25,000 posties going on strike this weekend???

DaveAshton

Does anyone know anything about a postage strike this weekend? Apparently (according to the news on Absolute radio) 25,000 postal workers are going on strike

charlies_mum

Just heard this on GMTV, apparently they are on strike tomorrow, Saturday and Monday.

Ladywhisper

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8186922.stm

cally6008

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090806/tuk-postal-workers-to-strike-in-pay-row-6323e80.html

grunnie

So, the question is do I post today or wait till Tuesday?The last strike all but 1 of my parcels arrived late but did arrive and I just sent out another to replace the missing one which to date hasn't appeared.

Samba_Pa_Ti

ive not had my post from last week, a postman came yesterday and brought somthing that was posted 2 weeks ago...

if they go on strike again its just gonna mess everything up for me =(
royal mail should at least compensate their customers its really unprofessional to get ignored by such a big company, and i appreciate thats how the staff probably feel as well.

mazza111

I would go ahead and post them, it's not a national strike like it was last time, only certain parts of the business are affected.
So this post and panicked tbh I'm a postie and hadn't been notified of strike as i am on holiday, but if you read those articles it's only certain offices affected.

bluffer

aw !!!!!

The thing with this is, it depends on who you believe.

From the papers some of the practices the union and staff want to keep should have stopped a long time ago and wouldnt exist in a real private company. On the other hand management have closed down local post offices at a frightning rate to cut costs in rural areas where they are needed in the community.

Hezzawithkids

From BBC website:-

AFFECTED SITES
Friday - Birmingham vehicle operation centre; Burslem; Coventry Parcelforce Hub; Edinburgh mail centre; Essex regional distribution centre; Huntingdon; London; Northampton national distribution centre; Peterborough delivery office
Saturday - Boston; Bristol delivery offices; Dalkeith; Edinburgh; Peterborough and Skegness
Monday - Ipswich mail centre; King's Lynn; Stanton; Bury St Edmonds and Thetford in Suffolk
Tuesday - Stoke-on-Trent

So a pretty large slug of the UK affected at one point or another, so these guys know what they're doing dont they :rolleyes:

the-mango

We've had about 3 post strikes in the past two weeks! not again!

custardy

Hezzawithkids wrote: »

From BBC website:-

AFFECTED SITES
Friday - Birmingham vehicle operation centre; Burslem; Coventry Parcelforce Hub; Edinburgh mail centre; Essex regional distribution centre; Huntingdon; London; Northampton national distribution centre; Peterborough delivery office
Saturday - Boston; Bristol delivery offices; Dalkeith; Edinburgh; Peterborough and Skegness
Monday - Ipswich mail centre; King's Lynn; Stanton; Bury St Edmonds and Thetford in Suffolk
Tuesday - Stoke-on-Trent

So a pretty large slug of the UK affected at one point or another, so these guys know what they're doing dont they :rolleyes:

bear in mind its not all areas.
eg in edinburgh its just dalkeith(saturday) so one tiny delivery office
friday,AFAIK the edinburgh mail centre is running with just distribution drivers on strike


however strikes are no great shock if the way my office runs is an example