The Press

[gand]

So now that wee are going to be private does that mean i can now go to the media about being bullied every day by managers and forced to work overtime/refused overtime payments. And not be done under the Official Secrets Act?

[Ahebban]

I wouldn't tempt RM to throw the book at you! No doubt we will still have the OSA to contend with along with any number of new conduct issues they can introduce

[POSTMAN]

Nobody signed the OSA...

Q.“I have heard that Royal Mail officials must enter/agree to the Official Secrets Act. If this is true what effect does this have on Freedom of Information? Also, what purpose is served by having postal workers enter such an agreement?”

A.All Royal Mail Group employees are required to sign a ‘Personal Declaration’ upon
commencing their employment. This covers the responsibilities of Royal Mail and its
employees in terms of safeguarding mail, how to deal with confidential information, our
internal Code of Business Standards and the Data Protection Act 1998. The ‘Personal
Declaration’ is not part of the Official Secrets Act, and the form makes no reference to this Act.


There is this however...

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
You must not whilst employed or contractually bound by Royal Mail Group or engaged in Royal Mail Group’s business, nor after that employment or engagement ceases, disclose to any other person, firm or company, or publish or broadcast or use for your own benefit or for the benefit of a third party any confidential information relating in any way to the activities, operations or business methods of Royal Mail Group or its business partners, except as previously authorised in writing by or on behalf of Royal Mail Group. Any unauthorised disclosure may amount to a criminal offence.

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Many a rep has been interviewed and been quoted in the press especially during strike action and they are still here.

[viking1488]

but u could get somebody else to do it on your behalf you know what really pisses me off more than anything right now is most people are to scared to even fart just in case they get into s**t wake up people we are in a huge pile of it right now its time to pull your heads out of the sand this is happening its not a dream and yes it will effect you

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[crazyshrew]

definitely not, whatever happens there WILL be a confidentially clause in our contracts (we all probably have one now but i can't be arsed to dig it out)
Every employer I've ever had has had something in the contact about not sharing information that may be detrimental to the business. Either by helping out the competition or by giving info to the press that casts a bad light on the company