2nd January 2009)
• Regular Pay (Basic & assigned allowances)
• Overtime/SA/Adhoc allowances performed w/c 22nd December

W/c 5th January 2009 (pay date Friday 9th January 2009)
• Regular Pay (Basic & assigned allowances)
• Overtime/SA/Adhoc allowances performed w/c 29th December

W/c 12th January 2009 (pay date Friday 16th January 2009)
• Regular Pay (Basic & assigned allowances)
• Overtime/SA/Adhoc allowances performed w/c 5th January

W/C 19th January 2009 (pay date Friday 23rd January 2009)
• Regular Pay (Basic & assigned allowances)
• Overtime/SA/Adhoc allowances performed w/c 12th January
• Adjustments for over and underpayments of Christmas Supplement


Monthly Paid Employees

Cut-off will be Sunday 14th December 2008.
Pay Date will be Wednesday 24th December 2008.
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NWpostie
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Post by NWpostie »

dingo wrote:Leighton lobbied for it about 3 years ago before his candian intrests took him over there. I think Royal Mail would like to remove the uso on saturdays as well as a lot of savings can made !
Is Postcomm is in support of this ?
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