Lapsing

[nimble]

should postman thin out mail on there walk in order to do complete lapsing?

[POSTMAN]

No!!!

Date: Friday, 5 November, 2010, 17:24

Dear Colleagues,

During the recent ADR briefings the subject of ‘Streaming or Skimming’ of mail was raised by a number of reps and subsequently raised by me at the NDG. Royal Mail’s response was that they were unaware of it and it was only anecdotal, they needed firmer ‘evidence’. Therefore could reps please supply the dept via email with any instances where this has occurred or is occurring, naming the office and the manager of the office and how frequently this has occurred, and how the streaming actually occurs. In some cases the decision of what not to deliver has been left to OPGs which in itself is unacceptable. In other instances it forms part of absorption/lapsing where an OPG is taken off a delivery to allow others to absorb the delivery by only delivering the 1c and leaving everything else in the frame.



Your urgent attention and response to this request would be greatly appreciated.


Please send your replies to bgibson@cwu.org no later than Thursday 11th November 2010. POSTMAN EDIT:IGNORE DATES:KEEP SENDING!



Thanks


Bob Gibson
CWU Assistant Secretary - Outdoor

Outdoor Postal Dept
CWU HQ
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Wimbledon
London SW19 1RX
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[worktotime]

you mention just mail being left or skimmed , does this inc parcels and pkts on your own delivery to take the mail on the collapsed duty ?

[nimble]

sometimes seems in my office people forced to take lapsing but do not wish to do o/t so told to thin out on there frame.

[bogstandard]

sometimes seems in my office people forced to take lapsing but do not wish to do o/t so told to thin out on there frame.

ask for it in writting, and quote the above ltb as your reason for not thinning

[daveyeff]

lapsing is only supposed to there if you don't have enough work to take you to your duty finishing time so leaving packets or going over as a result of lapsing is a complete contradiction in itself. co-incidentally, I asked the dom what was the purpose of summer lapsing or summer ''efficiency'' savings as they are now called. he said to save money....???? how are they saving money.?? we have 80 staff at ours. the weekly wage bill is...lets just say for the sake of argument its 20 grand. if we do lapsing the weekly wage bill will STILL be 20 grand. where is the savings?...they just put it on for the sake of it I think.