Royal Mail hires 30,000 workers to crush strike

[somerset]

Why did newsnight on thursday show clips of the miners fighting with the police? Gives me the impression they gave was we our going to have running battles with the police ?

[opgpat]

Time to brush up on anti-kettling tactics? Maybe if we all put on out HI-Vis vests we could dazzle them into submission? Let's face it were not built like miners so reckon they would win, best to keep it peaceful!!!

They would only get involved if we started threatening strike breakers and the casuals. We won't need to do that as the service will be on it's knees regardless.

[HootyMacBoob]

Yep, Mandelson is all over this. I get the sense that he's in his element now, happy to fire off quotes to the media all over the place - he's on a major power trip at our expense...

your right KT POWER is the main word here, he has no principles no morals no nothing, he is in his element, he has all the attributes which Royal Mail seek in management.
The Attention-Seeker
Motivation: to be the centre of attention
Mindset: control freak, manipulation, narcissism
Malice: medium to high; when held accountable, very high
The Wannabe
Motivation: craves respect for being competent and professional despite lacking in competence and professionalism
Mindset: deceptive
Malice: low to medium; when held accountable, medium to high

Are you his therapist ?

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[somerset]

[quote="opgpat"]Time to brush up on anti-kettling tactics? Excuse my ignorrance but what is that all about?

[baldrick]

Time to brush up on anti-kettling tactics? Excuse my ignorrance but what is that all about?

kettling is what the police have been doing on protests recently - surrounding
the protestors and keeping them enclosed for hours without food, water or toilet
facilities. Caused controversy after an Evening Standard paper seller died after
being batonned during a kettling at the G8 Summit protests this summer.

[jaja]

Time to brush up on anti-kettling tactics? Maybe if we all put on out HI-Vis vests we could dazzle them into submission? Let's face it were not built like miners so reckon they would win, best to keep it peaceful!!!

They would only get involved if we started threatening strike breakers and the casuals. We won't need to do that as the service will be on it's knees regardless.

We should up the antics instead of a 2 day strike between MC/DO's make it 4 days 2 days MC 2 days DO's play them at their own game

[opgpat]

Kettling is a relatively new, usually Met. practice of hearding protesters into a tight space and simply holding them there for anything upto 8hours until their fight is gone and they want to go home. That's what they did recently in London. The courts are working through cases as it is defo against your human rights to be detained enmass on no charge. First time they did it in London few years ago a load a Japanese tourists got caught up and stuck all day alongside climate protesters. No access to toilets in this situ so take a bottle.

One tactic is to keep moving but you might also need to break through police lines. Cycle helmet reccomended.

[postietaz]

lets canvas hq hard hitting LEAFETthe truth ill stand en deliver bank hols normal rate, boxing day out the hat wooooooooooooooo let the truth be known

[terrace]

RM are breaking the law if they take on any agency etc.workers during the strike.The CWU have a legitimate right to take RM to court over this.

[baldrick]

RM are breaking the law if they take on any agency etc.workers during the strike.The CWU have a legitimate right to take RM to court over this.

Crozier is claiming the casual/agency staff are being taken on to clear the backlog
and not to do strikers work, which would be unlawful. :cfo

But it's unlikely the Courts would support the CWU.

[jaja]

RM are breaking the law if they take on any agency etc.workers during the strike.The CWU have a legitimate right to take RM to court over this.

Crozier is claiming the casual/agency staff are being taken on to clear the backlog
and not to do strikers work, which would be unlawful. :cfo

But it's unlikely the Courts would support the CWU.

Don't believe crozier :cfo ....I see casuals/agency staff start clearing t backlog by ips /prep then they started deliverys(not during a strike though) as well 3-4 in the arvo!!

[stephen500]

At my office somebody told me about a casual they employed who didn't even know how to take the brake off a yorke as he hadn't been trained!

[Stormproof]

herding protesters into a tight space and simply holding them there for anything upto 8hours until their fight is gone and they want to go home

bit like working for RM then

[ExSG]

Temps? Well, that's another problem for first line managers.

Hope they enjoy the Christmas pressure with all those untrained souls dumping the mail all over the place and then having to explain to customers why their cards ended up in a skip or the canal!

Sad, isn't it? This is the Labour government we all hoped would put thise sort of thing right. I fear Labour will lose the election not by what the Tories are promising but more what the Labour party are promising. Bye,bye Labour from a life long supporter who might as well vote for the Greens or even the Fairies

ExSG

[Puppetmaster]

hope they aint like the one who delivers to my house,all the streets mail through my box.f*****g useless !

Can you imagine the chaos & all missorts for us all to sort out....some of these temp workers can't read english

Right on,not only can many speak or read little English they have no idea of English Decencey,like if they need a call of nature whilst out delivering ,last dispute someof these did it in the middle of the street in full veiw of every one,might be OK in Poland but not the uk.Or leaving mail bags by the side of the road whilst delivering elsewhere,another fact
last dispute 2 Agencey people tring to do 1 Posties job,great use of Money ,I think not!