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Post by Sugar »

worktotime wrote:to be honest I can see another deal of the century :crazy: , AGAIN .
The usual £200 golden carrot and 75% of the workforce will fall for it then a week after accepting go back to their frames on a daily basis saying the union do fu£k all for them and just sell them down the river?

It's like groundhog day with this company.
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Post by fb1969 »

From their reaction when they turned up, most of the posties at our place would sell their soul for a free pizza from Dominos.
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failing the workforce, failing the public and deliberately failing mail on a daily basis for too many years.
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Post by postslippete »

woofwoof wrote:Are they building the 5th piller
Wasn't it Matt Hancock that had 5 pillars? He's went one better than the CWU
On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world.
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Post by blue1873 »

fb1969 wrote:From their reaction when they turned up, most of the posties at our place would sell their soul for a free pizza from Dominos.
Always been that way "1969" same s**t , different day :arrrghhh :d'oh!
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Post by Seymour Buts »

Rico Pullinger? Is that Terry's German cousin?
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Post by worktotime »

blue1873 wrote:
fb1969 wrote:From their reaction when they turned up, most of the posties at our place would sell their soul for a free pizza from Dominos.
Always been that way "1969" same s**t , different day :arrrghhh :d'oh!
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Post by wookie »

TheTrolleyMan wrote:I see the d2ds have started creeping up as well ( we now have to do Saturday's within Mon -Fri )
We've been just taking where we are going and finishing them the following week. We were told to throw them all off by Tuesday and be careful you don't leave mail in the frames.
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Post by streets97 »

now we have just kopped for more work from parcelforce , great idea :thumbup Would you rather be unemployed
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Post by worktotime »

wookie wrote:
TheTrolleyMan wrote:I see the d2ds have started creeping up as well ( we now have to do Saturday's within Mon -Fri )
We've been just taking where we are going and finishing them the following week. We were told to throw them all off by Tuesday and be careful you don't leave mail in the frames.
throw them all in by Tuesday ? good luck with that but its a bit different when you have 2 dutys with 1000 calls on each to prep mostly double slots. , so what if the spec is an offer or something like that and ends that week ? and what if they are double slots ? it would take longer to pull them out with mail and then write the number on the d2ds on the property you aren't going to :crazy: , do you think the CWU realise what pressure this way of working has on delivery staff ?
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Post by TheTrolleyMan »

At least I get shed loads of overtime on Suntan Monday's
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Post by Grumpyoldmailman »

worktotime wrote:throw them all in by Tuesday ? good luck with that but its a bit different when you have 2 dutys with 1000 calls on each to prep mostly double slots. , so what if the spec is an offer or something like that and ends that week ? and what if they are double slots ? it would take longer to pull them out with mail and then write the number on the d2ds on the property you aren't going to :crazy: , do you think the CWU realise what pressure this way of working has on delivery staff ?
Why is it any different, u chuck them in and it takes you as long as it takes. Double slots you take them both and deliver them both. The dates on the offers are not your problem. That was the agreement the CWU made, there is no more pressure.
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Post by Woody Guthrie »

There is no problem if you've got a decent rep and if anything that's the union's failing.

The CWU is dominated by the LDC and because they have HQ on their doorstep, Westminster in their delivery area and the ability to mobilise a high concentration of members in a small geographical area their reps have real bargaining power.

Unfortunately they think every rep has that hold over management.
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Post by Decky Boy »

TheTrolleyMan wrote:It's all gone too quiet for my liking
Quiet is good. It means both parties are talking....and one hopes getting somewhere ? My sources tell me we can expect a joint statement on Wednesday.
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Post by worktotime »

Grumpyoldmailman wrote:
worktotime wrote:throw them all in by Tuesday ? good luck with that but its a bit different when you have 2 dutys with 1000 calls on each to prep mostly double slots. , so what if the spec is an offer or something like that and ends that week ? and what if they are double slots ? it would take longer to pull them out with mail and then write the number on the d2ds on the property you aren't going to :crazy: , do you think the CWU realise what pressure this way of working has on delivery staff ?
Why is it any different, u chuck them in and it takes you as long as it takes. Double slots you take them both and deliver them both. The dates on the offers are not your problem. That was the agreement the CWU made, there is no more pressure.
fair point :thumbup