Regarding strike pay stoppages.

pinstripe · Post by **pinstripe** » 11 Oct 2007, 16:20

I started 7 years ago. Started on the Monday paid on the Friday, same week. So I'm not paid in arrears. If I was to leave the job on Saturday, the only payment I would receive next week would be for d2d's (not that we have any this week). I don't know if this changed either before I started or since.

meweavy · Post by **meweavy** » 11 Oct 2007, 16:20

blackadder wrote:royal mail paid us up 2 saturday last week, this week if u didnt come in then u have 2 pay it back. the unions knew about this and didnt bother to tell me that i be losing 4 days pay in 1 week

cheers then union.

rolf · Post by **rolf** » 11 Oct 2007, 16:27

We are getting stitched up because they are trying to p*** us all off and it is working., from scotland :cfo

Wild Rover · Post by **Wild Rover** » 11 Oct 2007, 16:31

Exactly - just hope the union don't agree to this latest offer, and we get fookall pay this week. That would be a double blow

wileycat · Post by **wileycat** » 11 Oct 2007, 16:50

How can they know we would be striking this tuesday when they submitted the pay forms on monday of this week for last week.....

strangler · Post by **strangler** » 11 Oct 2007, 17:13

At the end of the day you`re still losing the same amount of money. It`s an obvious, pathetic and very transparent attempt to piss people off and put them off striking. Well it`ll take a lot more than that to piss me off.

IWW Fellow Worker · Post by **IWW Fellow Worker** » 11 Oct 2007, 17:15

strangler wrote:At the end of the day you`re still losing the same amount of money. It`s an obvious, pathetic and very transparent attempt to piss people off and put them off striking. Well it`ll take a lot more than that to piss me off.

Same here!

wileycat · Post by **wileycat** » 11 Oct 2007, 17:17

strangler wrote:At the end of the day you`re still losing the same amount of money. It`s an obvious, pathetic and very transparent attempt to piss people off and put them off striking. Well it`ll take a lot more than that to piss me off.

Everybody knows they will lose the amount of days they went out on strike when they go out.

chayoliver · Post by **chayoliver** » 11 Oct 2007, 17:28

Couldn't agree more its just their way of winding us up, but all it does to me is make me hate my work and the higher management even more, it just sends a signal that they don't give a F*CK about us so why should we give a flying F*CK when they want a bit of flexibility (give and take swings and roundabouts as the latest document says) i say F*CKEM

peedofpostie · Post by **peedofpostie** » 11 Oct 2007, 18:39

the cut off point is tuesday for the wages so we were off fri sat mon tues and they knew what scabby bastards went in and who didnt would have been nice of the union to warn people who have mortagages comming off this week they too have kinda left us in the s**t any overtime is paid in arreas

cruisey · Post by **cruisey** » 11 Oct 2007, 19:29

You can't blame the union for this. we get paid week to week so nobody knew they'd pull this trick. It's an attempt by RM to starve people back to work.
FECK YOU RM, I'M WILLING TO GO ALL OUT TO BEAT YOU SO TAKE ALL THE MONEY YOU WANT THIS WEEK COS I'LL BE BACK ON THE PICKET LINE ON TUESDAY :lfo :cfo

tpost · Post by **tpost** » 11 Oct 2007, 19:30

cruisey wrote:You can't blame the union for this. we get paid week to week so nobody knew they'd pull this trick. It's an attempt by RM to starve people back to work.
FECK YOU RM, I'M WILLING TO GO ALL OUT TO BEAT YOU SO TAKE ALL THE MONEY YOU WANT THIS WEEK COS I'LL BE BACK ON THE PICKET LINE ON TUESDAY :lfo :cfo

Glenno · Post by **Glenno** » 11 Oct 2007, 19:30

oldest trick in the book

think about whether its this week /next week it still amounts to 4 days they think hit em hard and they will fold bullucks keep the faith

chayoliver · Post by **chayoliver** » 11 Oct 2007, 19:54

cruisey wrote:You can't blame the union for this. we get paid week to week so nobody knew they'd pull this trick. It's an attempt by RM to starve people back to work.
FECK YOU RM, I'M WILLING TO GO ALL OUT TO BEAT YOU SO TAKE ALL THE MONEY YOU WANT THIS WEEK COS I'LL BE BACK ON THE PICKET LINE ON TUESDAY :lfo :cfo

billypants · Post by **billypants** » 11 Oct 2007, 19:57

at Sevenoaks we heard about losing the 4 days pay in one hit and got together straight away . . .we collectively decided not to walk straight out but to follow the policy of "doing the job properly" very very closely indeed . . . . we are also removing what little goodwill was left so no point in asking us to cover jobs or stay out and complete from now on . . . . Royal Mail has forced us to this point with their petty tactics and lack of respect for their "biggest asset", us . . . . the new round of strikes could prove very interesting