strike format?

daveyeff · Post by **daveyeff** » 29 Aug 2017, 16:57

branch secretary was at ours today, to update people who don't know what's happening in the talks. a question was raised on the subject of how the strike will be implemented (presuming the talks fail and we get a yes vote) He said its been suggested by senior reps/executive that rolling strikes of two days a week on different sections, i.e. D.Os Monday/Tuesday, distribution Wednesday/Thursday data people Fridays/Saturday. He said its also been suggested a week a month of strikes, rather than 2 days. that way you would lose 5 days over the month rather than eight days if we were to strike for 2 days a week....any thoughts?

worktotime · Post by **worktotime** » 29 Aug 2017, 17:57

go for a week and work to time till the next weekly strike , that should do the trick , sooner the better imo

I think if it was a 2 day strike delivery needs to be later in the week on busyier days . wednesday , Thursday.

TheTrolleyMan · Post by **TheTrolleyMan** » 29 Aug 2017, 18:27

worktotime wrote:go for a week and work to time till the next weekly strike , that should do the trick , sooner the better imo I think if it was a 2 day strike delivery needs to be later in the week on busyier days . wednesday , Thursday.

Lets not pussyfoot about

worktotime · Post by **worktotime** » 29 Aug 2017, 18:31

TheTrolleyMan wrote:
worktotime wrote:go for a week and work to time till the next weekly strike , that should do the trick , sooner the better imo I think if it was a 2 day strike delivery needs to be later in the week on busyier days . wednesday , Thursday.
Lets not pussyfoot about

to right they have had plenty of time .

daveyeff · Post by **daveyeff** » 29 Aug 2017, 18:34

TheTrolleyMan wrote:
worktotime wrote:go for a week and work to time till the next weekly strike , that should do the trick , sooner the better imo I think if it was a 2 day strike delivery needs to be later in the week on busyier days . wednesday , Thursday.
Lets not pussyfoot about

could go for Friday and Saturday one week then Monday and Tuesday the next,...no movement for 4 days. maximum impact.

worktotime · Post by **worktotime** » 29 Aug 2017, 19:12

daveyeff wrote:
TheTrolleyMan wrote:
worktotime wrote:go for a week and work to time till the next weekly strike , that should do the trick , sooner the better imo I think if it was a 2 day strike delivery needs to be later in the week on busyier days . wednesday , Thursday.
Lets not pussyfoot about
could go for Friday and Saturday one week then Monday and Tuesday the next,...no movement for 4 days. maximum impact.

postslippete · Post by **postslippete** » 29 Aug 2017, 19:45

I'm sure that Royal Mail will be pulling out all the stops to dissuade staff from going on strike though - things like no Xmas bonus for those who strike.

Is there any chance that we could get Unite, the managers Union on board with ours to strike?? Wouldn't our managers stand to lose out more than us pension wise

Wornoutpostie · Post by **Wornoutpostie** » 29 Aug 2017, 19:55

Managers had the chance to voice their concerns in a ballot - 28% turn out says it all....

Sorry, but once again it's "us" and "them"

A week strike across the board would do it.... They might even crack after a few days....

worktotime · Post by **worktotime** » 29 Aug 2017, 22:13

postslippete wrote:I'm sure that Royal Mail will be pulling out all the stops to dissuade staff from going on strike though - things like no Xmas bonus for those who strike.

Is there any chance that we could get Unite, the managers Union on board with ours to strike?? Wouldn't our managers stand to lose out more than us pension wise

to be honest my xmas doesn't revolve round a xmas payment and what would there excuse be to pay some and not pay others that strike ? and its just an incentive for opgs not to go sick during Dec , same as the the car draw which didn't happen ? hmm , the managers union hasnt done jack s**t since they threw out r/ms pension offer , I wonder why they haven't balloted for I/a ? do you think they are waiting to see what the cwu get ? or nobody would miss them if they did strike ? or they have no balls ?

gary1975 · Post by **gary1975** » 30 Aug 2017, 07:50

A week during cyber week and a week mid December should get there attention

yellowbelly · Post by **yellowbelly** » 30 Aug 2017, 17:23

postslippete wrote:I'm sure that Royal Mail will be pulling out all the stops to dissuade staff from going on strike though - things like no Xmas bonus for those who strike.

