Is your office picketing ?

[97gaz]

I'll be there for a while in the morning and I don't even work there anymore!

[Wolf91]

I’ve yet to hear one credible reason for crossing a picket line.
The whole “I need a days pay” is bullshit, and not only it doesn’t wash… it literally doesn’t make sense at all in any sort of long-term thinking.
Its completely unacceptable - not just for themselves - for their fellow colleagues and their futures at this company.
To any brown nosing twats thinking of doing it:
Have a day off you arse-kissing w*****s, you won’t be looked at any more fondly by RM - you’re just a number - like the rest of us. If you desperately need the peanuts that Royal Mail will shell out for one days labour - then you haven’t been thinking this through properly.

At least have the decency,
integrity and respect for your not only yourselves, but more importantly your fellow colleagues who
want to fight for their future even if you’re unwilling to do so.

[Schiff]

I would like to see the CWU kick any strike breakers out of the union.

If any union member won't support the union and the rest of the members in trying to protect our terms and conditions then why should they be able to expect support from the union, its reps and members in any disagreement that they have with their managers?

[LaggyBand]

I always like it when you are going to the picket line and someone shouts "scab" at you.

Anyway I am not standing on a picket line with anyone who voted for Brexit and/or believes in the Great Reset.

Good you’d probably shed your spikes all over me

[world class male]

I've given strike breakers the benefit of the doubt in past disputes but not this time.

Past disputes have obviously been important but there's always been the feeling that a couple of strikes would see them round the table coming up with some compromise.

I think this time it will get messy so you better choose your side wisely.

If Manpower has the balls to practically tell their staff not to cross our picket lines (and let's be honest those guys probably need the money at least as much as we do if not more) then it's f***ing embarrassing if our own guys get on their knees for a day's pay.

If you're on here and intend to cross the line at least have the guts to PM me so I can hit the ignore button, I've got f**k all interest in anything you have to say.

the problem lays on non strike days to me, i know of quite a few who will gladly milk up any overtime going to clear something or other that they are willing to pay to cover their losses prior, thus less disruption after the strike day,s and they will probably end up better off if any deals are cooked up, the 4 days aren't very well planned, better off taking the hit in 1 go and doing 5 days on the trot, say fri/sat/mon/tue wed, no we can't afford it but bit-batting won't cause them that much grief imo but if i'm losing pay i want it to cause as much havoc as possible to the scum

[2chorizon]

Every strike i have ever been on always begins with an overtime ban.
That heads off the prospect of "catching up on non strike days using overtime.

Making sure your office / MC ìs not breaching the WTD by llegally allowing working 7 days per week is a good start.

[Dorset Plodder]

I read the RM handout about working after the strikes and getting on with colleagues that may not have gone on strike. What a load of Bollocks!

The idiots that think they run this company obviously have no experience of human nature. So the day after I've been on Strike I'm meant to stand next to a Scab and treat them as if nothing's happened?

For me this is probably the most difficult aspect of IA .... The Aftermath! One particular character works through ever strike (and obviously tries to justify it with BS) he really boils my piss. I've just blanked him since the first time he did it, I've NEVER spoken to the asshole. What always surprises me is that straight after the Strike he's back to being the laughing, soul of the party character he thinks he is! And more annoyingly other members of staff (who have also been on strike) actually join in and laugh with him!

FFS guys at least make the bastards aware of how much we loath them. I know you've got be careful with what you say/do but this time it's going to be very hard to bite my tongue.

[aiden01]

I would like to see the CWU kick any strike breakers out of the union.

If any union member won't support the union and the rest of the members in trying to protect our terms and conditions then why should they be able to expect support from the union, its reps and members in any disagreement that they have with their managers?

What about all the cwu members who didnt bother voting an how do cwu treat them cause they did'nt vote.would say around 40k didnt vote so expel them all???

[Kenfandango]

I'm probably not picketing, for childcare reasons (cancelled the club as I won't have the money due to the day off, childcare costs are disgusting and since the strike was announced I've not been called in early once, nor offered overtime, so I'm a good £100 a week worse off.)

[guardianangel]

Its alright picketing or not picketing,just remember while in strike mode its a no to overtime and take your trolley or what really is the point.

[postslippete]

FFS guys at least make the bastards aware of how much we loath them. I know you've got be careful with what you say/do but this time it's going to be very hard to bite my tongue.

Amazingly, you get one or two who when asked if they'll go on strike, say "I dont know!" and then they say that they dont want to work Sunday or have annualised hours


Thats the whole point of not going into work on strike days because working during the strike is telling Royal Mail that you personally accept these proposals

[Dorset Plodder]

Amazingly, you get one or two who when asked if they'll go on strike, say "I dont know!" and then they say that they dont want to work Sunday or have annualised hours


Thats the whole point of not going into work on strike days because working during the strike is telling Royal Mail that you personally accept these proposals

My personal view is that the modern generation have never had to make a stand for anything, they have very little experience of solidarity or working as a team. Their little world revolves around their i-diot phone and social media feed. They are encapsulated in their own "Little" world and basically don't give a shite about anything ... until of course it effects them directly.

It's been proved: If you want to get the attention of a household of millennials.... Turn off the Wi-Fi and you'll soon get their attention!

[clashcityrocker]

I would like to see the CWU kick any strike breakers out of the union.

Would it be a lifetime ban or would they be allowed to rejoin at any point?
What criteria would you use? What if they wanted to join a different union?

[2yearpostie]

I would like to see the CWU kick any strike breakers out of the union.

Would it be a lifetime ban or would they be allowed to rejoin at any point?
What criteria would you use? What if they wanted to join a different union?

Would that not class as bullying and blackmail, do as we say even if you dont agree or else...

[Acca Dacca]

Amazingly, you get one or two who when asked if they'll go on strike, say "I dont know!" and then they say that they dont want to work Sunday or have annualised hours


Thats the whole point of not going into work on strike days because working during the strike is telling Royal Mail that you personally accept these proposals

My personal view is that the modern generation have never had to make a stand for anything, they have very little experience of solidarity or working as a team. Their little world revolves around their i-diot phone and social media feed. They are encapsulated in their own "Little" world and basically don't give a shite about anything ... until of course it effects them directly.

It's been proved: If you want to get the attention of a household of millennials.... Turn off the Wi-Fi and you'll soon get their attention!

I know a union rep from that modern generation youve just described because none of your generation in the office want the hassle

Stop generalising - strikebreakers come in all shapes and sizes