cackhill wrote:You'll like this one. They loaned posties out to other offices, in winch, so they could continue the unagreed lapsing (nice touch I thought). The staff used to come in early and use their cars, for the usual reasons, you know, finish early, avoid long bike rides etc. Now they do it so they can complete deliveries so they can avoid any grief from management. They either need the ballot they agreed last october or they need someone to come down from HQ. They need ACTION of some sort.
It's starting to get really difficult to defend CWU in Winchester.
But what would happen even if Dave or Billy came down and gave the Managers sheer hell for lets say a week over what they are doing. If they also gave rousing speeches to the workforce and convinced them that they should come in early, cut corners, or use their own cars. Or if amazingly they came up with a cast iron Local Agreement that answered all your points and got management to sign up for it. It would be great for that week, and maybe even the week after...... but then what. We all know what would happen management would be up to their old tricks and people would drift back to the old ways of doing things for a quiet life. Managers are like a river, they always find the easiest path, become a rock and they'll move on.
Yes have a ballot and if necessary go out on IA to make your point and publicise your grievances, you would of course have my full support.
But nothing will change fundamentally until people stand up to management in the normal course of their daily work, either as a group by defending each other and sticking to your guns, or by individuals doing the same. Its hard at first no hiding that, and they will try to wear you down, but in the end it is the only way things will change.
