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night3uk
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deal?

Post by night3uk »

Is there any time scale on how long these talks can go on for?

when do you think the talks will be over?
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Post by Exrep »

I reckon by the end of feb due to the general elections once there in full flow no one will care about the plight of us postmen against R/M.
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Re: deal?

Post by Puppetmaster »

Surely,any deal needs to be signed off by both the top cwu and top RM.

CROZIER Leaves very soon ,and proably will not want to sign off any agreements,then have to wait for new man to come in ,get uptodate and then sign off.
Months away?
Meanwhile RM with the Cooperation of the CWU are free to bring in any Excutive action they want ,like absorbstion,been told our walks will be 4.5 hours long on Pegus 2 time scale so that should equal about 7-8 hours real time.Been told this is going to happen regardless of the CWU.

So much for a deal by Christmas ,but did they say what Christmas 2011/2012/2013.

Looks to me CWU been had by RM
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Post by dvbuk55 »

There won't be any rush, the strike ballots have expired, there hasn't been any effort to close the deal or to engage the membership with any "official" information.

We've just been fobbed off with excuse after excuse after excuse. There should have been a deadline for these talks and we should set a deadline now. If nothing has been agreed by Monday the 15th February then we will walk away and explain to the membership the state of the talks, the stumbling blocks and that Royal Mail will suffer the consequences of industrial action.

Another week has gone by and where are we?
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Re: deal?

Post by arsenalbob »

we were told this morning by a local union rep at a meeting held in the yard(freezing cold and many couldn't be bothered to go outside) that the talks had now ended without agreement on key issues so no final agreement could be reached. he reiterated on doing the job properly as he warned us to brace ourselves for management onslaught with last years and this years business plans about to be implemented . this is getting so boring now tha i really couldn't give monkeys what happens, i will just plod on as normal
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Post by Martin Walsh »

arsenalbob wrote:we were told this morning by a local union rep at a meeting held in the yard(freezing cold and many couldn't be bothered to go outside) that the talks had now ended without agreement on key issues so no final agreement could be reached. he reiterated on doing the job properly as he warned us to brace ourselves for management onslaught with last years and this years business plans about to be implemented . this is getting so boring now tha i really couldn't give monkeys what happens, i will just plod on as normal
your rep was wrong! Talks have not broken down ! Royal mail made an improved offer last night the Cwu are considering that!
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Re: deal?

Post by dvbuk55 »

dingo wrote:
arsenalbob wrote:we were told this morning by a local union rep at a meeting held in the yard(freezing cold and many couldn't be bothered to go outside) that the talks had now ended without agreement on key issues so no final agreement could be reached. he reiterated on doing the job properly as he warned us to brace ourselves for management onslaught with last years and this years business plans about to be implemented . this is getting so boring now tha i really couldn't give monkeys what happens, i will just plod on as normal
your rep was wrong! Talks have not broken down ! Royal mail made an improved offer last night the Cwu are considering that!
So lets face facts, the deal as discussed prior to the improved offer was rejected, true or false? Yesterday, according to "the truth" the negotiations had ended. Last night an improved offer was tendered and the CWU are considering that - how long does it take to consider an improved offer? Is it so far removed from the rejected offer it takes so long to approve or not? It should be part of a new TV Game show - "Stringalonga Numpties" would be good.
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Post by woofwoof »

dingo wrote:
arsenalbob wrote:we were told this morning by a local union rep at a meeting held in the yard(freezing cold and many couldn't be bothered to go outside) that the talks had now ended without agreement on key issues so no final agreement could be reached. he reiterated on doing the job properly as he warned us to brace ourselves for management onslaught with last years and this years business plans about to be implemented . this is getting so boring now tha i really couldn't give monkeys what happens, i will just plod on as normal
your rep was wrong! Talks have not broken down ! Royal mail made an improved offer last night the Cwu are considering that!
so they did reject what was on offer and come on dish the dirt
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Post by shimmyrule »

dvbuk55 wrote:
dingo wrote:
arsenalbob wrote:we were told this morning by a local union rep at a meeting held in the yard(freezing cold and many couldn't be bothered to go outside) that the talks had now ended without agreement on key issues so no final agreement could be reached. he reiterated on doing the job properly as he warned us to brace ourselves for management onslaught with last years and this years business plans about to be implemented . this is getting so boring now tha i really couldn't give monkeys what happens, i will just plod on as normal
your rep was wrong! Talks have not broken down ! Royal mail made an improved offer last night the Cwu are considering that!
So lets face facts, the deal as discussed prior to the improved offer was rejected, true or false? Yesterday, according to "the truth" the negotiations had ended. Last night an improved offer was tendered and the CWU are considering that - how long does it take to consider an improved offer? Is it so far removed from the rejected offer it takes so long to approve or not? It should be part of a new TV Game show - "Stringalonga Numpties" would be good.

