Bristol vote for strike action

[POSTMAN]

"Postal workers at the Royal Mail delivery depot in Mead Street have voted by over 80% to take strike action.

The ballot result of 51 "Yes" votes with only 12 against represents a massive mandate (81%) for industrial action.

Strike action must be held within a four week period so will hit the Christmas mail, if a joint resolution between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union is not reached."

[POSTMAN]

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'Stubborn' bosses spark Bristol strike vote

21st November 2012


CWU members at Royal Mail's South East Delivery Office have voted by over 80 per cent to take strike action amid allegations of bullying and harassment by managers, who stand accused of breaking national agreements and procedures .

In an industrial action ballot, which was authorised a fortnight ago after local union negotiators' attempts to resolve the issues were foiled by "stubborn" company chiefs, 81 per cent of postwomen and postmen voted in favour of action.

Explaining the background to the dispute, local branch secretary Dave Wilshire explained that the problems had arisen following the implementation of a delivery revision last year.


"The revision hasn't worked from Day One, but management have stubbornly refused to carry out a proper review," he explained, adding that, according to the current national agreement, a post-implementation review has to be carried out as Phase Six of the revision process.


"People have got rounds they just can't complete within their time and we're getting daily complaints from members alleging bullying and harassment," Dave pointed out.

Under current legislation, after an industrial action ballot has returned a majority for action, this action must be taken within four weeks, which means that, unless the company moves to resolve the issue, Christmas postal services could be affected.

Commenting on the poll, Dave urged company chiefs to "stop burying your heads in the sand and work with us to resolve these problems.

"Don't let your stubbornness spoil Bristol's Christmas," he urged bosses.


CWU national officer for delivery workers Bob Gibson said: "Royal Mail really need to start sorting out problems like these, which do seem to be occurring more and more in various parts of the country.

"We are doing everything we can to ensure that service standards to the public are maintained and improved where possible going forward - but this is not helped when managers arbitrarily make changes and do not comply with national agreements" he added.

"And they only make things worse when they blame our members, hard-working postwomen and postmen for the problems, instead of sitting down with our CWU representative to sort things out properly."


Are you a Royal Mail delivery worker experiencing "revision" problems at work? If so, please contact outdoorsecretary@cwu.org and let the union know.

[Pinky 1]

People across the land working in Delivery Offices have seen this coming for a long time. Obviously the guys at Bristol SEDO have had enough and have decided to make a stand. They deserve our wholehearted support on this issue and i hope that HQ will provide them with all that they need.
I wouldn't be surprised if this action spreads if a satisfactory conclusion isn't reached either, i'm sure that there are other DO's on the brink.

[houseoflords]

Good luck to the Potmen & Postwomen I hope you get what you want, the managment have ruled over us with an Iron Rod for to long & it's time we stood up to them, bullying staff can not go on anymore in any industry.

[hatetheboss]

We should all come out in support

[maisymoo04]

i no this prob sounds selfish and horrible but why should we all walk and lose pay.
av had our revision in for 19 months now and ours is working fine.we had this problem in our area and royal mail sorted this out.am not sticking up for bosses at all but do we realy no wats going on in bristol.ok am prob wrong but sorry bristol i will not be walking out for you.
as they said royal mail some our working and some our not.

[bensonhedge]

We should all come out in support

christmas bonus

[fishtank]

but sorry bristol i will not be walking out for you.

They didn't ask you to maisy.

[maisymoo04]

fishy baby just replyin to hate the bosses post WE SHOULD ALL COME OUT IN SUPPORT

[bwfcmaddog]

well done and good luck from manchester.

[billyboy123]

certain comments come to mind IM ALRIGHT JACK

[demon]

WE are all puting up with the same type of situation up here we will prob be out on strike to very soon if it dose not stop

[smileski]

Blimey! Wouldn't want to be in the trenches with maisey!

Full support to the bristol comrades.

[k60mex]

Dumfries Do in Dumfries & Galloway Scotland is going through similar problems . A team from HR are descending on the unit next week with a view to improve relations , management and performance.

[DGP1]

Dumfries Do in Dumfries & Galloway Scotland is going through similar problems . A team from HR are descending on the unit next week with a view to improve relations , management and performance.

Just get used to filling in stupid questionnaires and putting post it notes on a wall..........and nothing will change