All 2c to be processed with 1c every saturday

[hubbahubba]

Royal Mail have decided that they are wasting too much money on processing saturdays collection mails on monday mornings,so are going to process ALL mail on a saturday.This will mean 1c and 2c will reiceve the same service on a saturday,which as far as i was aware is breaking the terms of RM's licence?We have been told this is a NATIONAL policy,and will begin around the end of July.
This was told to staff in WTLL sessions this week,and a CWU rep was in attendance,and confirmed these changes.
Any other MC staff heard this?

[haynes]

We had our WTLL yesteday and there was no mention of this in ours or anything to do with saturdays at all. North east region

[pyphon]

Don't see a problem with that, it it's processed quicker it means getting it to us quicker.

[hubbahubba]

Don't see a problem with that, it it's processed quicker it means getting it to us quicker.

The problems are :
1.The general public are being ripped off,why pay for 1st when 2nd is getting the same service.
2.Staff who finish at 430pm may have to stay til 630pm on a saturday,do you fancy that?

[wayoutman]

Don't see a problem with that, it it's processed quicker it means getting it to us quicker.

The problems are :
1.The general public are being ripped off,why pay for 1st when 2nd is getting the same service.
2.Staff who finish at 430pm may have to stay til 630pm on a saturday,do you fancy that?

HAVE TO STAY? cut off.
work your hours, nothing more and nothing less

[clashcityrocker]

HAVE TO STAY? cut off.
work your hours, nothing more and nothing less

I think it means the shift in the MC will be until 6.30pm.
I'm not sure cutting off is something they do in Mail Centres.

[DGP1]

HAVE TO STAY? cut off.
work your hours, nothing more and nothing less

I think it means the shift in the MC will be until 6.30pm.
I'm not sure cutting off is something they do in Mail Centres.

Well, they need to grow a p....................oh wait, can't say that

[hubbahubba]

Yes,i do mean the shift finishes at 630pm,that is when the dispatch will go out.
At the moment the shift on a saturday is 0600-430pm.
The first 2 and a half hrs are SA that are attached to ALL duties.
There is a pref exercise at the moment with various options,i think that if they can't get enough people to change to a weekend shift (thu-sun 2x8hr,2x12hr),then they said a possiblity of the hrs moving forward to 0800-1830 sat.

[youwot!!!!!]

HAVE TO STAY? cut off.
work your hours, nothing more and nothing less

I think it means the shift in the MC will be until 6.30pm.
I'm not sure cutting off is something they do in Mail Centres.

Well, they need to grow a p....................oh wait, can't say that

[wayoutman]

saturday is a normal working day now, ask anybody in delivery

[hubbahubba]

saturday is a normal working day now, ask anybody in delivery

And how many deliverys finish at 630pm?Nah,didnt think so!

[benn2261]

Royal Mail have decided that they are wasting too much money on processing saturdays collection mails on monday mornings,so are going to process ALL mail on a saturday.This will mean 1c and 2c will reiceve the same service on a saturday,which as far as i was aware is breaking the terms of RM's licence?We have been told this is a NATIONAL policy,and will begin around the end of July.
This was told to staff in WTLL sessions this week,and a CWU rep was in attendance,and confirmed these changes.
Any other MC staff heard this?

yes i have heard this at the moment the majority of the morning shifts are 6.15 to 2.15 tuesday to saturday.saturday afternoons have been mentioned also but i believe our union is still negiotating.
what i can`t fathom out is why they have people in sunday working all day surely this is more expensive in the long run.
as a mon to friday holder i will be well pissed off. after all i moved from a delivery office to avoid saturday`s.
it seems royal mail is deliberately making the job as bad as possible to get rid of staff.

[andy2007]

Yes,i do mean the shift finishes at 630pm,that is when the dispatch will go out.
At the moment the shift on a saturday is 0600-430pm.
The first 2 and a half hrs are SA that are attached to ALL duties.
There is a pref exercise at the moment with various options,i think that if they can't get enough people to change to a weekend shift (thu-sun 2x8hr,2x12hr),then they said a possiblity of the hrs moving forward to 0800-1830 sat.

You could always refuse to sign for the S/A if they only offer it at the end of your shift. They can't make you perform S/A if you don't sign for it. Although you'll obviously take a big financial hit, if you loose your S/A. It's a hard decision, and not one I'd want to have to make.

[hubbahubba]

Yes,i do mean the shift finishes at 630pm,that is when the dispatch will go out.
At the moment the shift on a saturday is 0600-430pm.
The first 2 and a half hrs are SA that are attached to ALL duties.
There is a pref exercise at the moment with various options,i think that if they can't get enough people to change to a weekend shift (thu-sun 2x8hr,2x12hr),then they said a possiblity of the hrs moving forward to 0800-1830 sat.

You could always refuse to sign for the S/A if they only offer it at the end of your shift. They can't make you perform S/A if you don't sign for it. Although you'll obviously take a big financial hit, if you loose your S/A. It's a hard decision, and not one I'd want to have to make.

If only it was that easy.The SA is on the beginning of EVERY early turn duty.If you want to do earlies,then you do the SA,end of.(this has also been agreed with the union at local level).

[jockstrapp]

HAVE TO STAY? cut off.
work your hours, nothing more and nothing less

I think it means the shift in the MC will be until 6.30pm.
I'm not sure cutting off is something they do in Mail Centres.

Well, they need to grow a p....................oh wait, can't say that

Why can't you say that?????????????????????????????????????????