Potential though cynical Royal mail tactic to win this strike

ethan

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If you were the Royal Mail and you wanted to break or win this mail strike, would the best tactic to adopt be to let this strike continue on and in to Christmas? Admittedly it would be a waiting and public relations game but just imagine how massively peeved off the public would be against postmen not to mention that the money lost due to this action would be nothing to what you could gain by letting the strike continue in the name of modernisation: ultimately shedding 40,000 jobs. Frankly I don't see how Royal Mail could lose and what the posties on strike could acheive. This is why I believe the strike to be pointless. What you may lose due to the strike would be offset by what you would gain.
 
If they threaten the strike to christmas then I can see people taking their buisness to parcel force etc That would hurt the RM a lot, maybe giving the strikers an extra few points in their favour.
 
markyp23 said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but ParcelForce = Royal Mail Courier, no?
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Yes you are correct as far as I've seen when looking at them.

So those people would still not get things delivered. People using the likes of CityLink wouldn't either as they are useless, but most other couriers would be fine. :p

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$loth said:
If they threaten the strike to christmas then I can see people taking their buisness to parcel force etc That would hurt the RM a lot, maybe giving the strikers an extra few points in their favour.
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Yeah it would but the claim at the moment is that it is the Communication Union that is being unreasonable and not the Royal Mail. All the Royal Mail would have to do is show and continue to blame the Union and let human nature do the rest. I believe the Communications Union have indicated that this strike will continue week after week until its demands are met anyway.
 
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I'd just start looking for 'Christmas' staff now who could have a non strike contract :D

Give the unions a choice, come back to work or lose jobs as we have the 'christmas' staff, what's a couple of weeks training and minimal delivery staff versus not getting sued over christmas for failure to deliver etc :)
 
lsg1r said:
I'd just start looking for 'Christmas' staff now who could have a non strike contract :D

Give the unions a choice, come back to work or lose jobs as we have the 'christmas' staff, what's a couple of weeks training and minimal delivery staff versus not getting sued over christmas for failure to deliver etc :)
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I notice Royal Mail are already advertising for twenty thousand seasonal workers to this effect.
 
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I think if it goes on over christmas - Royal mail as a company will be severly damaged & it will take years to recover.

Most businesses around here are beginning to find alternatives to RM, and to be honest they really do need to streamline their business and bring it into 2007. That said - I think RM as a postal provider is top notch and I have had very few problems with them or Parcelforce.

I just find it sad that they have to resort to striking to get a ppoint across - but when management and those in charge just bury their heads in the sand and refuse to listen to whats happening 'on the shop floor' - what do they expect ?
 
parcelforce is fine, they normally get things here when they're supposed to, its rm that don't :rolleyes:

I do think their prices are a tad high on the parcels though, £20+ for a single over 1kg package versus £7.50 from citylink (who I have no issue with) etc.
 
I'll say what I said about the fireman. Sack all the strikers. End of. Gives those that stay a payrise and make them train new posties. Only 2-4 weeks disruption max. I bet there are 100,000 Poles that want the job.
 
If you dont want to work for £x per hour. Quit. If Royal Mail really want you, theyll pay up. Striking en masse is just blackmail.
 
I dont know why they are striking anyway, the pay they get is good enough for what seems like a pretty straight forward job :confused:
 
Striking has never worked in the long term, you only need to look at the miners strikes to see that!
Keeping the publics support will be the key, and to be honest i don't believe they have it anymore.
The public will find viable alternatives and leave the RM workers standing twiddling there thumbs on there increased wage until they go bust or are laid off.
 
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jdickerson said:
I'll say what I said about the fireman. Sack all the strikers. End of. Gives those that stay a payrise and make them train new posties. Only 2-4 weeks disruption max. I bet there are 100,000 Poles that want the job.
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Illegal :p
 
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