Is your office picketing ?

[Mrs Postman]

[k979aaa]

I understand peoples concerns over the financial impact of losing pay but if RM get their way how will you cope when you’re on Statuary sick pay (£92 p.w)??? If losing a few days pay is going to put you into financial ruin wait until your next energy bill comes through

I have a mortgage and 3 kids but for me this is a battle we all can’t afford to lose. The only way we can win is by sticking together and supporting our union 100%. Expecting others to fight for your future is not acceptable it’s time for everyone to stand up and be counted.

Have to agree 100% I may not be on the picket line but will be out and striking for the good of our cause and the working man/woman.

[Woody Guthrie]

Have to say if you don't strike you better get ready to spend the next 20 years with your mouth shut because you've just lost the right to complain about anything.

No moaning about workload or being out in the sun too long or the pay being crap or agency staff taking all your overtime or managers bullying you or no sick pay or how you've got a dodgy knee now and nobody gives a s**t, no moaning about how you keep getting bumped off your duty or how your little office is closing now and you're getting pumped to an industrial estate with another three offices or how your favourite aunt just died and they won't give you the funeral off or how you can't get any days off at all and your summer holidays are in March.

That's the decision you make when you undermine the collective bargaining position, you decide to accept everything, all of it, all the s**t that flows your way.

It's your choice but after you do nobody is listening to your whining anymore.

[aiden01]

Have to say if you don't strike you better get ready to spend the next 20 years with your mouth shut because you've just lost the right to complain about anything.

No moaning about workload or being out in the sun too long or the pay being crap or agency staff taking all your overtime or managers bullying you or no sick pay or how you've got a dodgy knee now and nobody gives a s**t, no moaning about how you keep getting bumped off your duty or how your little office is closing now and you're getting pumped to an industrial estate with another three offices or how your favourite aunt just died and they won't give you the funeral off or how you can't get any days off at all and your summer holidays are in March.

That's the decision you make when you undermine the collective bargaining position, you decide to accept everything, all of it, all the s**t that flows your way.

It's your choice but after you do nobody is listening to your whining anymore.

Superb

[aiden01]

I understand peoples concerns over the financial impact of losing pay but if RM get their way how will you cope when you’re on Statuary sick pay (£92 p.w)??? If losing a few days pay is going to put you into financial ruin wait until your next energy bill comes through

I have a mortgage and 3 kids but for me this is a battle we all can’t afford to lose. The only way we can win is by sticking together and supporting our union 100%. Expecting others to fight for your future is not acceptable it’s time for everyone to stand up and be counted.

Have to agree 100% I may not be on the picket line but will be out and striking for the good of our cause and the working man/woman.

Why will you not be on picket line??

[k979aaa]

I understand peoples concerns over the financial impact of losing pay but if RM get their way how will you cope when you’re on Statuary sick pay (£92 p.w)??? If losing a few days pay is going to put you into financial ruin wait until your next energy bill comes through

I have a mortgage and 3 kids but for me this is a battle we all can’t afford to lose. The only way we can win is by sticking together and supporting our union 100%. Expecting others to fight for your future is not acceptable it’s time for everyone to stand up and be counted.

Have to agree 100% I may not be on the picket line but will be out and striking for the good of our cause and the working man/woman.

Why will you not be on picket line??

Done that before and shift time probably be the only one there would have to talk to some others. But I never work when a strike is called never have never will!

[Weetrogg2]

As a rep I would like everybody to be on the picket line but I accept that ain’t going to happen but I don’t expect people to undermine the I/A by working.

[frankieboy]

All staying in bed apparently, infact i think only 25% of the office will actually strike, the rest will go into work

They may be going into work but they'll nothing for them to do, been told they will be asked to take unpaid leave or its booked as holiday.

[Acca Dacca]

All staying in bed apparently, infact i think only 25% of the office will actually strike, the rest will go into work

They may be going into work but they'll nothing for them to do, been told they will be asked to take unpaid leave or its booked as holiday.

unpaid leave?

Cmon man

[mikep]

It seems to me that the small amounts of apathy that I am hearing to strike action is coming from the newer employees and the overtime chasers . May I remind these good people that without the support and strength from the union and its members over the past decades then we would not have the current pay and terms and conditions that we enjoy today.
My opinion but I believe we have a duty not only to ourselves but to future generations of postal workers to fight Royal Mail to maintain the T&Cs we currently have and a better pay deal than what is currently on offer.
Yes financially everybody has different circumstances but we had a massive %age return to strike in the ballot. Stand your ground , pull in your purse strings a little bit and we will win this battle collectively

[Clappedoutpostie]

I will pop down the picket for the mornings. Will spend the afternoons working out my finances/pensions and updating my cv so I can get a little 2/3 day a week job somewhere and be done with RM.

[priority102]

Will spend the afternoons working out my finances/pensions and updating my cv so I can get a little 2/3 day a week job somewhere and be done with RM.

It's very do-able. Best thing I ever did.

[WASD]

I sympathise with the newbies who aren't sure wtf is going on, but people who have been with RM for a few years and live locally really have no excuse but to picket. Think this job is hard now...?

[Cedar_Room]

Will be on the picket line!

[Woody Guthrie]

Can't really think of any excuse not to be on the picket line or supporting unless you're off sick (dodgy) or off somewhere on a pre-booked holiday.

If you're coming to mine bake a cake or something.
I'll do a Paul Hollywood and shake your hand.