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Ayrshire Strike action

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Tamsky
Posts: 253
Joined: 01 Jul 2007, 13:16
Location: Ayrshire Coast

Ayrshire Strike action

Post by Tamsky »

CWU members have voted to take strike action from 0900 Sat 20th June till midnight Sunday 21st.
Irvine delivery office members have long complained of RM ignoring national and local agreements, in particular unagreed throughputs.

Please respect the picket line
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Bouncing Souls
Posts: 60
Joined: 01 Jan 2009, 17:46
Gender: Male

Re: Ayrshire Strike action

Post by Bouncing Souls »

This is from the CWU Scotland No2 Branch website.....


I represent CWU delivery workers in the Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway postcodes. Since the strike action in 2007 we have dealt with an RM management that has pursued every hour out of delivery, with or without agreement, until we can barely provide a service to customers. Only a strong Union has prevented them from going further in attempts to “casualise” the job.
Senior RM managers, using clipboards and graphs, are driving changes to working practices that ignore national and local agreements designed to protect member’s earnings and safe ways of working. CWU members are driven to bursting point and blamed for performance when things go wrong.
After months of talking under the IR Framework CWU members in Irvine DO have agreed to take strike action from Saturday 20th June. Other units are set to follow if Royal Mail refuse to address concerns members have over future job levels.
We know that you have been taking action over several weeks and hope that together we can force Royal Mail to the national table.

Glasgow & District Amalgamated Branch
Tam Dewar CWU Area Delivery Rep DG/KA
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BELIAL
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Joined: 15 Jun 2007, 17:33
Gender: Female
Location: Nowhere

Re: Ayrshire Strike action

Post by BELIAL »

:Applause :Applause :Applause
Bye
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Broxi51
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Joined: 30 Jul 2007, 19:04
Location: Scotland

Re: Ayrshire Strike action

Post by Broxi51 »

Well done Irvine :Applause :Applause :Applause
The time has come to stop turning the other cheek, time to stop shaking our heads in bitter dismay, time to stop mumbling our angry words.
The time has come for union.
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stokes11eg
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Post by stokes11eg »

Bonny Scotland, bonny Scotland we'll support you ever more~~~~` :Applause :Applause :Applause :Applause
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baldrick
EX ROYAL MAIL
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Re: Ayrshire Strike action

Post by baldrick »

Good luck to you all! :Applause :Applause :Applause :cfo
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guvenor
Posts: 493
Joined: 20 Dec 2007, 16:58

Re: Ayrshire Strike action

Post by guvenor »

cmon wheres kilmarnock ayr and cumnock dont leave irvine on its own
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jmlr1971
Posts: 87
Joined: 18 Jun 2007, 21:31
Location: scotland

Re: Ayrshire Strike action

Post by jmlr1971 »

get inta them :mfo
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El-Bandito
Posts: 313
Joined: 27 Jan 2009, 14:14
Gender: Male

Re: Ayrshire Strike action

Post by El-Bandito »

guvenor wrote:cmon wheres kilmarnock ayr and cumnock dont leave irvine on its own

Never mind kilmarnock,ayr and cumnock what about the rest of Scotland?
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HootyMacBoob
Posts: 265
Joined: 31 Jul 2007, 20:37
Gender: Male

Re: Ayrshire Strike action

Post by HootyMacBoob »

The offices and dist of scotland no2 listed below will be joining Irvine

Edinburgh Mail Centre/Distribution Friday 19 June from 04.00 until 08.30 Nights and Early shifts and from 15.15 until 19.15 for lates.
Saturday 20th June the following Delivery Units will be on Strike.
Broxburn/Bathgate from 09.00 Saturday until Midnight Sunday 21st June.
Edinburgh Central 7 from 09.00 Saturday until Midnight Sunday 21st June.
Edinburgh Central 8 from 09.00 Saturday until Midnight Sunday 21st June.
Edinburgh South West from 09.00 Saturday until Midnight Sunday 21st June.
Cowdenbeath from 09.00 Saturday until 05.45 on Monday 22nd June.
Grangemouth from 09.00 Saturday until 06.00 on Monday 22nd June.
Dunfermline from 09.00 Saturday until 02.00 on Monday 22nd June.
Last edited by HootyMacBoob on 16 Jun 2009, 18:13, edited 1 time in total.
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Tamsky
Posts: 253
Joined: 01 Jul 2007, 13:16
Location: Ayrshire Coast

