RM workers at Fenland sorting office walk out for two hours

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Royal Mail workers at Fenland sorting office walk out for two hours in dispute with bosses

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DISGRUNTLED staff at a Royal Mail sorting office in March, Cambridgeshire, went on strike for two hours today in a dispute with their bosses.

Around 30 staff at the Royal Mail sorting office in Dartford Road stood outside the building to conduct their protest in the pouring rain.

Senior officials are believed to have arrived from King’s Lynn and Peterborough to resolve the issues with the striking staff who downed tools at around 9am this morning.

One of the workers said the group returned to work after their grievances were aired and a “resolution of some kind” was met.

Striking workers have promised to “work extremely hard” to catch-up with the two-hours work which they missed.

They stated that it was a local dispute only and involved the breakdown of trust with local management.

One worker said: “This treatment has gone on too long, some of the deliveries are too big and they’re expecting us to clear the backlog - however the main issue is the management. They’re not treating us well so that’s why we have walked out this morning.

“The staff have had enough and the atmosphere in the office is really downbeat. A few of the staff have complained through our official channels and nothing has been done, if anything it seems to be getting worse.

“We have no problem with the people that are working through the strike because we don’t want to be out here all day in the rain. We just want to make a stand and get people to listen.”

Some of the striking postal workers said that they hoped the dispute would be settled quickly and that senior managers would arrive to hear their grievances.

“We are concerned about how the public might react,” said the worker.

“However, we’ve got to the stage where we just have to do something to show how we feel.

“We want to deliver a great service to our customers but at the moment we believe we’re unable to do that.”

Today’s action comes after fears about a Christmas backlog were raised by Kevin Devlin, 55, last week.

Mr Devlin said a member of staff told him he “wouldn’t believe” the amount of parcels behind the counter.

He claims he is still expecting around 30 parcels from eBay. A Royal Mail spokesman quashed rumours that gifts would fail to reach March residents before Christmas and said they were unaware of any issues at the March office.

* We will be contacting Royal Mail for their comments regarding today’s strike action - in the meantime if you are affected by the dispute or are one of those involved please call 01354 652621 and ask for the newsroom.

[stokes11eg]

Well done for making a stand!

[jockstrapp]

It's about time more off us grew som nads..............well done

[robd]

Well done for making a stand!

i agree,but the most worrying aspect is,it's clear that the workplace has become unbearable,and most of us will be familiar with an 'aggresive' approach from management.
but is this cry for help aimed purely at royal mails hencemen,or is it as much a message to the CWU?

[arnold cheshire]

CWU are no good now royal mail just mentions potential job losses and the union backs down loook at the door to door agreement

[noggin1969]

Senior officials are believed to have arrived from King’s Lynn and Peterborough to resolve the issues with the striking staff who downed tools at around 9am this morning.

So the CWU hierarchy can be motivated into action sometimes then , think we may need a few more of these

[Big Daz]

CWU "hierarchy" in that part of the world do a very good job

[fishtank]

CWU "hierarchy" in that part of the world do a very good job

A few of the staff have complained through our official channels and nothing has been done,

Possibly...Possibly not.

[dvbuk55]

CWU "hierarchy" in that part of the world do a very good job

Yes of course they do, that's why the staff had to take action, union officials obviously weren't listening to the complaints beforehand, union officials obviously aren't close enough to the shop floor to SEE the problems at first hand :crazy:and one of the major problems is those on the lower rungs supporting those obvious failings..................if it looks like crap, smells like crap, it IS crap and no amount of smarm will make it any different.

[Big Daz]

I wasnt aware reps had a magic wand and hocus pocus dust that cant make all the stuff mbrs are unhappy with simply vanish.

Now I know where Ive been going wrong all these years, I didnt wave my wand and spread the magic dust

[dvbuk55]

I wasnt aware reps had a magic wand and hocus pocus dust that cant make all the stuff mbrs are unhappy with simply vanish.

Now I know where Ive been going wrong all these years, I didnt wave my wand and spread the magic dust

When I said if it looked like it and smelled like it, it IS it, has just been reinforced by your last post.

[Big Daz]

So its all the fault of local and area reps that the local mbrs feel that the local managers are not behaving as well as they could.

To pass judgement on two superb reps from one media article is astonishing, you letting your cynical nature get the better of you.
What happend to that relaxed fella and his handmaidens in sheds from the forums of old on the CWU website?

[dvbuk55]

So its all the fault of local and area reps that the local mbrs feel that the local managers are not behaving as well as they could.

To pass judgement on two superb reps from one media article is astonishing, you letting your cynical nature get the better of you.
What happend to that relaxed fella and his handmaidens in sheds from the forums of old on the CWU website?

I got older and wiser. The whole point is that the problems were reported and allegedly ignored, which is debatable, but all too familiar. Good reps would have their finger on the pulse, visit offices, talk to members................anyone can make excuses for failure if it suits their purpose.

[maisymoo04]

breakdown of trust with the managment, thats an understatement haha