a day off for me tomorrow

Originally Posted by kwak zzr

"life of riley" i must meet these two.

I'm not saying that Postal staff don't work hard. Just that in the scheme of
things, it is not really a skilled profession and of course the problem with this is being able to be replaced quite easily (Eastern European migrants for instance)
Again, whether rightly or wrongly, if a business is 'struggling' how is making the service worse really helping matters?

we had a royal mail delivery today at work.

is our postie a scab?

Originally Posted by Steve H

So on top of your gpw earnings, you WERE receiving a contribution towards your pension?
Were do I sign up?

yes WERE receiving contributions but now thats stopped, the royal mail used to be a very good employer thats why ive been there 18 years, and no one will deny that but its getting worse fast. dont get me wrong i think competition is a good thing, why should RM have it all there own way? but the regulators are making it near impossible for RM to compete with existing company's.

Originally Posted by keithd

we had a royal mail delivery today at work.

is our postie a scab?

not in the CWU union or prob a manager or so they call themselves.

It is an offence for an employer to dip into the pension fund without a so-called section 76 certificate - ie a certificate from the scheme's actuary that doing so will not materially worsen the financial position of the fund. It also requires trustee consent.

Originally Posted by Steve H

I'm not saying that Postal staff don't work hard. Just that in the scheme of
things, it is not really a skilled profession and of course the problem with this is being able to be replaced quite easily (Eastern European migrants for instance)
Again, whether rightly or wrongly, if a business is 'struggling' how is making the service worse really helping matters?

agreed steve H but the kinds of people RM have been employing lately Eastern European migrants for instance is whats making our delivery service a problem these people are delivering your mail and am finding it difficult to read, the royal mail should be looking after there delivery men and women and employing to a high standard because they are the front line or the end of the pipeline so royal mail say.

dont know the figures exactly Ed but i think RM are trying to repay 1.7billion per year into the pension to scheme to try make up the loss.

Originally Posted by kwak zzr

not in the CWU union or prob a manager or so they call themselves.

I called him a scab anyway, just for fun. y'know.

Originally Posted by kwak zzr

agreed steve H but the kinds of people RM have been employing lately Eastern European migrants for instance is whats making our delivery service a problem these people are delivering your mail and am finding it difficult to read, the royal mail should be looking after there delivery men and women and employing to a high standard because they are the front line or the end of the pipeline so royal mail say.

Fair enough, but that could be said about the majority of large employers
in this day and age.
Quite frankly, being able to work at the same job for the same employer for over 18 years is a benefit these days.

yea SCAB SCAB SCAB!!