'Save Coventry Mail Centre' March and Rally'.Update.

[NEWS]

A march and rally, organised by the Communication Workers Union (CWU), were held in Coventry city centre today to protest against the planned closure of Coventry's postal sorting office. The Royal Mail management are proposing to combine Coventry's and Northampton's sorting offices at a new site near Milton Keynes (Ml corridor), causing over 500 staff in Coventry to be made redundant. Northampton's sorting office had burned down in 2003 and staff are working from temporary accommodation.

According to Des Arthur from the Coventry Mail Centre Campaign, the Royal Mail management had admitted that the closure had nothing to do with the levels of efficiency and productivity at Coventry, which were excellent. Further, the proposed closure of Coventry, Gloucester and Beading sorting offices were in breach of the National Agreement and no immediate opportunity had been given to the UCW to offer a case for keeping them open.

The UCW has now drawn up a 26-page plan for keeping the Coventry office open and has collected more than 60,000 signatures on its petition. The union has vowed to ballot for industrial action if the management opts for compulsory redundancies.

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[F0zziebear]

OK here goes with my take on this.

Most of the mail centres in the UK asre based around the railway sytem, as this made sense at the time. However, in more recent times the following has hgappened (amongst other things).

Automation has increased and the rise of the single storey mail centre (processing centre) has come about
Most mail is transported by road as this is seen as being more efficient, less likely to suffer from delays and is probably cheaper (I do not have stats necessarily at hand to prove this)

It makes sense to create larger hub style mail centres along road junctions. This will ultimately mean the closure of some mail centres and some stuff will lose their jobs. It's never nice when this happens, but our manufacturing industry has constantly been updated and automated over hundreds of years. Go back to the spinning jennie, seed drill etc....

The numbers of mail centres have been decreasing for a long time and I think a more responsible bigger picture approach should be taken rather than trying to protect jobs for the sake of it.

OK cat is amongst the pigeons let me know what you think

F0zzie under fire

[L Tommo]

Nice 2 see ya old self back fella...

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DONT LET THE CAT, CATCH THE PIGEONS..................................

[POSTMAN]

Save Gloucester Mail Centre - March & Rally

Further to LTB 432/07 regarding the March & Rally in Gloucester 23rd June, and the Save Gloucester Mail Centre Campaign the Branch can now confirm the following details.

13.00 - Assemble outside the Shire Hall building, Westgate Street Gloucester
13.30 - March through Gloucester to the North Warehouse Quay
14.00 - Rally at North Warehouse Quay, Gloucester Docks.

In addition to the slight alteration it would be appreciated if branches who require accommodation could contact the Branch on 01452 333970 or 07977 416610 as so the necessary arrangements can be made.