5 London bus workers die any RM statistics?

Spartacus · Post by **Spartacus** » 06 Apr 2020, 17:50

Commiserations to the friends and family of these two.

twoloops · Post by **twoloops** » 06 Apr 2020, 17:56

We should not be working it's all about the money Royal Mail will be taking a lot more life's before this is over

Rest in Peace

postslippete · Post by **postslippete** » 06 Apr 2020, 18:11

twoloops wrote:You can’t just turn blind & plod on Plodder it’s time everyone switched on, we are working in unsafe offices & as a result of RM profit before people a lot of friends & family & work mates will die of civid-19.

Our depot has improved it's health and safety measures I'm pleased to say, but I'm not on social media all the time. I check the news and updates but I'm not obsessed by everything that's happening.

manmade2020 · Post by **manmade2020** » 07 Apr 2020, 06:22

I work at parcel force's Coventry hubs and can confirm there has been one fatality from an employee catching the virus at the hub.

Staff were informed by a document posted by the cwu on the notice board at our work place. Lots of employers are off sick, many showing symptoms consistent with coronavirus. Managers carrying on like everythings normal, not really abiding with the social distance rule.

manmade2020 · Post by **manmade2020** » 07 Apr 2020, 06:37

I personally knew and worked with the victim. He was a polish national and in his 60's. Nice bloke. My commiserations to his family.

I suspect things will get worse and there may may be more fatalities. This is because at the national hub, which is where Stefan worked, it is not easy to adhere to social distancing because there's too many workers working in a confined area or place.

Measures have been taken to enforce social distancing but weather they are effective or not remains to be seen.

Zicomurphy · Post by **Zicomurphy** » 07 Apr 2020, 07:55

manmade2020 wrote:I personally knew and worked with the victim. He was a polish national and in his 60's. Nice bloke. My commiserations to his family.

I suspect things will get worse and there may may be more fatalities. This is because at the national hub, which is where Stefan worked, it is not easy to adhere to social distancing because there's too many workers working in a confined area or place.

Measures have been taken to enforce social distancing but weather they are effective or not remains to be seen.

The scary thing is the comments you make about it not being easy to adhere to social distancing, too many workers in too small a space and the measures that have been taken maybe not being enough probably could apply to the majority of DO’s up and down the country. I wonder how many offices, if any, operate with the entire workforce 2 metres apart at all times. It does feel like we are all playing some scary lottery at the moment where you just don’t know what the odds are that you might end up losing.

The trouble is you kinda know Royal Mails attitude to this will be, yeah, it’s a tragic loss, our sincere condolences to the families, but can you actually prove he contracted it while at work?

manmade2020 · Post by **manmade2020** » 07 Apr 2020, 14:30

A colleague of mine told me he was displaying symptoms whilst at work and told his line manager he wasn't feeling well. Another women who came into contact with him is also off sick now.

Regardless of where he caught it from, the issue is the virus is spreading within the work place. This is evident from the number people off sick.

My concern is there are workes who have the virus but do not know it and are they are infecting others.

Chelseablue · Post by **Chelseablue** » 07 Apr 2020, 15:25

Or ignoring symptoms because they are getting a lot of overtime . Or too scared to go off .

Woody Guthrie · Post by **Woody Guthrie** » 07 Apr 2020, 15:46

Chelseablue wrote:Or ignoring symptoms because they are getting a lot of overtime . Or too scared to go off .

Or not contacting NHS when you've had the symptoms for too long.
You okay today?

manmade2020 · Post by **manmade2020** » 07 Apr 2020, 18:48

Chelseablue wrote:Or ignoring symptoms because they are getting a lot of overtime . Or too scared to go off .

Anyone who displays symptoms (even if they it may not be Covid-19 related) at the workplace will or should be sent hope. A few have been sent home at my workplace. Why people come into the workplace feeling unwell in the first place is beyond me.

twoloops · Post by **twoloops** » 08 Apr 2020, 07:50

On GMTVs interview with Sadiq Khan he’s saying 14 London transport workers have died 9 where drivers.

Stormproof · Post by **Stormproof** » 08 Apr 2020, 08:31

twoloops wrote:On GMTVs interview with Sadiq Khan he’s saying 14 London transport workers have died 9 where drivers.

I couldn't believe it when Khan said they don't need PPE. What a ****!

RTP · Post by **RTP** » 08 Apr 2020, 08:34

The interview with the mother of one of the bus drivers was heartbreaking.

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 08 Apr 2020, 10:09

The last time that i was on a bus in London many years ago, all the buses had a screen between the passengers and the driver. Between that and no cash being accepted, how are they catching it?

Woody Guthrie · Post by **Woody Guthrie** » 08 Apr 2020, 10:51

Stormproof wrote:
twoloops wrote:On GMTVs interview with Sadiq Khan he’s saying 14 London transport workers have died 9 where drivers.
I couldn't believe it when Khan said they don't need PPE. What a ****!

What is PPE though in these circumstances?
We're being advised by WHO and NHS that masks are useless unless you have it or you're dealing with someone who has it.

We're being told by doctors and nurses that gloves are useless and potentially dangerous outside clinical use.

The drivers have hand sanitisers.

So what do we/they do?