dv.
i detect total despair in your posts, and rightly so, i
I think everyone on here is totally pissed off with the length of the talks.
I really cant believe that after 3 months of dialogue, it seems we are no closer to hearing anything.
WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE MINUTES OF THESE MEETINGS!
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Post by fishtank »

dingo wrote:
arsenalbob wrote:we were told this morning by a local union rep at a meeting held in the yard(freezing cold and many couldn't be bothered to go outside) that the talks had now ended without agreement on key issues so no final agreement could be reached. he reiterated on doing the job properly as he warned us to brace ourselves for management onslaught with last years and this years business plans about to be implemented . this is getting so boring now tha i really couldn't give monkeys what happens, i will just plod on as normal
your rep was wrong! Talks have not broken down ! Royal mail made an improved offer last night the Cwu are considering that!
dingo wrote feb 02 wrote:
The union have recieved an improved offer from royal mail which will be reported to a special pec meeting tomorrow and thursday. For now no further info.

That's two improved offers in a week dingo this is going to be one hell of a deal.
Monte Carlo here i come. :cuppa
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Post by hubbahubba »

fishtank wrote:
dingo wrote:
arsenalbob wrote:we were told this morning by a local union rep at a meeting held in the yard(freezing cold and many couldn't be bothered to go outside) that the talks had now ended without agreement on key issues so no final agreement could be reached. he reiterated on doing the job properly as he warned us to brace ourselves for management onslaught with last years and this years business plans about to be implemented . this is getting so boring now tha i really couldn't give monkeys what happens, i will just plod on as normal
your rep was wrong! Talks have not broken down ! Royal mail made an improved offer last night the Cwu are considering that!
dingo wrote feb 02 wrote:
The union have recieved an improved offer from royal mail which will be reported to a special pec meeting tomorrow and thursday. For now no further info.

That's two improved offers in a week dingo this is going to be one hell of a deal.
Monte Carlo here i come. :cuppa
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Post by Big Daz »

"Stringalonga Numpties" :Applause

Best not ask ITV to produce it though :hmmmm
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Post by Martin Walsh »

What the offer is I am not in a postion to reveal. But it is an improved offer. So much for some posters view that Royal Mail were just getting us past Christmas and then would walk away from the talks !!!

Remember the employee agenda took 3 months and then we took strike action and defeated it.

Pay and Mod took some considerable time as did TDS then it changed to SDD.

This is remember a massive 3 years agreement and its has to be the right agreement. If it takes longer to finish it then providing its the right agreement will you really care after all it will be an agreement for the next 3 years.
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Re: deal?

Post by dvbuk55 »

fishtank wrote:
fishtank wrote:
dingo wrote:
arsenalbob wrote:we were told this morning by a local union rep at a meeting held in the yard(freezing cold and many couldn't be bothered to go outside) that the talks had now ended without agreement on key issues so no final agreement could be reached. he reiterated on doing the job properly as he warned us to brace ourselves for management onslaught with last years and this years business plans about to be implemented . this is getting so boring now tha i really couldn't give monkeys what happens, i will just plod on as normal
your rep was wrong! Talks have not broken down ! Royal mail made an improved offer last night the Cwu are considering that!
Dingo wrote feb 02
The union have recieved an improved offer from royal mail which will be reported to a special pec meeting tomorrow and thursday. For now no further info.

That's two improved offers in a week dingo this is going to be one hell of a deal.
Monte Carlo here i come. :cuppa

I'd think twice about that ft, if they keep improving the offer it must have been FA in the first place and generally an improvement on FA is pretty close to FA. I can just imagine you at the roulette table smoking a small cigar and saying "I'll have sweet FA on RED". I just wonder what on earth happened to the deal of the century - with these improved offers coming thick and fast it must surely be the deal of the millennium by now :hmmmm
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Post by antcpfc »

dingo wrote:What the offer is I am not in a postion to reveal. But it is an improved offer. So much for some posters view that Royal Mail were just getting us past Christmas and then would walk away from the talks !!!

Remember the employee agenda took 3 months and then we took strike action and defeated it.

Pay and Mod took some considerable time as did TDS then it changed to SDD.

This is remember a massive 3 years agreement and its has to be the right agreement. If it takes longer to finish it then providing its the right agreement will you really care after all it will be an agreement for the next 3 years.
I don't know why you bother.You can never win with some people. :sad:
I hear it at work,"why did we bother striking " etc. What ever we get will be a lot better than we would have got and I don't think there can be any argument about that. :no no
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