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grrrr royal mail strike!

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twinsetandpearls · 30/07/2007 18:39

I went to the post office today to pick up some parcels and they have all been lost andthe guy behind the counter shrugged and said that because of the strike they were not sorting mail and that lots of it had gone missing. He then turned his back on me and carried on chatting to his colleagues. There was a queue and all of us were told that our parcels had done missing.

As a public sector worker who would never go on strike over pay and is seeing cuts that really hurt society I am shocked by their complete disdain for the general public.

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twinsetandpearls · 02/08/2007 14:38

Have to admit that my annoyance is fueked by selfishness and the fact that I am having a very hard time at work and I knwo that if we ever dared strike we would be on the front page of the Daily Mail being compared to paedophiles.

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Peachy · 02/08/2007 14:42

We're missing a cheque I needed to bank for ds2's school uniform so also annoyed as several important things ahve gone missing now. Ah well, some things arrrived too late (the statementing apperwork is too late and we are having to apply for a new panel now) but the cheque may yeta rrive- I do hope so, its sent by a charity that helps out with the boys and I hate asking them things / chasing apyments, its embarassing.

prettybird · 02/08/2007 15:25

We paid our road tax last week on-line and our new tax disk still hasn't arrived

We've printed out the payment page and are displaying that below our out-of-date tax disk, but it does still make you twitchy.

LowFatPumpkinJuice · 02/08/2007 16:42

Sorry to those who are missing stuff - we are too. And my DH has been working really hard to make amends to his customers

prettybird · 02/08/2007 16:55

There's always two sides to every sotry, escepcially in striek situations. I wasn't having a go - it's not a life or death situation!

saltire · 02/08/2007 17:37

Just seen on BBC news another 2 weeks of industrial action starting on 10th August

crokky · 02/08/2007 17:51

The strike is punishing millions of ordinary people. What have we done to deserve it?

saggarmakersbottomknocker · 02/08/2007 17:59

Late post isn't the end of the world. I'd hardly say anyone was being punished. And if there was no impact then there wouldn't be a point in striking would there?

Why should people settle for low wages just because it might be seen as a good wage in 'some' parts of the country?

Why should someone stand by and watch their pension disintegrate just because it's already happened to others?

Why should someone have their work benefits eroded, and their shifts changed and the wages effectively reduced?

Royal Mail might be crap but TBH that isn't the fault of your average postie. It's the fault of the big-wigs who, I guess, won't be affected by any of the above.

Tinker · 02/08/2007 18:00

Applauds the bottom

JoMa · 02/08/2007 18:07

Peachy, can your dh not change shifts? I also work for CEVA and there are drivers on our base that do days, the different contracts on each site often have different shift patterns. Has he tried getting hold of the internal job vacancies sheet?

Peachy · 02/08/2007 19:07

Dh isn't a driver, he's a co-ordinator and unfortunately (ish, its a good job I know that) he's on the newsfast contract so only night shift work without a transfer, which he ahs to compete with everyone else for- and never gets (too reliable and good at his job sadly LOL)

Which depot are you at then?

Peachy · 02/08/2007 19:09

Saggarsmaker whilst I agree there's no one on here nbeing badly punished (and sorry but the statement post is going to cost me LOTS of time and means that had I not arranged to keep ds3 at home iNS eptember he'd not ahve been able to start school so could ahve beens evere), I ahve heard of people on other posting sites that have lost private pension cheques etc, I know benefits have now been changed to post office courier (according to RM site) but that IS severe for some people, not everyone ahs a post office close for a start- for my Mum who is fairly immobile it means a 2mile trek

Peachy · 02/08/2007 19:09

(not that i'm saying I blame the POsties- but saying delayed post isn't the end of the world- well for some people it is)

JoMa · 02/08/2007 19:39

before Maternity Leave I was in Mendlesham, working for the National Engineers

LowFatPumpkinJuice · 02/08/2007 20:50

Dh has just read about the further strikes and is really fed-up. They dont seem to be having any affect other than causing a shortage in wages!

southeastastra · 02/08/2007 20:52

mine has booked 2 weeks leave thankfully. it's wearing isn't it

LowFatPumpkinJuice · 02/08/2007 21:04

He was sure this morning that there would be no more.

southeastastra · 02/08/2007 21:07

dp just got in. they've been sitting there with nothing to do (he isn't on deliveries) and they were laughing at the managers being made to deliver. i don't understand how managers can do their jobs effectively without doing door to door in the first place.

it's like the nhs, too many managers meddling into a company which is a public service

LowFatPumpkinJuice · 02/08/2007 21:13

DH's dad is a manager and he has been in all day since 4am and is knackered.

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twinsetandpearls · 02/08/2007 23:22

saggarmakersbottomknocker I am not saying anyone should settle for lower wages I was trying to explain why in towns like this the posties on strike may not get much sympathy as they are a lot better of than a good proportion of the community.

I was also drawing to the fact that many of the issues faced by posties are faced by public sector workers as a whole but society would crumble and could quite rightly complain if teachers, nurses, social workers etc all went on strike for weeks on end.

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tjacksonpfc · 03/08/2007 06:35

im glad that my dp is on holiday for 2 weeks from the 17th september hopefully by the time he goes back in it will all be sorted coz he is fed up with this now like everyone else and he isnt one on strike in his office whihc is a small one of 13 staff there is only 7 that voted for the strike and now only 4 of them are actually going out on strike every time due to the wage implications.

geekgirl · 03/08/2007 08:02

I feel neither here nor there about the strike (dont know enough about it really) but am so cross that government institutions do not accept it as a good reason for late payment/filing of accounts etc.
Our company accounts were due with Companies House on Monday the 30th- I sent them out last Wednesday by recorded 1st class delivery (PO wouldn't do special) and they've still not arrived. Nor has the duplicate set I'd sent out last Friday.
All this means an automatic 100 quid fine for us when it really wasn't any fucking fault of our own whatsoever

saltire · 03/08/2007 08:17

geekgirl, I posted DH's credit card payment off on Monday, and I bet we still get fined for late payment, especially since it's going to Dunfermline and Scotland are having a lot of wildcat strikes.

expatinscotland · 03/08/2007 08:22

They called off the wildcat strikes in Scotland, BUT now they have this huge backlog of post in Wishaw, Glasgow and Edinburgh.

geekgirl · 03/08/2007 08:24

I bet the CC companies, IR and Companies House are all rubbing their grubby hands in glee

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