LTB 025/2021 - Royal Mail Group Introduction of New Branded Reusable/Washable Cotton Face Masks

[clashcityrocker]

Firstly they are not compulsory. You can wear your own you if feel more comfortable with that.
What hard physical manual labour are you talking about?

[daveyeff]

it was noticed on the invoice in the box we got....'made in china'. that raised a few comments. conspiracy theorists had a field day in ours.

[2chorizon]

Firstly they are not compulsory. You can wear your own you if feel more comfortable with that.
What hard physical manual labour are you talking about?

8hrs portering in a busy MC
8hrs scanning and lifting heavy & large parcels in a bullring
8hrs operating an ILSM humping 10kg letter trays all day.

Just 3 for example.

[2chorizon]

The people who get away with avoiding the above types of heavy work will need to start taking their turn on it. (1hr rotation as per risk assesments)

And......going forward it is to be surgical mask for casuals and RM issue or surgical mask for royal mail employees

No bandanas or scarves or individual facemasks will be permitted.

And those claiming exemption can now be asked to provide proof thanks to a joint RM / CWU agreement.

[2chorizon]

"Be careful what you wish for"

[SpacePhoenix]

8hrs operating an ILSM humping 10kg letter trays all day.

Same for a CSS

The people who get away with avoiding the above types of heavy work will need to start taking their turn on it. (1hr rotation as per risk assesments)

All MCs only have a very few staff mech trained (CSS/iLSM/IMP/CFC/T2K). Don't know about PSMs.

In MCs (at least locally) all primary small packet sorting is done on powered conveyors

[2chorizon]

It is time to even out the score ........

There may have been highly vocal types on here pro-masking.

Now it is time to drag them into equal workload allocation.

Yes yes......they have mouthed off about "facemasks" now thèy will enter the world of triple ply (insecticide treated) RM official issue facemasks, and subsequently be dealt the severe psychological blow of actually having to rotate with casuals on the heavy work.
And no royal mail manager can help them evade it!

They will be brought before a tribunal for anything less than an equal sharing out of heavy workloads.
After all if " it is easy to feel the resistance to air flow through them when compared to many other face coverings" is the name of the RM game...... then we must push for equality of work allocation? Surely..........

[ConeHater]

Yawn.

[Woody Guthrie]

Again for the hard of understanding.
Wearing the RM branded face coverings is not mandatory.

They will be brought before a tribunal for anything less than an equal sharing out of heavy workloads.

I nearly fell off my chair laughing at that one.

[aiden01]

Again for the hard of understanding.
Wearing the RM branded face coverings is not mandatory.

They will be brought before a tribunal for anything less than an equal sharing out of heavy workloads.

I nearly fell off my chair laughing at that one.

Has k79aaa changed his user name

[wazer]

https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/19 ... facemasks/

[ripio]

https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/19 ... facemasks/

A non-story.
Nobody claimed they were medical grade ppe.
They are washable, reusable face coverings, to reduce transmission.

[twoloops]

We’ve been told to wear the RM mask when possibly facing a customer, knocking on a door etc.

[al64]

We have been told we can not just wear the face shield on its own, have to wear a mask with it too

[clashcityrocker]

Well done to the grumpy git in Leighton Buzzard who is already selling them on ebay for £4.50 each.

(Nice to have xmas smilies still available in February)