CWU statement tonight (30th Mar) :A Statement by the CWU on an Emergency Measures Response to the Escalating Coronavirus Pandemic

A2B · Post by **A2B** » 31 Mar 2020, 08:05

SpacePhoenix wrote:
Jack1960 wrote:Be much easier to stagger starting times, half the staff come in at 6, should be out by 10at the latest, then the rest come, change the rota week by week.
Do you have any mail to sort as early as 06:00? For some DOs where the mail all comes in on one van that van won't have departed the MC by 06:00.

Plenty of failed walks from previous days to prep

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 31 Mar 2020, 09:43

A2B wrote:
SpacePhoenix wrote:
Jack1960 wrote:Be much easier to stagger starting times, half the staff come in at 6, should be out by 10at the latest, then the rest come, change the rota week by week.
Do you have any mail to sort as early as 06:00? For some DOs where the mail all comes in on one van that van won't have departed the MC by 06:00.
Plenty of failed walks from previous days to prep

and rollover boxes from the previous days coded.

the best DOs are running at somewhere between 50 and 75 % staffing at the moment SpacePhoenix there is plenty of work in DOs we can't get it all out every day.

2yearpostie · Post by **2yearpostie** » 31 Mar 2020, 12:47

well i for one dont only want to work 3 days im happy with 5 thanks.

twiddledumb · Post by **twiddledumb** » 31 Mar 2020, 12:53

kookoo32 wrote:A three day week? On full pay? Never going to happen. And as for partnering up with the Government as a vital service - who is to say they want us.

Just like the test kits they will give that job to Amazon, Jeff can bribe the politicians to get what he wants.

JKSmudge · Post by **JKSmudge** » 31 Mar 2020, 15:37

twiddledumb wrote:
kookoo32 wrote:A three day week? On full pay? Never going to happen. And as for partnering up with the Government as a vital service - who is to say they want us.
Just like the test kits they will give that job to Amazon, Jeff can bribe the politicians to get what he wants.

Jeff could one day be our boss - RM share price so low I wouldn't rule out Amazon trying to buy it on the cheap.

Post by **CRIBMAD** » 31 Mar 2020, 15:45

daveyeff wrote:if we go to 3 days a week, it doesn't say if we will get full pay. though i doubt it very much if we did.

we are currently operating this system ! i go in tue , thur and sat. i prep both mine and my partners walk , but only take mine out and my partners knock ons. he does mon, wed and friday and does the same. it means we are in at 6am and have 2 days mail but at least we get 4 days off and no one prepping behind or next to us. seems to work ok at present and with full pay !

Post by **rambo1** » 31 Mar 2020, 16:01

FilthyBloke wrote:Our office has pretty much half the staff starting at 6.30 and then the other half coming in at 9 when the 6.30 staff have already gone out.
We deliver d2ds where we are going but with the reduced mail atm even the 9am lot are finished by 1.

I prefer that to half pay and working 3 days.

So I guess the ones coming in at nine have their delivery fully prepped up to just go and deliver, if they're getting back at 1? How have you got any mail at 6.30 as well?

daveyeff · Post by **daveyeff** » 31 Mar 2020, 16:01

3 x 12hrs has been mentioned by the rep. so will probs be 11hrs 45 graft with 1.hr 15 for your bait/break. done Mon, Tue. Wed, one week, (half the office) other half does Thurs, Fri, Sat. then swap over the next week.

Post by **rambo1** » 31 Mar 2020, 16:02

TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
A2B wrote:
SpacePhoenix wrote:
Jack1960 wrote:Be much easier to stagger starting times, half the staff come in at 6, should be out by 10at the latest, then the rest come, change the rota week by week.
Do you have any mail to sort as early as 06:00? For some DOs where the mail all comes in on one van that van won't have departed the MC by 06:00.
Plenty of failed walks from previous days to prep
and rollover boxes from the previous days coded.

the best DOs are running at somewhere between 50 and 75 % staffing at the moment SpacePhoenix there is plenty of work in DOs we can't get it all out every day.

I believe we cleared our office today. Without much overtime incurred.

daveyeff · Post by **daveyeff** » 31 Mar 2020, 16:06

have you got a full quota of required staff?

poisonpostie · Post by **poisonpostie** » 31 Mar 2020, 16:44

I dont know if i have read this right,they want us to work for three days at three days pay for doing double work on each day worked(dont they realize packets are at Christmas levels) does this mean that the people on 12 weeks isolation will get there pay cut to three days a week and the public can stay at home and get 80% of there wages for stopping in seems quite unfair to me.
I am quite happy working as we have gloves and sanitizer and people keep their distance,everything i handle i treat like its contagious and sanitize my gloves after every loop(if someone comes to the door coughing i am literally 20 feet away by the door opening !!!!!

Woody Guthrie · Post by **Woody Guthrie** » 31 Mar 2020, 16:49

Not even the CWU is daft enough to float the idea that we all go down to 3 days pay.

This is a different daft idea, that the business pays us the same money for working 3 days.

GRS · Post by **GRS** » 31 Mar 2020, 16:55

Yamr1 wrote:Small company's can pay staff 12 weeks wages to sit in the house , I think rmg can afford it plus were still working on top of that ....

Really? I doubt many small companies can do that. As others have said the best outcome is 6 -2 & say 12-8 split across the DO. That pretty much negates any of the problems regarding too many people in a small space, solves the 1 man 1 van scenario, keeps the service to the public and ensures everyone gets their full wage. Not sure how many will survive on 60% for weeks on end and it’ll seem unfair that you’ll be working for the said 60% while others do nothing for 80%.

frankieboy · Post by **frankieboy** » 31 Mar 2020, 17:02

CRIBMAD wrote:
daveyeff wrote:if we go to 3 days a week, it doesn't say if we will get full pay. though i doubt it very much if we did.
we are currently operating this system ! i go in tue , thur and sat. i prep both mine and my partners walk , but only take mine out and my partners knock ons. he does mon, wed and friday and does the same. it means we are in at 6am and have 2 days mail but at least we get 4 days off and no one prepping behind or next to us. seems to work ok at present and with full pay !

This is how I see it to mate, 3 days equals either, Monday,Wednesday, friday or Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, either way the day your in you take 2 days mail out and get full pay, simples. It's all about having less people in the offices at the same time.

Post by **CRIBMAD** » 31 Mar 2020, 17:05

frankieboy wrote:
CRIBMAD wrote:
daveyeff wrote:if we go to 3 days a week, it doesn't say if we will get full pay. though i doubt it very much if we did.
we are currently operating this system ! i go in tue , thur and sat. i prep both mine and my partners walk , but only take mine out and my partners knock ons. he does mon, wed and friday and does the same. it means we are in at 6am and have 2 days mail but at least we get 4 days off and no one prepping behind or next to us. seems to work ok at present and with full pay !
This is how I see it to mate, 3 days equals either, Monday,Wednesday, friday or Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, either way the day your in you take 2 days mail out and get full pay, simples. It's all about having less people in the offices at the same time.

PLUS you get a long weekend every two weeks