DEAL REACHED:STRIKES OFF

[POSTMAN]

Am I right in saying RM only need to stall for a month after which the strike ballot is voided? Then CWU will have to ballot members again and by the time the votes are counted, notice given, etc xmas will be over with?

Ballot is live for 3 months from last strike action.

[dvbuk55]

Size doesn't matter,

Is that what your misses tells you?

She said she was a virgin, so I told her they were all small and wrinkly, then she saw the Omar clip ............................

[clashcityrocker]

Size doesn't matter,

Is that what your misses tells you?

She said she was a virgin, so I told her they were all small and wrinkly, then she saw the Omar clip ............................

It is good to keep a sense of humour.

[fishtank]

Am I right in saying RM only need to stall for a month after which the strike ballot is voided? Then CWU will have to ballot members again and by the time the votes are counted, notice given, etc xmas will be over with?

Ballot is live for 3 months from last strike action.

Understand what your saying but in my mind the ballot is dead in the water.
Once you agree a "period of calm" you will never get your members back out.
Even if you do the press will have a field day.

[k979aaa]

Am I right in saying RM only need to stall for a month after which the strike ballot is voided? Then CWU will have to ballot members again and by the time the votes are counted, notice given, etc xmas will be over with?

Ballot is live for 3 months from last strike action.

Wish you well in you struggle postman but half your mail centers will be gone and half the workforce by next christmas!. It has happened in other areas!.

[troonpostie]

Sold down the river again!
CWU talks a good fight but never delivers!
Once christmas is over Royal mail will shaft us even harder!
The union played right into thier hands!
We will all look back on this day as the begining of the end

[visigoth]

From HQ site (apols if it's already been posted):

The interim agreement will provide a period of calm for the CWU and Royal Mail to reach a full and final agreement. The interim agreement guarantees that modernisation will be introduced with agreed job security and improved terms and conditions for postal workers. It also addresses all the issues included in the long running local disputes.

The strike ballot remains in place.

[donut]

Am I right in saying RM only need to stall for a month after which the strike ballot is voided? Then CWU will have to ballot members again and by the time the votes are counted, notice given, etc xmas will be over with?

Ballot is live for 3 months from last strike action.

RM won`t give 2 fu(k`s if we strike in january !!

[fosal29]

Boots are now selling Vaseline to all Royal Mail staff at a 50% discount from tomorrow morning

Actually SUPERDRUG have got a 50% offer on vaseline!!!

[G O Root]

I know everyones angry and dissapointed, myself included and i certainly wouldn't have called off the latest action. Having said that i think all the union bashing, while inevitable is playing straight into RM's hands. Let's remember managers come on here and would take great delight in there next meeting to tell their cronies " there all up in arms, lets finish em lads. There's been no agreement, and i think this is just the beginning of a long hard road, comments like " i'll never come out on strike again" are understandable , but weaken our position. Mind you i've not seen this deal thing yet . Stay strong

Oh very restrained, and yes you're quite right, BUT, we've all got the hump coz we can see another arse feckin coming our way if these union boys aren't really really careful. They must realise that this is their one and only chance to do this coz we won't support them again if they cock it up.

I agree Billy, i just wonder what's in these words that wasn't last time. The PEC rejected the peace deal thingy last time, yet this time they've agreed unanimously.

[londonboy]

Dave Ward bottles it again ... we finally get them into a corner (Christmas) and he agrees to a calming period.
It's all over folks .. Royal mail won't back down during the Jan-April months.
Talk about Deja vu , just like last time .
Very angry and sad .

[k979aaa]

Am I right in saying RM only need to stall for a month after which the strike ballot is voided? Then CWU will have to ballot members again and by the time the votes are counted, notice given, etc xmas will be over with?

Ballot is live for 3 months from last strike action.

RM won`t give 2 fu(k`s if we strike in january !!

The only thing i can surmise from this is the CWU is lead by TURKEY'S so they can stay their execution!.

[delboy]

just hope we haven't lost earnings for fu@k all...

[RTI]

Sold down the river again!
CWU talks a good fight but never delivers!
Once christmas is over Royal mail will shaft us even harder!
The union played right into thier hands!
We will all look back on this day as the begining of the end

thats how i feel. spot on. i feel sick. really thaught we would talk the talk AND walk the walk. im gutted because no matter what you all say on here we have lost our barganing power. this decision will anger alot of union members and lose alot too. will we get an explanation at all of this stupid decision to call off the strikes? will we get the truth?

[bexhil palace]

I am as worried as anyone regarding recent events. But please remember we still possess our greatest weapon. DO THE JOB PROPERLY.
This company has survived for years on the goodwill of the postmen and women.
Now is not the time to divide it is time to unite and show these feckless idiots that run RM, that what ever changes they plan to introduce,none will
work without the co-operation of the staff.
So for all our sakes stay strong, and show RM that they will never be succesfull without us.