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will they ballot us AGAIN!?

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daveyeff
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will they ballot us AGAIN!?

Post by daveyeff »

after todays news about m.c. closures, phantom shares being worthless(surprise surprise), and the announcement on radio 4 that there may be another 20-30 thousand jobs to go, does anyone think we,ll be balloted. and if so, how would you vote?
belle smith
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Re: will they ballot us AGAIN!?

Post by belle smith »

Had i knowan in advance what the CWU and the members would settle on in 2007 and 2009 i would have voted NO!
on that basis thats how i'll vote if balloted again.
DirtyHarry
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Re: will they ballot us AGAIN!?

Post by DirtyHarry »

belle smith wrote:Had i knowan in advance what the CWU and the members would settle on in 2007 and 2009 i would have voted NO!
on that basis thats how i'll vote if balloted again.
Same here.
halfull
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Re: will they ballot us AGAIN!?

Post by halfull »

i will not vote for strike action as the company could not cope with more revenue loss and i need this job :pray
BELIAL
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Re: will they ballot us AGAIN!?

Post by BELIAL »

:chuckle :chuckle :chuckle
Bye
jockstrapp
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Re: will they ballot us AGAIN!?

Post by jockstrapp »

I just want redundancy :nana :nana :nana :nana :nana :nana :nana :nana :nana :nana :nana :nana :nana
BELIAL
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Re: will they ballot us AGAIN!?

Post by BELIAL »

jockstrapp wrote:I just want redundancy :nana :nana :nana :nana :nana :nana :nana :nana :nana :nana :nana :nana :nana
Our pleasure ,bye bye jock bye bye mtsf ,everybody happy? :chuckle
Bye
Midnight+13
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Re: will they ballot us AGAIN!?

Post by Midnight+13 »

I will vote to strike if there is a ballot, better to die on your feet, then live on your knees!
BT2010
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Re: will they ballot us AGAIN!?

Post by BT2010 »

i would vote yes as the biggest problem with the agreement is that RM are not sticking to it.

what the CWU agreed was not so bad if it was executed to the letter but RM got it wrong and realised it would be too costly.

to the gate :nana
daveyeff
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Re: will they ballot us AGAIN!?

Post by daveyeff »

Midnight+13 wrote:I will vote to strike if there is a ballot, better to die on your feet, then live on your knees!
well this is my thinking. after this s**t deal was brought in i vowed i would,nt vote yes again, HOWEVER, i think you have to think which is the greater of two evils. and rm most certainly IS the greater evil. i would vote yes.
silly suffolk
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Re: will they ballot us AGAIN!?

Post by silly suffolk »

daveyeff wrote:
Midnight+13 wrote:I will vote to strike if there is a ballot, better to die on your feet, then live on your knees!
well this is my thinking. after this s**t deal was brought in i vowed i would,nt vote yes again, HOWEVER, i think you have to think which is the greater of two evils. and rm most certainly IS the greater evil. i would vote yes.
agree totally, but cwu leadership who took us into this agreement must take some responsability. some have got to fall on their swords
Spedley
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Re: will they ballot us AGAIN!?

Post by Spedley »

Strike over a bonus which even the CWU admit they don't know the details of?

Get a grip, no chance. I really hope they don't ballot us because it would be a no vote and I think that would weaken the union just enough for a quicker privatisation.
fishtank
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Re: will they ballot us AGAIN!?

Post by fishtank »

No...they won't ballot for strike action.Not nationally anyway.
Not unless Royal Mail really turn the screw...which they might if they think the opposition are weak pussies.
Remind me why this thread exists? :whistle
good times, bad times you know I've had my share
Martin Walsh
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Re: will they ballot us AGAIN!?

Post by Martin Walsh »

London will ballot we have no choice either accept complusory redunancies or fight.

Now in terms of the wider ballot well if the rest of the union allows complusory reduncancies to happen then thats really is the end of the union as it will occur elsewhere.

There are a lot of other issues which are things which may lead to a ballot but the national briefing will flush out if there is still fight within the union.

I realise that many on here are saying they are not going to support a further ballot but I always see three groups of members those who would vote yes all day long to fight those who will vote no because they believe they were sold out and will be happy to get stiched up by the employer everytime just as long as they get stick two fingers up at the union and then the majority which are between those two groups and my experience if the issues are serious enough and are explained in the right way then yes we will get their support. Thats not taking that for granted but if you cant get support for a fight against complusory reduancies and the other issues which threaten postal workers than you might as well roll over and allow Royal Mail to destroy us.

No one likes striking as it hurts but it hurts far more if you simply stand by and allow Royal Mail to break agreements which includes pensions , mtsf and complusory redundancies .
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norwichchris
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Re: will they ballot us AGAIN!?

Post by norwichchris »

It's a definate yes from me. Everybody out! Dirty strike breakers get out of my sight. :nana