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Post by POSTMAN »

Sorry,good thread and informative as they are all on here,but this is sooo funny.

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Post by billypants »

I just love the idea of a party atmos on the picket line, get as many people as you can on it, bring some music, balloons, streamers, crisps and fizzy drink (no alcohol :wink: ), and just live it up.

Can't think of a better way to upset our screws, as they go past with all our jobs on their backs as they seem to think they can cover them. :funneh
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Post by IWW Fellow Worker »

billypants wrote:Can't think of a better way to upset our screws, as they go past with all our jobs on their backs as they seem to think they can cover them. :funneh
I'd cover them. About 6 foot of soil would do the job quite nicely
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Why are posties wearing their RM uniform on the picket lines? I wouldn’t be seen dead wearing that outside of work it’s embarrassing & degrading :evil/mad
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twoloops wrote: ↑
25 Nov 2022, 09:59
Why are posties wearing their RM uniform on the picket lines? I wouldn’t be seen dead wearing that outside of work it’s embarrassing & degrading :evil/mad
Embarrassing and degrading? Maybe you are in the wrong job.

We've got one or two in our office who travel to work and back in their own clothes and change into their uniform at work. I always find that a bit strange as they aren't calling anywhere on the journey. Apparently the neighbours of one of them had no idea he was a postie until someone told them :crazy:
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twoloops wrote: ↑
25 Nov 2022, 09:59
Why are posties wearing their RM uniform on the picket lines?
Because we are postal workers on strike.
The picket line is outside the depot. It isn't outside of work.
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Deadly wrote: ↑
25 Nov 2022, 10:33
twoloops wrote: ↑
25 Nov 2022, 09:59
Why are posties wearing their RM uniform on the picket lines? I wouldn’t be seen dead wearing that outside of work it’s embarrassing & degrading :evil/mad
Embarrassing and degrading? Maybe you are in the wrong job.

We've got one or two in our office who travel to work and back in their own clothes and change into their uniform at work. I always find that a bit strange as they aren't calling anywhere on the journey. Apparently the neighbours of one of them had no idea he was a postie until someone told them :crazy:
Haha can just imagine him, 3 piece suit, briefcase in hand :left:
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twoloops wrote: ↑
25 Nov 2022, 09:59
Why are posties wearing their RM uniform on the picket lines? I wouldn’t be seen dead wearing that outside of work it’s embarrassing & degrading :evil/mad
Because some of us want to show Royal Mail that we are supposed to be WORKING and SERVING OUR CUSTOMERS and don't want to strike! Don't forget some (like myself) come from an era when you were proud to say that you were a postie.
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Post by jontickle »

Do you need a rep on the picket line to be able to picket or can we just organise one ourselves?
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jontickle wrote: ↑
27 Nov 2022, 23:10
Do you need a rep on the picket line to be able to picket or can we just organise one ourselves?
Need a rep who's organising picket line.
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Post by smf333 »

We didn't have a rep at all at our office for the last lot of strikes, so I think as long as you behave yourself and do not enter RM property there's no reason why you can't picket.
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johno47 wrote: ↑
08 Jun 2007, 20:55
Burslem,
On a side note. The last record of my Gt Grandfather I can find is in 1913 at 35 Waterloo Road. Does it still exist? Loads of my ancestors lived at peel Street. Does that still exist?