Motorola?

[thehappyones]

Right guys at least one manager from GMC is working there also our Area Rep. and our Area H&S Rep. went up there and were turned away apparentley NO CWU REPS. WERE TO GET ACCESS TO THIS BUILDING AS THERE WERE NO CWU MEMBERS THERE AND EVERYTHING WAS RUNNING OKAY WITHOUT THE CWU!!!! also one manager who always strike breakers is in warrington doin the artics again(this guy is a total warmer)

[GONZO1967]

Have a look around your mail centres and ask yourself this question - after the I.A. where has all the mail gone? and the answer is it's being stored in the outhouses that R.M. have strategicly aquired around the country, when will C.W.U. H.Q. get a hearing at the high court to stop this action as Queens council have been working on it all week. They will be transporting strike breakers from your own buildings to work in all of the outhouses so maybe its time that pickets were sent to them to find out who the lowlifes are and making it known to your colleagues.

[POSTMAN]

Anyone from the Bathgate area on here,PM me please.

[mcguire10]

The health and saftey rep from G M C was through at bathgate yesterday asking a manager for directions to this rat pit of a place and was told that there are no cwu members there so they could not get in to examine the health and safety! So i cant even imagine what kind of conditions these temps are on ! :mfo

[Eskimo]

motorola up and running with EH MC mail someone thought good idea to send op mail for casuals to do then brought it back and sent out local mail ( thick as sh.t.e) i heard early shift manager ( DC) was working out there with female early manager that just won her appeal for sick attendance (DT) will be checked 2morrow to see if strike breakers are there.

Do you think they're shakin in their boots?? Eh no.....

[steedie]

thanks dud's info passed on

:lfo :mfo :cfo

[thehappyones]

correct me if im wrong ladies and gents but we cannot picket the outhouses as this would be classed as secondary action...which is illegal

[BRAVEHEART09]

You can't picket but you can protest outside

[dudleylicious]

There was a polis presence at this oothoose early doors this morning.
Also from a reliable source said the Bathgate oothoose was EMPTIED ! with 3 artics worth of mail brought back to the Edin mailcentre during last night.
When I passed by at 2pm it was all quiet with nothing to see

[stokes11eg]

wonder what's going on? Will need to get my spies out.

[dudleylicious]

Wonder who leaked these stories to the local rag

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Post strike latest: Police watching 'flash point' mail site

Published Date: 29 October 2009
By Scott McAngus
POLICE are "keeping an eye" on a controversial Royal Mail site amid fears it could become a flash point for picketing postal workers during the three-day strike.
The company has taken over part of the old Motorola factory in Bathgate at the Pyramids Business Par

k to house extra casual staff to help with the Christmas mail rush.

But the Communications Workers Union (CWU) said it had received reports from residents in Livingston saying they had mail delivered from workers in civilian clothes yesterday morning.

The union say no postal workers were out delivering at that time as they were still sorting mail in the delivery office and have accused Royal Mail of using the temporary workers to clear up the backlog of mail caused by last week's strike.

Around 250 postal workers in delivery offices in West Lothian will stage a 24-hour walkout from 9pm tomorrow (Friday).

The union threatened to picket the site if the company used agency workers to do the work of striking posties, and its understood Royal Mail approached police with safety concerns.

A spokesman for Lothian and Borders Police confirmed West Lothian officers were paying the site "passing attention".

A spokeswoman for Royal Mail denied the union's claim saying: "The outhouse is operating today but is dealing with delayed mail only.

"Staff there are not doing the work of the postmen and women on strike today and are dealing with return to sender mail today which has been delayed."

But Kenny Logan, CWU's area delivery representative for the Lothian and Borders, said: "That's nonsense. People were getting letters at 7am and it wasn't from postmen and women.

"We've had calls that there is staff coming from that building going out to deliver the mail. There is serious concern about this and we are seeking legal advice on the legalities of picketing this particular office.

"Staff at the site are only supposed to be there solely to sort mail and the Christmas rush hasn't even started yet.

"Why is the company using a building of that size? It suggests to me that they have planned for this strike to go ahead for a long time, hence the difficulty of reaching an agreement with management.

"If Royal Mail is using agency workers this way it could face fines of up to £5,000 for each worker."





The full article contains 400 words and appears in West Lothian Herald and Post newspaper.
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Last Updated: 29 October 2009 5:15 PM
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Location: West Lothian




jockee,
My hoose 30/10/2009 15:01:56
Good bit of reporting -good to see this exposed

[dudleylicious]

Handsome bunch of posties
Posties in threat to picket 'scab' factory

Last Updated: 29 October 2009 1:38 PM
Source: West Lothian Herald and Post
Location: West Lothian ON STRIKE:

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Posties on the picket line at Bathgate's delivery office say Royal Mail are selling them short.


Date: 29 October 2009
By Scott McAngus
THE Royal Mail is taking over the former Motorola factory in Bathgate for use by casual workers, bringing threats from striking staff that they will picket the premises.
County postal workers say the Royal Mail will use "scab" labour at the site to clear backlogs as a three-day strike got underway today (Thursday).


Royal Mail insisted that the use of the Bathgate factory was part of an annual arrangement to cope with the Christmas rush, but said the centre would also be used to clear strike backlog if necessary.

The casual workers will be part of a 30,000-strong contingent recruited across the country to keep the mail moving in the run-up to Christmas. CWU's area processing representative Graham Steedman, warned that the factory would be picketed if the union suspected it was being used to divert work from plants hit by industrial action.

He added: "If they're moving our work from the Edinburgh Mail Centre that could escalate the official dispute.

"Obviously there would be potential legal challenges to the Royal Mail by the union if they're employing agency and temporary staff to do the work of striking workers."

The CWU and local postal workers are unhappy about the company's modernisation plans over pay and conditions.

Preparations at the building in the Pyramids business centre are understood to be well underway, although a Royal Mail spokeswoman could not confirm how many casual workers would be employed at the site or when they would start work.

She said: "The people who will be based at Bathgate are being taken on as part of our Christmas recruitment.

"We will use it also, because we're in an industrial action situation, to clear backlog if there is one, but there is nobody there doing the work of normal postmen who are on strike. This is something we do every year."

Around 250 staff in West Lothian took part in a 48-hour strike last week. One picketing worker at the Bathgate delivery office said: "At this delivery site all they've done is extended our indoor and outdoor work.

"We are striking about Royal Mail's modernisation plans because there is not one bit of it in here."

The full article contains 373 words and appears in West Lothian Herald and Post newspaper.
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Last Updated: 29 October 2009 1:38 PM
Source: West Lothian Herald and Post
Location: West Lothian

[emanon66]

one of the linos at G M C tonight was asked 'where did all the mail from yesterday go as it doesnt seem to be here?' , his answer unashamedly was 'oh it all went through to Bathgate.' , this quite clearly proves to me that it isnt just backlog stuff they're working on through there, it's LIVE MAIL too.

[thehappyones]

only RTS and 2nd class allegedly

[castle]

allegedly all packets, that arrived in Glasgow Mail Centre, 1st and 2nd class, were sent through to Bathgate over the weekend.