Daily Mirror -'your letters- sorting it out'.

Post by **stephen500** » 02 Oct 2007, 10:10

I note that several letters, in reply to Paul Routledge's article on ending the strike, from postal workers are printed in today's Daily Mirror...pg 41.

sadlersbitch · Post by **sadlersbitch** » 02 Oct 2007, 12:50

yeah mine is there!

IWW Fellow Worker · Post by **IWW Fellow Worker** » 02 Oct 2007, 14:55

sadlersbitch wrote:yeah mine is there!

Nice one mate! When I read it on here, I thought there was no chance of it getting published because it was too bloody true. Well done.

dogfood · Post by **dogfood** » 02 Oct 2007, 15:05

Well done sadlersbitch any chance of a link or a copy posted on here or have i missed it if you have already posted it

Post by **stephen500** » 02 Oct 2007, 15:39

Letters to the Daily Mirror, Oct 2nd 2007
Letter one:
'If the postal dispute was just about pay then i might have some sympathy with Paul Routledge who says we should end the strikes. However, the dispute is about far more than salaries. Royal mail paid into my pension fund until they took a pension holiday. This deprived the fund of finance for many years and indirectly contributed to Rm seeking to raise the retirement age to 65 and change it from final salary to average earnings scheme. It's also obvious that by using flexible working the firm aims to cut pay in the long term. I believe most post office employees would accept the offer of 6.7% provided it wasn't linked with the dracoian changes to our pensions and working condidtions.'
Stephen Sinclair, Chester.
Letter 2
'In the past Paul Routledge has been a rare beacon of light in support of us posties. But he is wrong to say we should accept the 6.7 per cent. To get it, we have to agree to cuts in our pension and to 'total flexibility' which mean we wouldn't know what we were doing from day-to-day.'
Name and address suppiled
Letter 3
'In July the Mirror's Clinton Manning wrote that the Royal mail was planning to cut pension benefits to postal workers by raising the retirement age and changing the pension scheme. This was denied by Royal mail. However RM managers have been briefed about proposed changes to the pension scheme and they are the very proposals they denied in July. Clinton Manning was right all along proving this management can't be trusted.
Name and address suppiled.

dogfood · Post by **dogfood** » 02 Oct 2007, 15:54

Thanks Stephen500

IWW Fellow Worker · Post by **IWW Fellow Worker** » 02 Oct 2007, 15:58

dogfood wrote:Thanks Stephen500

Yes, thanks mate. Good letters those

strangler · Post by **strangler** » 02 Oct 2007, 16:31

IWW Fellow Worker wrote:
dogfood wrote:Thanks Stephen500

Yes, thanks mate. Good letters those

Cheers Stephen. Good to see they actually printed the letters too.

Post by **POSTMAN** » 02 Oct 2007, 17:56

Did anyone mention RMC

frankie · Post by **frankie** » 03 Oct 2007, 11:58

Post by **Crackerjackpencil** » 03 Oct 2007, 15:37

Yes he lost 2 items during the time we were out...so that's our fault? probably some casual with light fingers again

IWW Fellow Worker · Post by **IWW Fellow Worker** » 03 Oct 2007, 15:39

Crackerjackpencil wrote:Yes he lost 2 items during the time we were out...so that's our fault? probably some casual with light fingers again

He should ask himself who had access to the mail while the real workers were on strike.