2010 conference re P/T workers

[liamlayor]

The followingfrom the CWU postal conference 2010 might be of interest to part timers:

21 CATEGORY A: If Carried 24 and 26 Fall

This Conference agrees that there is now an urgent need to address ourselves to the issue of pay and conditions for part time members in Royal Mail.

For too long the pro-rata argument has been used by Royal Mail as an excuse to exploit part time workers in Royal Mail. Conference notes that this is not the position in all Royal Mail Group Businesses and in Post Office Limited for instance, part time employees broadly speaking get bonus and annual leave commensurate with the average of hours worked in a reference period.

Conference therefore agrees that the principle of applying bonus and annual leave payments etc being based on average hours worked will now be the policy of the CWU and must be factored into any further talks with Royal Mail on pay and reward.

The Postal Executive is instructed accordingly.Western Counties (Carried)


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22 CATEGORY A: If Carried 23 Falls

This Conference agrees that our part-time members are still being discriminated

against because shift payments and TPM money are still being paid to them on a pro-rata basis. A part-time worker who works from 18.00 to 22.00 on the late shift still works the same number of unsociable hours as a full time worker who works 14.00 to 22.00, but only receives half the shift payment, under the old NDA scheme both part time and full time workers would have received the same payment. The same is true of the TPM allowance; a full time worker who performs a 40 minute meal relief on an IMP would receive the full TPM allowance while a part time worker who works a full four hour shift on the IMP would only receive half of the TPM payment.

We call upon the PEC to look into this imbalance and redress this inequality with the employer.

The Postal Executive is instructed accordingly.

Greater Manchester (Carried)


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23 CATEGORY A:

This Conference agrees that the payment of pro-rata allowances to part time employees is not in the best interests of our part time members.

Therefore Conference instructs the Postal Executive to achieve the equalisation of allowance payments in all cases where the trigger for payment is equal to that of their full time counterparts e.g. attendance criteria and work load requirement.

Eastern No.3 (Fell)


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24 CATEGORY A:

This Conference instructs the incoming Postal Executive that

part time employees are continually disadvantaged by regularly working more than their contracted hours, whilst receiving no subsequent recompense in improved holiday pay.

Conference therefore instructs the PEC to negotiate an agreement that rewards part time employees with improved holiday pay based on average earnings.

Conference further instructs the PEC to explore every possible avenue of achieving the aims and objectives of this motion, whilst taking into account the complex legal issues involved.

Durham County Amal (Fell)


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25 CATEGORY A: COMPOSITE MOTION

This Conference instructs the incoming Postal Executive that all future prorata

lump sums for part time members be based on the average number of hours worked over a defined period.

Newcastle Amal
Durham County Amal (Carried)


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26 CATEGORY A:

This Conference instructs the incoming Postal Executive that in any subsequent Pay & Conditions talks to replace the pro–rata bonus payments for staff, to one that gives equal bonus payments to all e.g. if a F/T gets £400 a part timer will receive the same.

York and District Amal (Withdrawn)

[boon3590]

What about d2d payments.

[bensonhedge]

What about d2d payments.

oh dear!!!

[post_bitch]

is el cartero at that conference

[Thehair]

What about d2d payments.

Ah, you must be refering to the Delivery Supplement...

[fishtank]

is el cartero at that conference

post_bitch,you didn't join the forum until Fri Jun 25, 2010 and el cartero hasn't posted on here since May....so how do you know the one we call el cartero?....is he that notorious that word of him has spread far and wide?.....or are you and he close?.

[clashcityrocker]

But Fishtank, I always thought you were el_c.
Was I wrong?

[fishtank]

But Fishtank, I always thought you were el_c.
Was I wrong?

If a couple of hard looking weegies turn up.....not only am i el_cartero but i was last seen heading for spain.

[POSTMAN]

is el cartero at that conference

Na,he probably had to tidy his room...

[Thehair]

is el cartero at that conference

post_bitch,you didn't join the forum until Fri Jun 25, 2010 and el cartero hasn't posted on here since May....so how do you know the one we call el cartero?....is he that notorious that word of him has spread far and wide?.....or are you and he close?.

Was wondering the same myself...el cartero's posts have been sorely missed, wonder how the banking is going?
Don't worry my IP address is dynamically assigned by my ISP when I log on, so you'd better be good or mystic if you want to find out where I am!

[Robbo318]

So what does all the above mean in regards to P/T payments?

[post_bitch]

yes ive heard of him on here lol people say he was a true hero fighting for part timers rights etc .

[POSTMAN]

yes ive heard of him on here lol people say he was a true hero fighting for part timers rights etc .

[fishtank]

yes ive heard of him on here lol people say he was a true hero fighting for part timers rights etc .

PMSL.

[POSTMAN]

His Union didn't get off the ground though did it?