Postal Strike - 10 Days

Le_Petit_Lapin · 9 Feb 2006 at 11:16

BBC News - N. Ireland Postal Strike

Infuriating to say the least. I have a good deal of high value items suppose to have been with me by now, for about a week, and apparently they are just sitting down in the sorting office in, what probably is, a large heap.

I'd sack the lot of them, its an unnofficial strike. :mad:

Le_Petit_Lapin · 9 Feb 2006 at 11:40

Yeah.....but when you get new workers they wont go on strike again.

I'm just irritated because I know I'm not going to get any compensation out of the Royal Mail for lost time.

Le_Petit_Lapin · 9 Feb 2006 at 11:51

Scream said:
Remember there are thousands of Polish people in NI now and they would work quite happily for the same wage these strikers are getting.

There is actually an almost alarming ammount of Polish people here now, but then again I'm not complaining, they're a damn sight better workers, and more friendly than a lot of the locals here.

Le_Petit_Lapin · 9 Feb 2006 at 11:55

UOcUK Poopscoop said:
You see my point though?

I think he would be one of the people that would employ them, rather than be replaced by them....which is all good for him as it saves costs.

Le_Petit_Lapin · 9 Feb 2006 at 12:13

You ring them up and they tell you that they've brought in 50 managers from Britain to sort the mess out.

Big bloody deal....from what I remember managers dont deliver parcels.

Royal Mail has just gone completely down the tube IMHO. I'd rather pay more for postage and have a good, quick, efficient service, than its current state of affairs.

Le_Petit_Lapin · 10 Feb 2006 at 10:02

Yan816 said:
This unofficial industrial action in Belfast is being taken over accusations of bullying and harassment and has nothing to do with pay, and believe me bullying and harassment is rife within the postal industry.

Bullying and Harassment procedures within Royal Mail are dealt with by its own managers and not an independent body, which is wrong and cannot be seen as being unbiased. A separate independent body is what is needed.

I do not condone unofficial industrial action, but understand the frustrations they face. If you believe that being bullied or harassed is okay and part of your job, fine, put up with it, but some people will not.

Wonderful, but the post is not being delivered.

I was watching the news today and now the hosdpital outpatients and cancer units are more or less empty because the patients arent getting their letters or mail in the post, so dont know that they have an appointment. Its all well and good that the postal workers are unhappy, but they have got to realise that they have a wider social service to fufill that is now beginning to put people with serious illnesses at risk.