Re: Ayrshire Strike action

Post by Tamsky »

RM managers from Ayrshire (members of Unite) have been busy strike busting on the East Coast in response to solid action from Scotland No 2 branch. The strike in Irvine will keep them busy this Saturday !

Unity is strength
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brothermagrew
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Joined: 06 Aug 2007, 16:38
Gender: Male
Location: Shares a border with England to the south.

Re: Ayrshire Strike action

Post by brothermagrew »

Tamsky wrote:RM managers from Ayrshire (members of Unite) have been busy strike busting on the East Coast in response to solid action from Scotland No 2 branch. The strike in Irvine will keep them busy this Saturday !

Unity is strength
Rightly so brother Tamsky and to think that only a wee while back at a previous CWU Conference:

A motion from London branches that sought to rule out any possible merger between the CWU and the Unite union was passed after a card vote.

The motion included the words, “Conference deplores the disgraceful actions of certain Unite members [meaning some Royal Mail managers who are in the CMA section of Unite] during the recent postal dispute, which has left a number of representatives and activists facing dismissal.”

The motion was heavily opposed by the CWU’s leadership, but received widespread support in the union’s branches.

Thanks be to the widespread support throughout the CWU branches.
"Today’s workplace has become heartless and soulless. Employees are seen as units of labour, automatons, functionaries, objects for achieving designated tasks, and as costs to be minimised."
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BIG AL
EX ROYAL MAIL
Posts: 79
Joined: 12 Oct 2007, 15:02
Location: at home

Re: Ayrshire Strike action

Post by BIG AL »

HootyMacBoob wrote:The offices and dist of scotland no2 listed below will be joining Irvine

Edinburgh Mail Centre/Distribution Friday 19 June from 04.00 until 08.30 Nights and Early shifts and from 15.15 until 19.15 for lates.
Saturday 20th June the following Delivery Units will be on Strike.
Broxburn/Bathgate from 09.00 Saturday until Midnight Sunday 21st June.
Edinburgh Central 7 from 09.00 Saturday until Midnight Sunday 21st June.
Edinburgh Central 8 from 09.00 Saturday until Midnight Sunday 21st June.
Edinburgh South West from 09.00 Saturday until Midnight Sunday 21st June.
Cowdenbeath from 09.00 Saturday until 05.45 on Monday 22nd June.
Grangemouth from 09.00 Saturday until 06.00 on Monday 22nd June.
Dunfermline from 09.00 Saturday until 02.00 on Monday 22nd June.
Well Done Irvine :Applause :Applause
Dundee East and West are at present working to rule [Overtime Ban],
But we will be following you with strike action very soon.

:Applause :Applause :Applause :Applause
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postghost
Posts: 433
Joined: 05 Oct 2007, 21:19

Re: Ayrshire Strike action

Post by postghost »

Best of luck brothers and sisters :Applause

Hoping rest of W.O.S will follow suit soon.
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CAMMY82
Posts: 3
Joined: 01 Aug 2007, 11:31

Re: Ayrshire Strike action

Post by CAMMY82 »

Just an update on todays I.A.

99% of the office walked out.

place flooded with DOMs to get the mail out as normal. :Sick

and we should make the 5.30pm or 6.20pm news as reporting scotland were there and the local radio!!! :nana :dance

i dont want to add anymore as you dont know who is watching. :evil/mad

Irvine welcomes the support thank you! :Applause
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