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What's The State Of Play In Your Office
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Brandy
- EX ROYAL MAIL
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What's The State Of Play In Your Office
I should think morale is on the floor now
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wannabeek
- Posts: 996
- Joined: 27 Apr 2011, 00:49
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What's The State Of Play In Your Office
Morale was down initially but picking up now. There are some serious positive points to this new situation:
- RM have committed in front of the High Court to sit down and talk - it appears they've been avoiding serious talks for 18 months now.
- The public will be massively more on our side if we cannot now be portrayed in the media as evil selfish posties trying to ruin Christmas for our own benefit.
- These talks will have independent mediation, not just 2 angry stubborn groups. There is now finally a decent chance of getting a mutually acceptable deal on the table.
- We've got the company to commit to serious talks without having to lose a day's pay to get that. I think RM made a big mistake in going to the High Court as it made them look worse for doing so. If they had seen the 90% ballot result and said to us that they would sit down and legally commit to serious mediated talks immediately then this strike action may not even have been called.
- We now have time to build up a serious reserve of strike fund using the traditional Christmas overtime.
- We all know that there is tons of mail in January. Difficult mail too. Parcels can easily be taken by competitors - however not one of them has anywhere near the capacity, infrastructure or staff to deal with that holiday brochure avalanche that hits us every January!
Just my opinion, but I now think the union have played an absolute blinder (probably unintentionally) in getting this judgement. I think it has given us the best chance of getting a decent deal in the long run, while losing the least amount of pay.
- RM have committed in front of the High Court to sit down and talk - it appears they've been avoiding serious talks for 18 months now.
- The public will be massively more on our side if we cannot now be portrayed in the media as evil selfish posties trying to ruin Christmas for our own benefit.
- These talks will have independent mediation, not just 2 angry stubborn groups. There is now finally a decent chance of getting a mutually acceptable deal on the table.
- We've got the company to commit to serious talks without having to lose a day's pay to get that. I think RM made a big mistake in going to the High Court as it made them look worse for doing so. If they had seen the 90% ballot result and said to us that they would sit down and legally commit to serious mediated talks immediately then this strike action may not even have been called.
- We now have time to build up a serious reserve of strike fund using the traditional Christmas overtime.
- We all know that there is tons of mail in January. Difficult mail too. Parcels can easily be taken by competitors - however not one of them has anywhere near the capacity, infrastructure or staff to deal with that holiday brochure avalanche that hits us every January!
Just my opinion, but I now think the union have played an absolute blinder (probably unintentionally) in getting this judgement. I think it has given us the best chance of getting a decent deal in the long run, while losing the least amount of pay.
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GRS
- Posts: 826
- Joined: 15 Jun 2015, 18:38
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- Location: South West
What's The State Of Play In Your Office
Wannabeek I agree with your sentiments. I think there are more positives to come out of the court judgment than many people initially thought.