Postman your right , talk is cheap. However if we never believed management again we would never have another national or local agreement.POSTMAN wrote:dingo,the problem is so many were burned with P&M,their questions to HQ would be,why would this be any different.
Words mean nothing,we had the words in 07,the words are still there but are ignore up and down the country.
Agreements on paper mean nothing to many in management.This is the big worry.
I think the difference this time ( I hope ) will be that for the first time ever we will have both Roger Poole and ACAS who are independent of Royal Mail and have been involved in the negotations all the way and know what was agreed and why. This is a very good safeguard.
In addition lets be honest Royal Mail cannnot do this without the assistance of staff and the union. Equally unless the company gets in better shape this industry will continue to shed jobs , reduce terms and conditions and dirft.