Letter to management for strike day 4

lovejoy · Post by **lovejoy** » 29 Jul 2007, 18:31

YOUR Lonely World â€¦. Thereâ€™s a Lot More Friendship on Our Side

Standing on the picket line you get to see things from a whole new perspective. Your smiling faces as you crossed us showed that you were confident of victory. On day two the smile was replaced with a toned down acknowledgement as you made your way across a 100% united group of workers. On day three your heads were down. Many of you who had previously stopped to take a leaflet or have a chat just drove straight through.

Now we reach day four and despite your peers very best efforts postal workers nationwide are still united. Can we say the same for management? NO!

We realise it must be a lonely world for managers on strike days. You pass people who you have known for many years, you agree with almost everything we are fighting for and secretly 99% would probably like to make a stand yourselves!

If this is the case then please write to CMA HQ and make your feelings known. The CMA really is the poor relations of the trade union movement. As you face job cuts, pension threats and the introduction of 100% flexibility what is your union doing about it?

Just think of where youâ€™d rather be? - Inside the mail centre attempting to break the resolve of your colleagues or outside shoulder to shoulder with modern day history makers. In a world dominated by money, greed and big businesses this postal strike stands out like a sore thumb. In 10, 20 or even 50 years we will be able to tell our relatives that we stood up against and defeated Allan Leighton and Adam Crozier. What will you be able to say? â€“ You can still do the right thing it is not too late!

Post by **baldrick** » 29 Jul 2007, 18:37

Good one Lovejoy. But I'm afraid to say managers are too scared off being stabbed in the back by their own fellow managers to make a stand, even though most of them know we are right.

DirtyHarry · Post by **DirtyHarry** » 29 Jul 2007, 18:56

But seniorman's right , on the whole, management are absolutely gutless.

lovejoy · Post by **lovejoy** » 29 Jul 2007, 19:05

Thanks guys

The object of the letters we hand out is not really to get them to join us. Thats mission impossible given that they've all had the spines surgically removed.

Its more to piss them off and to cause delay. 30 seconds talking to us on picket line = 30 seconds more backlog. If every MC in UK did this to every manager it would add up!!

Post by **baldrick** » 29 Jul 2007, 19:08

And it might just make them think about what they're doing, and how we feel about it.
And they are going to have to be able to work with us when this is all over.

ROCKY · Post by **ROCKY** » 29 Jul 2007, 19:45

MANAGERS SOMETHING TO PONDER
IF THIS IS RESOLVED IN RM FAVOUR
YOU WILL HAVE NO MORE PAY RISES
YOU WILL HAVE LOST HALF YOUR PENSION
YOU WILL BE DOING ALL UNCOVERED DEL AT NO OVERTIME
THERE WILL BE NO MORE T&E PAYMENTS
YOU WILL BE BACK IN UNIFORM AS TEAM LEADERS
YOUR NUMBERS WILL BE REDUCED BY 1/3 APPROX
YOU WILL GET NO MORE LARGE EVR PAYMENTS WHEN THE STRESS GETS TO MUCH AND YOU HAVE TO LEAVE ON THE SICK
THE ONLY THING THAT KEEPS YOUR POSITION STRONG IS WHEN WE ARE STRONG
YOUR FUTURE,OUR FUTURE ITS THE SAME THING,THE BEST COMPARISON I CAN COME UP WITH IS LEMMINGS AND AS A EX MANAGER MYSELF I HATE TO POINT OUT THAT THE CLIFF IS GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER,IF YOU STAND WITH US THIS DISPUTE WILL BE OVER IN DAYS,YOUR CHOICE

