RMG CEO Simon Thompson has responded to CWU GS Dave Ward's letter offering talks. A meeting will now take place tomorrow. Dave Ward and Andy Furey will attend on behalf of the CWU

[postmanpmh]

No news is good news!?

Although I don’t even know what would constitute as good news in all this.

[thefox]

Car loaded & I’m off down the van for the weekend, see you Monday

What you gonna do if it gets called off and your required to go in?

No mobile reception at the caravan

[2yearpostie]

Car loaded & I’m off down the van for the weekend, see you Monday

What you gonna do if it gets called off and your required to go in?

No mobile reception at the caravan

He wont be laughing if they dismiss him for unauthorised absence.

[Rumple]

Well your full of positives. it’d go down as unpaid leave as did the day after Her Majesty’s passing, no doubt

[Acca Dacca]

Whilst I wouldnt condone playing about with them, unauthorised absences are not classed as gross misconduct ( dismissal )

[sindba]

Tomorrow and Saturday are on pay aren't they?

Highly unlikely "Si" would agree a no-strings eg 8% in the first meeting. Anything less and we'll still be out.

Think we're all just a bit twitchy after the Queen fiasco. Some comms from the Union would help though.

[CRIBMAD]

Tomorrow and Saturday are on pay aren't they?

Highly unlikely "Si" would agree a no-strings eg 8% in the first meeting. Anything less and we'll still be out.

Think we're all just a bit twitchy after the Queen fiasco. Some comms from the Union would help though.

they will all be down at the "dog and bone" getting pissed

[CRIBMAD]

UPDATE FOR ROYAL MAIL GROUP MEMBERS
We have today met with Royal Mail Group. No progress was reached and the strikes scheduled for tomorrow and Saturday will go ahead as scheduled.
It is crucial that every single CWU member supports the action.

[Wolf91]

I think what we can summarise from this thread is that managers know f**k all and some of you guys need to think a bit longer before you post.

My manager said.. I can't f***ing remember because I wasn't listening to him.

True. It was probably my fault for saying that. He reckons it was an email from CWU but who knows. I think we’re all just a bit twitchy and waiting on some reassurance. Anything, either way, would be helpful…

[clashcityrocker]

UPDATE FOR ROYAL MAIL GROUP MEMBERS
We have today met with Royal Mail Group. No progress was reached and the strikes scheduled for tomorrow and Saturday will go ahead as scheduled.
It is crucial that every single CWU member supports the action.
#StandByYourPost

[twoloops]

Superb well done the CWU #Solidarity

[thefox]

Nice 1 cwu

[guardianangel]

Realistically, they're going to struggle to get anywhere as long as the union only wants to negotiate the terms of its own "alternative vision" for the company and not negotiate the best terms for members to enact some of the company's vision. Management will say the Union aren't serious about talks and the Union will say management aren't serious and it'll be back to square one: not talking, and endless - and very probably ultimately fruitless - IA.

As much as we all want a positive outcome from all this, the Union need to accept that their fantasy wishlist plan of A) begging Labour to renationalize the business, and B) saving (and expanding) the USO somehow so that we're all also community social workers and whatnot as an alternative to a full restructuring of the business around efficient parcel delivery, is just not (for A) politically or (for B) commercially viable or realistic. It's a parcels world now, letters are not going to make a comeback in the digital age and they're never going to help balance the books and pay the salaries. The union has to come to terms with that somehow, and cede ground on modernization while also fighting to keep favourable terms and conditions within the new structures. Refusing to budge on ANYTHING is why management are now expanding it to attack EVERYTHING.

This is obviously going to be a fairly unpopular opinion here, so I'm sorry for that, and I do appreciate how hugely important it is to some people that everything stays exactly as it was, but it's not a unique opinion among much of the membership that we need to allow some change to protect our pay and T&Cs going forward. The longer these strikes go on, the more material damage it does to the company finances and the less likely we are to get the decent pay and conditions that we're after; it will simply become unaffordable.

You belong in space ,absolutely away with the fairies.

[2yearpostie]

Realistically, they're going to struggle to get anywhere as long as the union only wants to negotiate the terms of its own "alternative vision" for the company and not negotiate the best terms for members to enact some of the company's vision. Management will say the Union aren't serious about talks and the Union will say management aren't serious and it'll be back to square one: not talking, and endless - and very probably ultimately fruitless - IA.

As much as we all want a positive outcome from all this, the Union need to accept that their fantasy wishlist plan of A) begging Labour to renationalize the business, and B) saving (and expanding) the USO somehow so that we're all also community social workers and whatnot as an alternative to a full restructuring of the business around efficient parcel delivery, is just not (for A) politically or (for B) commercially viable or realistic. It's a parcels world now, letters are not going to make a comeback in the digital age and they're never going to help balance the books and pay the salaries. The union has to come to terms with that somehow, and cede ground on modernization while also fighting to keep favourable terms and conditions within the new structures. Refusing to budge on ANYTHING is why management are now expanding it to attack EVERYTHING.

This is obviously going to be a fairly unpopular opinion here, so I'm sorry for that, and I do appreciate how hugely important it is to some people that everything stays exactly as it was, but it's not a unique opinion among much of the membership that we need to allow some change to protect our pay and T&Cs going forward. The longer these strikes go on, the more material damage it does to the company finances and the less likely we are to get the decent pay and conditions that we're after; it will simply become unaffordable.

You belong in space ,absolutely away with the fairies.

Actually, welcome to Truss's Britain. This is reality now.

[guardianangel]

Not for long Tories will only ever be remembered in History after next election,they will be obliterated.