Is there any chance that we could get Unite, the managers Union on board with ours to strike?? Wouldn't our managers stand to lose out more than us pension wise

As I understand it, the abysmal turnout of 28 per cent does not qualify the ballot as meeting the minimum requirement to support industrial action in the eyes
of the law. A minimum turnout of 50 per cent is required with 40 per cent (of that 50 per cent) voting for industrial action.

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 30 Aug 2017, 17:41

yellowbelly wrote:
postslippete wrote:I'm sure that Royal Mail will be pulling out all the stops to dissuade staff from going on strike though - things like no Xmas bonus for those who strike.

Is there any chance that we could get Unite, the managers Union on board with ours to strike?? Wouldn't our managers stand to lose out more than us pension wise
As I understand it, the abysmal turnout of 28 per cent does not qualify the ballot as meeting the minimum requirement to support industrial action in the eyes
of the law. A minimum turnout of 50 per cent is required with 40 per cent (of that 50 per cent) voting for industrial action.

The manager's ballot was a consultation one, not an Industrial Action one. Basically, it was whether to accept the offer or not. The actual turn out has no bearing on the matter, its a simple case of majority voting.

Although the low turn out will affect the negotiations there are no legal implications, it was still a narrow rejection.

Chitchat · Post by **Chitchat** » 31 Aug 2017, 16:10

daveyeff wrote:
TheTrolleyMan wrote:
worktotime wrote:go for a week and work to time till the next weekly strike , that should do the trick , sooner the better imo I think if it was a 2 day strike delivery needs to be later in the week on busyier days . wednesday , Thursday.
Lets not pussyfoot about
could go for Friday and Saturday one week then Monday and Tuesday the next,...no movement for 4 days. maximum impact.

I like

citypostie · Post by **citypostie** » 31 Aug 2017, 19:46

Chitchat wrote:
daveyeff wrote:
TheTrolleyMan wrote:
worktotime wrote:go for a week and work to time till the next weekly strike , that should do the trick , sooner the better imo I think if it was a 2 day strike delivery needs to be later in the week on busyier days . wednesday , Thursday.
Lets not pussyfoot about
could go for Friday and Saturday one week then Monday and Tuesday the next,...no movement for 4 days. maximum impact.
I like

And a nice long weekend to boot, im in

yellowbelly · Post by **yellowbelly** » 01 Sep 2017, 11:07

TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
yellowbelly wrote:
postslippete wrote:I'm sure that Royal Mail will be pulling out all the stops to dissuade staff from going on strike though - things like no Xmas bonus for those who strike.

Is there any chance that we could get Unite, the managers Union on board with ours to strike?? Wouldn't our managers stand to lose out more than us pension wise
As I understand it, the abysmal turnout of 28 per cent does not qualify the ballot as meeting the minimum requirement to support industrial action in the eyes
of the law. A minimum turnout of 50 per cent is required with 40 per cent (of that 50 per cent) voting for industrial action.
The manager's ballot was a consultation one, not an Industrial Action one. Basically, it was whether to accept the offer or not. The actual turn out has no bearing on the matter, its a simple case of majority voting.

Although the low turn out will affect the negotiations there are no legal implications, it was still a narrow rejection.

TBT - thanks for the further info, but let's hope the voter apathy is not reflected in any future votes either by CWU or Unite. Irrespective of whether
the vote was consultation or not if people can't be bothered to vote when they can stick the flipping vote in the post where they
actually work what hope is there!!

Imagine how different the current national and international political landscape might look if people who wished they had voted had done so!