Srikes

[westlondonpostie]

Don't forget, there are a few of us that will have to work due to the Balloting Problems, I'm just waiting for the first person to shout Sc*b at me tomorrow

[Bouncing Souls]

Just an update, Alloa are not out on strike due to not giving the required 7 days notice, they will be out again very soon.

[DGP1]

Don't forget, there are a few of us that will have to work due to the Balloting Problems, I'm just waiting for the first person to shout Sc*b at me tomorrow

Maybe now's the time to inform all those on picket lines that they can't call anybody a 'scab' (even if they are) because of issues regarding who can and can't strike legally.

[westlondonpostie]

Don't forget, there are a few of us that will have to work due to the Balloting Problems, I'm just waiting for the first person to shout Sc*b at me tomorrow

Maybe now's the time to inform all those on picket lines that they can't call anybody a 'scab' (even if they are) because of issues regarding who can and can't strike legally.

But the thing is they know that they are sc*bs and they'll have to live with the fact, just dissapointed that the union don't kick em out.

[BELIAL]

Just in general terms,what an excellent term ,A sore ,imperfection ,unhealed, festering wound,injury ,point of weakness,picket off chew it up and spit it out

[Oh no its raining]

What were the balloting problems, nothing of the sorts were mentioned to us, or at least I didn't hear of any

[Martin Walsh]

There were lots of legal issues twice Royal Mail wrote lengthy letters the first other 12 pages and the second another 8 pages detailing where they believe that the CWU were in breach of the 1992 Employment Laws. For obvious reasons I wont comment on what they claimed and we were still unsure till late today whether they would try for an injuction on the action.

The Union had no choice but to reballot those offices as there were fundremental issues which would have meant that Royal Mail would have in all likely hood got an injuction on those ballots. None of the loopholes would have change the fact that they all got massive yes votes but the law is an ass and we pay employment briefs a lot of money and have to take their advice whether we like it or not.

But we know that they will deliver bigger yes votes then before and Royal Mail will live to regret their use of the anti trade union laws.

[morleyposty]

just a quick question.

i may have to post an item tommorow via special delivery and the address is in London. as some of you guys might be striking does a special deliveries have priority to be delivered no matter if theres a stand-off etc?

[axeman]

Can tell you e-mails circulated to alert managers as to going to all affected areas to ''help out'' artic drivers, sorters, machine operators etc..these will come from' ''''''' all areas of royal fail '''''' kind of your 'royal fail' needs you........... you have no option but to obey lil ad

[andy2007]

just a quick question.

i may have to post an item tommorow via special delivery and the address is in London. as some of you guys might be striking does a special deliveries have priority to be delivered no matter if theres a stand-off etc?

No. But it does have priority over most other Mail. So when everything starts moving again, it should be among the first things to be delivered.

[kwf166]

This strike so far has hardly made the headlines in the news nnothing on Sky news, just a little bit on the BBC News website, I don't think we going to get any messages across by only some of us striking, what the point of us been in the union,I spoke to my union rep, and they said it doesn't really effect us, charming and also spoke about my mate Andy,who got sack,they wasn't even interested in putting up a leaflet,instead they said nothing we can, whatever happen to sticking together and if only some offices in London are striking and we are working as normal,what the point of this strike, I believe in everyone OUT OUT OUT,STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE than it make front line news we are all fighting for our future here not just London posties

[andy.m]

will us, that vans come from edinburgh mail centre, be affected tomorrow morning?

[westlondonpostie]

Good on you london i will be there in spirit, the last strikes we had i was the only one on picket the office rep could not be bothered to turn up at least the area rep came with a flask of coffee, oh by the way members in our office are not happy with the rep they want me and i have had non members come to me and say if i will become the rep they will join the union what do you guys think.

It takes dedication, if you feel you can deal with management shenanigans and mind games and you're some colleagues expecting you to perform miracles go for it, I was a rep years ago but gave it up when I was close to thumping a manager,nowadays you get a lot of help from HQ and they do give you training. It can be a thankless job but I have a great amount of respect for our dedicated union reps for the work they put in, Good on you lads and lasses

[bexhil palace]

Regarding not being able to call strike breakers (strike breakers), during the 2007 strike, to a man as soon as one of them
approached the line we turned our backs to them and shouted SHAME. It may sound wooley but it's amazing how it can
affect them, (Ahh Bless).
Personally i would rather shoot them, but thats not the done thing.

[brothermagrew]

Regarding not being able to call strike breakers (strike breakers), during the 2007 strike, to a man as soon as one of them
approached the line we turned our backs to them and shouted SHAME. It may sound wooley but it's amazing how it can
affect them, (Ahh Bless).
Personally i would rather shoot them, but thats not the done thing.

Section C taken from Code of Practice on Picketing:

Picketing and the Criminal Law:
41. If a picket commits a criminal offence he is just as liable to be prosecuted as any other
member of the public who breaks the law. The immunity provided under the civil law does not
protect him in any way.

42. The criminal law protects the right of every person to go about his lawfully daily business
free from interference by others. No one is under any obligation to stop when a picket asks
him to do so, or, if he does stop, to comply with a request, for example, not to go into work.
Everyone has the right, if he wishes to do so, to cross a picket line in order to go into his place
of work or to deliver goods or collect goods. A picket may exercise peaceful persuasion, but if
he goes beyond that and tries by means other than peaceful persuasion to deter another
person from exercising those rights he may commit a criminal offence.

43. Among other matters, it is a criminal offence for pickets (as for others):

• to use threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, or disorderly
behaviour within the sight or hearing of any person - whether a worker seeking
to cross a picket line, an employer, an ordinary member of the public or the
police - likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress by such conduct;

• to use threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour towards any
person with intent to cause fear of violence or to provoke violence;

• to use or threaten unlawful violence;

• to obstruct the highway or the entrance to premises or to seek physically to bar
the passage of vehicles or persons by lying down in the road, linking arms
across or circling in the road, or jostling or physically restraining those
entering or leaving the premises;

• to be in possession of an offensive weapon;

• intentionally or recklessly to damage property;

• to engage in violent, disorderly or unruly behaviour or to take any action which
is likely to lead to a breach of the peace;

• to obstruct a police officer in the execution of his duty.

44. A picket has no right under the law to require a vehicle to stop or to be stopped. The law
allows him only to ask a driver to stop by words or signals. A picket may not physically
obstruct a vehicle if the driver decides to drive on or, indeed in any other circumstances. A
driver must - as on all other occasions - exercise due care and attention when approaching or
driving past a picket line, and may not drive in such a manner as to give rise to a reasonably
foreseeable risk of injury.