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ROYAL MAIL AND GOVERNMENT EXPOSED

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Post by brothermagrew »

If Billy had any sense he should have made the suggestion when being interviewed about requesting from BBC2 Newsnight a copy of said document.
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Post by postmanx »

This type of thing has been going on in our office(so called test office) and many others for a while now!!!
sort it out BILLLY!!!!!
:mfo :lfo :crazy:
disheartened
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Post by disheartened »

So whats on the unions agenda today after last nights "newsnight"programme.I would hope questions will be asked in the house by those back benchers that support us,i think most of the papers are reporting on the leaked document,i would like to think it'll get Royal Mail back around the table for talks with the involvement of acas,but i wont hold my breath,i think RM will wait until the strike next week to gauge what sort of support there is.

Other unions should be sickened and worried,because if we as a union are crushed by RM & the Government,it could be the start of a domino effect for other less powerful unions out there.
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Post by kingtubby »

disheartened wrote: Other unions should be sickened and worried,because if we as a union are crushed by RM & the Government,it could be the start of a domino effect for other less powerful unions out there.
Not sure about that. We're under attack as a union specifically because we're standing in the way of the EU-wide privatisation agenda.
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Post by kingtubby »

brothermagrew wrote:If Billy had any sense he should have made the suggestion when being interviewed about requesting from BBC2 Newsnight a copy of said document.
Billy said on 5live this morning that a senior manager had confirmed to him that the document was genuine. Whether we'll get to see the contents is another matter.
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Post by mailsort6 »

Perhaps the TUC should start looking at withdrawing its funds from New Labour, especially if this is the way New Labour are going to treat trade unions in the future. New Labour became a stronger party due to trade union funding, this party is a grave disgrace to the working class :no no
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Post by mailman71 »

mailsort6 wrote:Perhaps the TUC should start looking at withdrawing its funds from New Labour, especially if this is the way New Labour are going to treat trade unions in the future. New Labour became a stronger party due to trade union funding, this party is a grave disgrace to the working class :no no
spot on a terrible way for a labour goverment to behave.
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Post by mailman71 »

Postal_Customer wrote:Seriously though, why do workers expect such a large share of cost savings, it seems unrealistic.

Cost savings should be be passed onto to the customers, and make the postal service competitive, not be used to inflate workers pay packets.
royal mail made a big profit so why should'nt the people who made it so get the rewards.,by your recent comments are you a manager in disguise.
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Post by RedRich »

Postal_Customer wrote:They shouldnt get the rewards of cost savings because they are ALREADY getting paid a fair wage for doing a good job.

People shouldnt get extra just because they are doing away with inefficient practices

Its disgraceful that for decades these out of date practices were able to to persist because people were too afraid to take on the unions

And no, Im not a manager. These are my views as a consumer. At the end of the day consumers deserve a decent service for reasonable cost. They do not deserve to be forced to stump up to keep feathering the nests of long term union men
Come on Adam we know you must have a lot of spare time on your hands but cant you find something else to do with it. :cfo
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Post by stokes11eg »

RedRich wrote:
Postal_Customer wrote:They shouldnt get the rewards of cost savings because they are ALREADY getting paid a fair wage for doing a good job.

People shouldnt get extra just because they are doing away with inefficient practices

Its disgraceful that for decades these out of date practices were able to to persist because people were too afraid to take on the unions

And no, Im not a manager. These are my views as a consumer. At the end of the day consumers deserve a decent service for reasonable cost. They do not deserve to be forced to stump up to keep feathering the nests of long term union men
Dear postal customer--R/M are looking for casual workers, come and join us, and the real world.

Come on Adam we know you must have a lot of spare time on your hands but cant you find something else to do with it. :cfo
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Post by Funked! »

Postal_Customer, do tell us what these out of date practices are you talk of ??
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Post by IWW Fellow Worker »

Funked! wrote:Postal_Customer, do tell us what these out of date practices are you talk of ??
Listening to Henry Hall on the wireless when you lazy bastards should be on the roof watching out for the Luftwaffe.
Forging ration books.
Selling nylons from a suitcase down Mile End.
Wearing spats with a Zoot Suit.
Trying to pass those big white fivers down the pub.


Go on Postal_Customer! You tell them lad!
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Post by S6 Stroller »

I think youre a bit before my time. Im a fan of the Clash, the Jam, and the Specials.

No, the dodges and wheezes that the posties get up to were told me by a youngish (in his 20's) postie in the mid nineties.

I accept that some of these practices may alreday have been stamped out, but there are more to go yet.
Enlighten us...
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Post by IWW Fellow Worker »

Postal_Customer wrote:I think youre a bit before my time. Im a fan of the Clash, the Jam, and the Specials.
I doubt it. You'd be more of a Skrewdriver and Beyond The Implode fan.
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Post by IWW Fellow Worker »

S6 Stroller wrote:Enlighten us...
The only Tory who could enlighten is one on fire!
The Industrial Workers of the World. The union whose members never scab!

"The working class and the employing class have nothing in common."