Royal Mail one day Strike 19th December

rosekitten

just spotted this on Google
the last one held up a fair few parcels
here in Liverpool.

So if you are posting around this time
to or from Liverpool you may well
experience some delay

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/12/12/liverpool-postmen-to-take-strike-action-in-copperas-hill-closure-battle-100252-22462335/

ebsay2000

good ole posties..........you can always rely on them to ruin xmas for everyone!

Hintza

ebsay2000 wrote: »

good ole posties..........you can always rely on them to ruin xmas for everyone!

Custardy will come and get you........

ebsay2000

ye ye ye!

ofcourse with no work to do...........it'll give the strikers even more time to rifle through the parcels and pocket anything they fancy!

custardy

ebsay2000 wrote: »

ye ye ye!

ofcourse with no work to do...........it'll give the strikers even more time to rifle through the parcels and pocket anything they fancy!

ebsay2000 wrote: »

good ole posties..........you can always rely on them to ruin xmas for everyone!

yeah its great.i mean a day without pay before xmas.im sure they are doing it because theres not enough chocolate chips in their cookies.
i mean there couldnt be any other reason could there?

zenseeker

custardy wrote: »

yeah its great.i mean a day without pay before xmas.im sure they are doing it because theres not enough chocolate chips in their cookies.
i mean there couldnt be any other reason could there?

A days pay is nothing, and they made the choice, but what of customers? A lot of people are going to be left disappointed if gifts are late because of the selfish actions of lazy postman. If the Postman actually did a decent job then I'm sure the public would be a bit more sympathetic, but the truth is that they are lazy, careless and there are a fair few thieves within their ranks.

They could have left action until a few days after Xmas, but being the !!!!!!!s that they are they decided to cause chaos for the customers as usual. :mad:

ginvzt

It is true - the customers will be disappointed and the big companies posting the items out won't care. It is the people at home that will be most hit. And all the elderly people waiting for cards from their grandchildren or those away from family who can't come back home for Christmas - they will be the one who don't receive the cards and presents.

It will cause disruption to already pathetic service and they are going to lose more of that little support they got now...

custardy

zenseeker wrote: »

A days pay is nothing, and they made the choice, but what of customers? A lot of people are going to be left disappointed if gifts are late because of the selfish actions of lazy postman. If the Postman actually did a decent job then I'm sure the public would be a bit more sympathetic, but the truth is that they are lazy, careless and there are a fair few thieves within their ranks.

They could have left action until a few days after Xmas, but being the !!!!!!!s that they are they decided to cause chaos for the customers as usual. :mad:

http://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/Mail-workers-call-off-strike.4781234.jp

like these guys did? of course thats not news is it?
these guys are fighting to keep their jobs. i dont know the full ins and outs but i can assure you having seen whats coming from RM's plans in the near future you will be moaning soon enough when they phase 5 cuts are implemented along with geo routing
i remember when people couldnt understand what the problem with the later starts were.now they are seeing the problems that stem from it

maybe a days pay is nothing to you but its £55 i couldnt spare

custardy

ginvzt wrote: »

It is true - the customers will be disappointed and the big companies posting the items out won't care. It is the people at home that will be most hit. And all the elderly people waiting for cards from their grandchildren or those away from family who can't come back home for Christmas - they will be the one who don't receive the cards and presents.

It will cause disruption to already pathetic service and they are going to lose more of that little support they got now...

so who's fault is it that the service is in the state it is now?

liam8282

Let them strike, at least it will be one less day that I get a letterbox full of junk mail that Royal Mail post through my door everyday.

I doubt the strike will go ahead though as this would surely put a large dent in the Posties Xmas drinks funds, with all those cards with christmas money in!

custardy

well given the last post i'll stepout of this thread only to hope one day im working a route where one of the posters would call me a thief to my face.
its only happened once before and the 'customer' has now moved