Royal Mail Boss Crozier Hits Out At Unions

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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The boss of Royal Mail has hit out at union leaders for "frustrating" attempts to rescue the struggling business.

In an exclusive interview with Sky's Jeff Randall, chief executive Adam Crozier accused the union of blocking attempts to make the business more efficient.

"In a nutshell what we have is a company that needs to modernise to survive and a union that, whilst on the face of it is saying it's up for modernisation, is actually doing pretty much everything it can to frustrate those changes on the ground."

He went on to focus the blame on workers in the London area.

"What we really need is people to get on with that modernisation.

"We're now in the final throes of that and we're doing that in London, and in London the union and some of our people don't want to make those changes.

"All we're asking for is our people to work in London all the hours they are paid to work and I do not think for any company that that is an unreasonable request."

Mr Crozier's comments come as the Communication Workers Union is ballotting its 121,000 members in the Royal Mail over possible national industrial action.

In an interview for Jeff Randall Live, Billy Hayes, general secretary of the CWU said that he expects his members to vote in favour of strike action.

"The fact of the matter is, I don't think Royal Mail would dispute this, that changes have taken place without support of the workforce.

"That'll be signified by the ballot result we're expecting which will be a yes vote."

If the proposed strike takes place it will be the worst industrial action to hit the Royal Mail since 2007.

The threat of a strike in the run-up to Christmas is the latest problem for Royal Mail in the six years that Adam Crozier has been in charge.

In 2008 the Royal Mail cancelled both its second daily delivery and Sunday collections.

Over the past two years 2,500 post offices have closed, while more than 40,000 postal workers' jobs have been lost.

The Royal Mail's pension deficit has also now ballooned to close to £10bn.

Earlier this year business secretary Lord Mandelson was forced to pull back from plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail after Labour backbenchers threatened to block the move.

[steven100]

Adam the company isn't modernised its just slashing the workforce. Modern companies don't treat the staff like ****. Everyone is guarteed a saturday off. And they are probably semi-happy at work. Plus the manager manage the staff with respect and dignity.
Something RM manager don't do.


VOTE YES, ADAM OUT

[k979aaa]

Well well i cannot start the find adam thread this time for he has poked his little head up for the first time in a year has he been on holiday that long? or has he just found his way out of the new toilets at H/Q !. I suggest he finds his way back for he will be sh*tting bricks after our national ballot is announced and we call an all out STRIKE!. It is time these failed bureaucrats :mfo and free-loaders :cfo were found a good cause shoot them and let them prop up daisies after all is that not what sh*t is for!.

[Night Tonic]

Sh*tting bricks? Doesn't look like it to me and I don't see any support ouside the union either. Still, perhaps you know something I don't.

[BELIAL]

Looking at your dismal track record for predicting events, I would be very surprised if that wasn't the case

[rockytony67]

Sh*tting bricks? Doesn't look like it to me and I don't see any support ouside the union either. Still, perhaps you know something I don't.

Now come on NT, you don't even know how long you've been in the job or if your in the pension scheme
now come on, have a think about what you've done for the last 24hrs I'll make sure you get home safely

[Dee Plish]

Sh*tting bricks? Doesn't look like it to me and I don't see any support ouside the union either. Still, perhaps you know something I don't.

[baldrick]

Sh*tting bricks? Doesn't look like it to me and I don't see any support ouside the union either. Still, perhaps you know something I don't.

Now come on NT, you don't even know how long you've been in the job or if your in the pension scheme
now come on, have a think about what you've done for the last 24hrs I'll make sure you get home safely

"This pension will matter greatly in 18 months time when I retire"
Night Tonic Monday 28 April 2008

Isn't the 18 months up yet?
I seem to remember you also saying that you would be retiring this summer and moving to the West Country.
When can we expect that happy event?

[EDDIE 666]

Modernisation!!!...One million pound profit a day..the massive hole in the pension scheme which is nothing to do with the staff.But its us who are now having to pay again with our jobs our earnings and a change to our working conditions!!!...You didnt say that on sky did you adam!!!!

[Night Tonic]

It may be hard for you to accept that theres a good proportion of us who think national strikes are madness but you'll have to live with it.

[andy2007]

Maybe so. But are you REALLY suggesting that he's right about RM modernising?

[POSTMAN]

It may be hard for you to accept that theres a good proportion of us who think national strikes are madness but you'll have to live with it.

Why?
How do you thing things would be if we did not strike.

And please answer,so many times you put out one liners and when we question them you ignore us.

[Big Daz]

I think we have a problem with the profit issue, CWU and it's members seem to focus purley on GROUP profits were as Royal Mail focus on the profits of Royal Mail Letters.

There is a quite a differernce betwen the two figures.

58 million profit for letters

321 million profit for Group

RMl contributed less than a fifth of group profits and then is the issue RM are working on, they want to increase the profit level of RML as they dont belive its high enough compared to RML income. RM dont give a stuff about group profits when it comes to the finances of RML!!!

[Night Tonic]

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About sums it up and you'll have to dig really deep to find anyone that sees national strikes as the answer, other than losing money. To hell with that. All this crap about supporting the union. Thought they were there to support members not the other way around. As for my reitement, AGAIN thats MY affair but feel free to do wild goose chase searches. I give nothing away that would lead you anywhere - just like the rest of you. Quite right too.

[andy2007]

And you don't think that, that attitude from the Public, is because of the blatant propaganda, and smears?
The alleged Spannish Practices (what do they have against the Spannish FFS!), which although they may have existed at some point. Certainly don't exist now. All this talk of Modernisation. Yet I've not seen any evidence of new equipment yet.

It amazes me, that the Public haven't realised, that if people were cutting off to finish early (and there was me, thinking that cutting off, was when you stopped at the END of your Duty ), they wouldn't be getting their Mail in the late afternoon.

Striking may not be the answer. But unless the negotiations are successful. What other option do we have?