DirtyHarry · Post by **DirtyHarry** » 29 Jul 2007, 19:49

ROCKY wrote:MANAGERS SOMETHING TO PONDER
IF THIS IS RESOLVED IN RM FAVOUR
YOU WILL HAVE NO MORE PAY RISES
YOU WILL HAVE LOST HALF YOUR PENSION
YOU WILL BE DOING ALL UNCOVERED DEL AT NO OVERTIME
THERE WILL BE NO MORE T&E PAYMENTS
YOU WILL BE BACK IN UNIFORM AS TEAM LEADERS
YOUR NUMBERS WILL BE REDUCED BY 1/3 APPROX
YOU WILL GET NO MORE LARGE EVR PAYMENTS WHEN THE STRESS GETS TO MUCH AND YOU HAVE TO LEAVE ON THE SICK
THE ONLY THING THAT KEEPS YOUR POSITION STRONG IS WHEN WE ARE STRONG
YOUR FUTURE,OUR FUTURE ITS THE SAME THING,THE BEST COMPARISON I CAN COME UP WITH IS LEMMINGS AND AS A EX MANAGER MYSELF I HATE TO POINT OUT THAT THE CLIFF IS GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER,IF YOU STAND WITH US THIS DISPUTE WILL BE OVER IN DAYS,YOUR CHOICE

Well said, ROCKY.

That post of yours should be shoved under the nose of every DOM in the land.

Post by **rhino49** » 29 Jul 2007, 19:56

ROCKY wrote:MANAGERS SOMETHING TO PONDER
IF THIS IS RESOLVED IN RM FAVOUR
YOU WILL HAVE NO MORE PAY RISES
YOU WILL HAVE LOST HALF YOUR PENSION
YOU WILL BE DOING ALL UNCOVERED DEL AT NO OVERTIME
THERE WILL BE NO MORE T&E PAYMENTS
YOU WILL BE BACK IN UNIFORM AS TEAM LEADERS
YOUR NUMBERS WILL BE REDUCED BY 1/3 APPROX
YOU WILL GET NO MORE LARGE EVR PAYMENTS WHEN THE STRESS GETS TO MUCH AND YOU HAVE TO LEAVE ON THE SICK
THE ONLY THING THAT KEEPS YOUR POSITION STRONG IS WHEN WE ARE STRONG
YOUR FUTURE,OUR FUTURE ITS THE SAME THING,THE BEST COMPARISON I CAN COME UP WITH IS LEMMINGS AND AS A EX MANAGER MYSELF I HATE TO POINT OUT THAT THE CLIFF IS GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER,IF YOU STAND WITH US THIS DISPUTE WILL BE OVER IN DAYS,YOUR CHOICE

I have never seen anything put so neatly in a nutshell - excellent post Rocky

Post by **baldrick** » 29 Jul 2007, 20:04

And you should remember what happened to the mining industry.
The overseers union/association - NACODS - wouldn't back the miners striking against pit closures. If they had the dispute would have been over quickly. As it was the miners were beaten and the pits were closed, and the NACODS members were thrown on the scrapheap too.

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 29 Jul 2007, 20:52

Seniorman wrote:And you should remember what happened to the mining industry.
The overseers union/association - NACODS - wouldn't back the miners striking against pit closures. If they had the dispute would have been over quickly. As it was the miners were beaten and the pits were closed, and the NACODS members were thrown on the scrapheap too.

and still the miners have the knowledge that what they did was the right thing even if they did loose they went down fighting. Another comparison that holds is that the Nottinghamshire Miners who supported the coal board and formed their own union were sold out in the end.

bigsharkboy · Post by **bigsharkboy** » 29 Jul 2007, 23:36

can somebody knock up a letter on here to give to my DUMs for thursday regarding all of the above i will take great pleasure in letting have a read and seeing his response

staffmail · Post by **staffmail** » 30 Jul 2007, 11:51

I maybe wrong, but the CMA has not ballot the managers. And although managers future are in doubt, at this moment in time the managers have not been told to come in later, any real loss of jobs and their pay has not been talked about yet. If the managers walkout out now that would be against the law. Not feeling sorry for them just making a point.

dogfood · Post by **dogfood** » 30 Jul 2007, 14:37

although managers future are in doubt, at this moment in time the managers have not been told to come in later, any real loss of jobs and their pay has not been talked about yet. If the managers walkout out now that would be against the law.

Well I might be a little p*ssed off with the CWU sometimes but, what the hell are managers paying subs to the CMA for?
Surely the CMA can see that their members will suffer no matter what the outcome of the dispute. Why aren't they making noises?

Oooh I know this would require their members to respond and be responsible for their actions. RM managers don't take responsibilty.

ROYALMAILCHAT

Letter to management for strike day 4

Letter to management for strike day 4

Great post, lovejoy.........

thanks

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