a day off for me tomorrow

truth is the royal mail will soon be privatized and the price of posting your letter is going to rocket.

so as britain can now see posties (me being an ex one..thank god) never go on strike just because of wanting more pay. royal mail are good are not telling the whole story

100% behind them all...always

No I don't have DX but I'm investigating.

Businesses rely on the post, a lot of people don't use electronic communication, yes even in 2007. I generally receive between 30 - 40 items of post a day.

I for one have no sympathy with these people. Pension? How nice to have one. I can't accept greedy managers with snouts in the trough, paying bonuses is not acceptable in these circumstances, but the fact is that if talented people aren't properly rewarded then they will walk.

I fail to see what this strike will achieve. Most postal workers won't want to break the strike for fear of being labelled 'scab' and will accept the lost wages because of this. I think that postal workers are simply accelerating the inevitable.

Ed, DX is a good move. Reliable and most Lawyers are now using it.

As for the Postal strike, being a Postman is not 'rocket science' and quite frankly, they could be replaced by any number of people or in actual fact, trained Monkeys!
I do not see how striking in this instance is the answer, whatever their motives.
Sorry if my views upset any Postal staff, but hey, thats life.

The very fact that we are discussing this proves the point of the strike.

It is just one day, no business will close in one day due to a leter not arriving ..... and the posties have created an opportunity to be heard by doing this, bingo! Don't know the in's and out's of the dispute but if they feel this is the only way to be heard, then so be it.

As for the pension .... too many companies are doing this, surely it is illegal! There is a factory locally and I know men who have paid into a pension for 25 years and more, and are now being told that its not there .... WTF. Sort it out, if striking brings it to light then good, this is theft in my eyes.

Originally Posted by Tomcat

The very fact that we are discussing this proves the point of the strike.

It is just one day, no business will close in one day due to a leter not arriving ..... and the posties have created an opportunity to be heard by doing this, bingo! Don't know the in's and out's of the dispute but if they feel this is the only way to be heard, then so be it.

As for the pension .... too many companies are doing this, surely it is illegal! There is a factory locally and I know men who have paid into a pension for 25 years and more, and are now being told that its not there .... WTF. Sort it out, if striking brings it to light then good, this is theft in my eyes.

Tomcat, You Commie.

Seriously consider DX, it doesn't replace everything obviously and from my days at a law firm (one close to a particularly militant post office) strikes still certainly hurt but I was very much under the impression that just about everything sent legal-to-legal was sent DX. Even the Land Reg has a DX number.

As for the strike, fair play to them; this isn't the 70s, people don't strike on a whim. One day we'll regret the death of the unions.

Originally Posted by MiniMatt

As for the strike, fair play to them; this isn't the 70s, people don't strike on a whim. One day we'll regret the death of the unions.

+1

ive paid £20 per week into my pension for 18 year and for what? it may be worth nothing? nearly 19k disappearing fast

Originally Posted by Steve H

they could be replaced by any number of people or in actual fact, trained Monkeys!

is this why the royal mail are finding it increasingly difficult to employ good delivery men? would you walk the streets 6 days a week in wind, rain and snow for £319.38 gross per week?
and when you talk about postal workers the indoor staff (me) could not be replaced by monkeys, do you know what we do? do you know what you are talking about before you shout about it?