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ROYAL Mail managers have been forced to reopen the Oxford Mail Centre for the second time to cope with the backlog of letters and parcels following a strike by sorting office staff.
Mail posted in the county on Friday was taken to the site, which closed at the end of June, to avoid the Swindon sorting office – where Oxfordshire’s post is now sorted. Up to 1,000 workers there had embarked on the latest in a series of 24-hour stoppages.
Post due to be delivered in Oxford was redistributed as far away as York to be sorted, union officials said.
Communication Workers’ Union Swindon branch secretary Chris Rye said: “There are hundreds of thousands of letters going around in circles.”
Royal Mail spokesman Jaquie Stenson said: “The former Oxford Mail Centre site was used for just a few hours on Friday as a temporary transport hub to help us to keep the mail moving through our network.”
More disruption could be set to follow after union leaders last night met to thrash out what action to take after workers voted in favour of a national strike.
Unless an agreement is reached, notice of a strike could be issued to management as early as today.
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Re: Defunct Mail centre used in strike
peapoddy2, Oxford says...
6:18pm Mon 12 Oct 09
Royal Mail spokesman Jaquie Stenson said: “The former Oxford Mail Centre site was used for just a few hours on Friday as a temporary transport hub to help us to keep the mail moving through our network.”
Well, Ms Stenson, if you want any credibility you shouldn't tell porkies. Numerous OM readers pass by the Oxford site every day and know exactly when it is being used!
6:18pm Mon 12 Oct 09
Royal Mail spokesman Jaquie Stenson said: “The former Oxford Mail Centre site was used for just a few hours on Friday as a temporary transport hub to help us to keep the mail moving through our network.”
Well, Ms Stenson, if you want any credibility you shouldn't tell porkies. Numerous OM readers pass by the Oxford site every day and know exactly when it is being used!
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Re: Defunct Mail centre used in strike
The sooner we go national the better. It will stretch RMs limited capacity to cover the bases using managers, non-union and sc*b labour using the opportunity to work o/t ... sad b*stards is all i can say.
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What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, what counts is the size of the fight in the dog. - Mark Twain
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Re: Defunct Mail centre used in strike
I feel sure that the CWU is monitoring the situation at the former Oxford Mail Centre ... it has been used recently to alleviate backlogs, presumably local, but with RM you can never tell.
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Re: Defunct Mail centre used in strike
It makes you laugh, when they say a couple of hours.
More like couple of weeks or even months. :mfo :cfo
More like couple of weeks or even months. :mfo :cfo
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Re: Defunct Mail centre used in strike
Do they have any machines left at the Oxford site?
I would have thought their IMPs/LSMs would have been transfered to the enlarged Swindon site.
I would have thought their IMPs/LSMs would have been transfered to the enlarged Swindon site.
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One would presume so ... that leaves the option for manual flat sorting and packets 
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Re: Defunct Mail centre used in strike
There are no IMPS at Swindon. The upgraded IMPS that used to be on site were moved out before OX and RG shifted in. Mech at TVMC consists of something like 7 CFCs, 2 TOPS2K, 9 MTT, 9 LSM and the packet thingy. Will check the numbers tomorrow. Not aware of OX being opened again but we do have a massive number of casuals in now, they could be going out there once trained a bit and we'd not notice.