Rm court USO

2yearpostie · Post by **2yearpostie** » 23 Jun 2020, 15:07

Heard on the grapevine RM are in court today to beg for the USO to go to 5 days a week. Anyone heard anything?

DGH · Post by **DGH** » 23 Jun 2020, 15:25

I'm not sure why that should go to a court. The regulator would deal with that and then possibly parliament.

deltaforce · Post by **deltaforce** » 23 Jun 2020, 15:34

DGH wrote:I'm not sure why that should go to a court. The regulator would deal with that and then possibly parliament.

Dept of Trade and Industry. Just more crud from the rumour mill.

Rommagic · Post by **Rommagic** » 23 Jun 2020, 15:41

Five days a week permanent?.

toonshola · Post by **toonshola** » 23 Jun 2020, 16:04

Another rumour to add to the list. It’s about time the union came out and gave us some sort of update to what the hell is going on.

Grumpyoldmailman · Post by **Grumpyoldmailman** » 23 Jun 2020, 16:51

I’m sure we will find out by Friday when the annual accounts are released.

deltaforce · Post by **deltaforce** » 23 Jun 2020, 16:54

toonshola wrote:Another rumour to add to the list. It’s about time the union came out and gave us some sort of update to what the hell is going on.

It’s often the case whilst negotiations are going on they are conducted “in camera“ as part of the negotiation conditions. Then each team refer back to their particular bosses for approval. Then if a deal is approved then it is presented to the membership for ballot. If nothing is seen to be going on ,then something is going on , if the past is anything to go by.These things are generally protracted in their nature

matta · Post by **matta** » 23 Jun 2020, 16:56

Makes sense to go 5 day week with mail dying a death if it stops job losses? Can’t see union paying our wages if RM can’t afford to keep all the staff on

Yamr1 · Post by **Yamr1** » 23 Jun 2020, 18:20

Defiantly needs to be 5 day operation on letters now mon-fri,
But parcels need to move to 7days to compete with the competitors.
It's the only way this great British company will survive,
And every Postie's around the UK knows this.
Let's build this great British company up again and work with the cwu and the new ceo.
It benefits all of the workforce

2yearpostie · Post by **2yearpostie** » 23 Jun 2020, 18:24

Yamr1 wrote:Defiantly needs to be 5 day operation on letters now mon-fri,
But parcels need to move to 7days to compete with the competitors.
It's the only way this great British company will survive,
And every Postie's around the UK knows this.
Let's build this great British company up again and work with the cwu and the new ceo.
It benefits all of the workforce

I totally agree, we just need to find a fair way of choosing who is working sat and sun, this should not be a seniority type thing, i favour a 3 or 4 on 3 or 4 off system.

Cucumber · Post by **Cucumber** » 23 Jun 2020, 18:28

Yamr1 wrote:Defiantly needs to be 5 day operation on letters now mon-fri,
But parcels need to move to 7days to compete with the competitors.
It's the only way this great British company will survive,
And every Postie's around the UK knows this.
Let's build this great British company up again and work with the cwu and the new ceo.
It benefits all of the workforce

I'm not sure how you 'sell' working on a Sunday to people though.

Post by **wacko74** » 23 Jun 2020, 18:45

Well my ideal job within RM would be just working around 20 hours, sat & sun just doing pkts, then having mon-fri off.

So some of us would be more than happy to work weekends.

A2B · Post by **A2B** » 23 Jun 2020, 18:46

Yamr1 wrote:Defiantly needs to be 5 day operation on letters now mon-fri,
But parcels need to move to 7days to compete with the competitors.
It's the only way this great British company will survive,
And every Postie's around the UK knows this.
Let's build this great British company up again and work with the cwu and the new ceo.
It benefits all of the workforce

Are you a speech writer for Boris?

2yearpostie · Post by **2yearpostie** » 23 Jun 2020, 18:50

4 on 4 off works for all contract lengths

35 hrs (full time) 6;15 am - 3pm
30hrs 7;30am-3pm
25 hrs 8;45am-3pm.

wk1 mon-thurs, wk2 tues-fri, wk3 weds-sat, wk4 thurs-sun, wk5 fri-mon, wk6 sat-tue, wk7 sun-weds,repeat.

Then you could have 2 or 3 groups on staggered weeks to ensure the office is always fully staffed.

Cucumber · Post by **Cucumber** » 23 Jun 2020, 18:56

2yearpostie wrote:4 on 4 off works for all contract lengths

35 hrs (full time) 6;15 am - 3pm
30hrs 7;30am-3pm
25 hrs 8;45am-3pm.

wk1 mon-thurs, wk2 tues-fri, wk3 weds-sat, wk4 thurs-sun, wk5 fri-mon, wk6 sat-tue, wk7 sun-weds,repeat.

Then you could have 2 or 3 groups on staggered weeks to ensure the office is always fully staffed.

Not everybody drives though.