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Royal Mail and the CWU

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Dogs of War
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Royal Mail and the CWU

Post by Dogs of War »

Royal Mail and the CWU are selling all part-time workers down the river. This is clearly Discrimination.
proper postie
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Re: Royal Mail and the CWU

Post by proper postie »

Dogs of War wrote:Royal Mail and the CWU are selling all part-time workers down the river. This is clearly Discrimination.
Technically it's not,we signed up for this.

Ethical? that's another thing entirely.
Dogs of War
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Re: Royal Mail and the CWU

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proper postie i am full time, the part timers are been sold out. Its Discrimination
mclovin
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Re: Royal Mail and the CWU

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DOW, ALL delivery staff are being sold down the river, this is not about PT OR FT, its everyone.
proper postie
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Re: Royal Mail and the CWU

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Dogs of War wrote:proper postie i am full time, the part timers are been sold out. Its Discrimination
Dogs of war (pink floyd fan?) I'm part time and I know I'm being sold down the river,but I can't do a thing about it other than vote NO.

I only hope words turn into votes,otherwise I'm looking for a new job.
DirtyHarry
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Re: Royal Mail and the CWU

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It's not just P/T workers who have been shafted, we all have.
dvbuk55
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Re: Royal Mail and the CWU

Post by dvbuk55 »

Well I know I am very vociferous about wanting a NO vote and I AM part time, though through choice, and under the new agreement I WILL be better of by between 36p and 44p per week. So in theory at least ALL part time members won't be worse off but I would imagine that in my office of 40% part timers, amounting to something like 60+ members, there will be just two of us that cannot complain we are worse off and why? because we don't do D2D.

There are many reasons why this deal is bad for the members, money not being the most important, but clearly part time members have been severely affected by the disbursement of the monies and unfairly discriminated against.

The ESA should have been left alone, if you got it you got it end of. D2D payments clearly has not been given due consideration.

Surely the monies from ESA would still have been there when people leave and could have been ring fenced for future pay rises.

Truly I don't know what the answer is but I do know this isn't it and it needs to be looked at again with a more equitable disbursement of the available money.
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Re: Royal Mail and the CWU

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dvbuk55 wrote:
Truly I don't know what the answer is but I do know this isn't it
Never a truer word spoken.