LTB 066/17 RM Uniform Talks Update - Conference Policies

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LTB 066/17 RM Uniform Talks Update - Conference Policies

No. 066/2017



2nd February 2017



RM Uniform Talks Update – Conference Policies



Dear Colleague,



Further to previous updates to Branches regarding Uniform Talks and the pursuance of the following motions which have been endorsed as policies, in relation to Uniform provision via Annual Conference.



2015 – Motion 80 CATEGORY A:

This Conference may be aware that in Royal Mail the delivery walks are getting longer and the pressure on your feet becomes even more demanding in terms of wear and tear. It is not unusual to be on your feet for 5 hours at a time, maybe even longer both inside and outside.

Plantar fasciitis is common around 1 in 10 people will get plantar fasciitis at some time in their life.



This Conference believes that the footwear provided by Royal Mail is not up to standard and certainly does not take on board health issues linked to feet.



This Conference instructs the Postal Executive that the provision of suitable footwear of all sizes is considered to help alleviate foot health issues.



Disability Conference



2016 – Motion 115 CATEGORY A: This Conference recognises the ever growing demands on members within deliveries and the prospect of longer delivery spans in the future from proposed business plans.



Conference recognises member’s footwear issues are causing problems such as plantar fasciitis, along with other feet problems which also cause both skeletal and muscular issues. Furthermore, there are also issues with replacing footwear.

The Postal Executive is therefore instructed to take the following action:



Liaise with Royal Mail to look at providing a range of correctly supportive footwear, and to seek professional advice from podiatrists taking into account the demands of the job our members do.

Seek an agreement with Royal Mail to make ordering replacement footwear an easier process based around conditions of footwear and less about predetermined timescales.Gwent Amal As a result meetings have been taking place with Royal Mail in order to achieve and activate the above within the current Uniform provision.However, in pursing the above Royal Mail have advised the Union that they would wish to change the entitlement/replenishment of certain products from the uniform range, which in essence is to change the criteria for Trousers, Shirts and Footwear of which an example is:Provide an initial entitlement of 3 pairs of Bottoms (shorts or trousers) and 5 Tops (short/long sleeve shirt and polo shirt). After which, entitlement will change to 1 bottom and 2 Tops per year (please see attachment and example below).





South Central Postal
2016 – Motion 124 CATEGORY A: This Conference instructs the Postal Executive to reach an agreement with Royal Mail to ensure new entrants who will be working outside are provided with access to waterproof/storm proof uniform at the start of their employment. Currently new employees are only provided with basic uniform, which offers no protection in poor weather conditions from the elements. The six week period new entrants need to wait for this protective clothing is putting them at risk, so alternative provisions must be made.
South West Wales Amal

Example - Trousers

Initial

Yr1

Yr2

Yr3

Yr4

Yr5

Yr6

Current state

3

0

3

0

3

0

3

Proposal

3

1

1

1

1

1

1



Footwear entitlement would change from 2 pairs every year, to 1 pair every 6 months.



In addition the proposal is to change the way uniform is ordered moving away from OPG ordering and the 2 or 3 year automatic entitlement, and introducing a “replace when worn or damaged only” ordering process instead.



As a result of the proposal the department has requested further information from Royal Mail linked to the previous data of uniform ordering for each item to enable the proposal to be considered in more detail and this will be subject to further meetings in due course.



Finally, discussions also took place regarding updating the current National Uniform Agreement which is several years old and given the length of time elapsed since it was agreed, requires a review and these talks will enable this to form part of the overall discussions in order to pursue our conference policies.

Any queries to the content of the above please contact the Outdoor Department reference 530

Email address: outdoorsecretary@cwu.org







Yours Sincerely,

Mark Baulch

CWU A/Assistant Secretary

[spen]

Footwear entitlement would change from 2 pairs every year, to 1 pair every 6 months.



Who writes this s**t

[deltaforce]

Besides , I would think 4 pairs a year would be nearer the mark.

[worktotime]

Footwear entitlement would change from 2 pairs every year, to 1 pair every 6 months.



Who writes this s**t

I thought that as well , so is it still 2 pairs of shoes a year then our leaders hmm,

[worktotime]

did they pass a motion on elastic bands ? weve had none for weeks , you are actually raking through everything to find any to tie your duty up , oh and we was told we cant have none till the end of tax year , tools of the job my arse , never mind when we cant tie up it wont go out.

[spen]

Can you cut my pizza into six slices please cause I don't think I could manage eight lol

[telithowitis]

If they are going to provide us with a water proof coat then we need to send back the current cheap garbage "storm proof" coats that leaves you soaked through in 10 minutes. Absolute rubbish obviously only bought because they were the cheapest.
Then the managers wonder why half the DO is off with flu/cold or chest infection at the moment!!! About time RM woke up and smelt the roses!!!
I wore out my first pair of RM shoes in 4 months. I guess when the next pair wear out in a similar time I will email the DOM and tell him my health and safety is compromised and if Ibslip it will be RM fault and see what happens.

[datasaint]

If they are going to provide us with a water proof coat then we need to send back the current cheap garbage "storm proof" coats that leaves you soaked through in 10 minutes. Absolute rubbish obviously only bought because they were the cheapest.

Can't fault my latest Stormproof, kept me bone dry in constant rain, and that's even when sat in the van with it pressing on the jacket which normally lets it through.

The shoes are a whole other issue though, need to be lighter and better designed for walking i.e. cushioned in way more sizes/widths.

[Kick the Bucket]

The footwear is complete garbage! Whenever I order shoes it always has to be the Anvils because that is all they ever have in stock. They destroy my feet and usually have a gaping hole in the side after a couple of weeks!