Screw that, I'll stack shelves first.borgpicard wrote:one things for sure we`ll all be on minimum wages
Totally agree, MTSF has got to be number one priority.wandle wrote:I would even sacrifice an increase in basic pay, in return for retention of MTSF terms. Work it out.. a poxy £4/week rise x 52 weeks x 5 years would be worth £1040, less tax over 5 years. Retention of existing MTSF terms vs far-less-generous compulsory redundancy terms would benefit members more, by not having their payour slashed by £thousands.
Agreements, Agreements, Agreements for whatever aren't worth the paper they're written on. Bearing in mind that any negotiation conducted with RM in the last few years haven't lasted more than the time it takes the ink to dry. I was with the ESI prior to privatisation and the GMB was the union responsible for negotiating and would pretty much agree to anything in order to still be recognised after privatisation. The one over riding memory was the way in which the whole organisation went through a huge change, as customers today you have seen the result, your meter is read once a year, if that instead of four times a year, final readings on house moves left up to the individual, meter changes once carried out every 15 years no longer matter, over head and underground work sub contracted. The whole world of the workforce changed dramatically and job losses too played a huge part, although very lucrative in the early days and I did quite well out of it. However the workload changed naturally and each individual became mobile with added responsibility and, despite what's touted on here as slave wages on privatisation the pay actually increased for directly employed personnel. In the main though the ones who have suffered the most has been the customer, poorer service and higher prices spiralling out of control to feed the board room, that's the price paid for privatisation.andy3665 wrote:and, sorry to say, retire older postman/women who can't do the job effectively anymore because of their age and ability. You might slate me for that last one but we have people in our office who should have retired a long time ago but hang on, taking over 5 hours to complete a 3 hour duty and complaining about it.
I totally object to that comment !!!!!!!!!!!!!! If i worked in your office and you said that to my face i would have you on B/H . I am old but at least i can do my work in a proffesional and correct way .One day you will be old. 
Well there wasn't a lot of consulting going on then and our opinion didn't matter.Phantom wrote:All a bit too late in my opinion, DSA should have been tackled back in 2003 when it was introduced but the union sat on its arse and did nothing despite protests from members for them to do something.
The amont of s**t agreements the CWU have agreed with Royal Mail is unbelievable, we could have got a lot more but they gave it away without a single fight or care for its members. Reap what you Sow!!!
