On this weeks episode of CWU Live, we’re at Congress House, home of the TUC.
We’re joined by Dave Ward, Martin Walsh, Tony Kearns, Tony Bouch & more!
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why are you lot even considering pushing 1st class mail on saturdays? thats never going to be possible. just do parcels only saturdays.
I'm glad I got out when VR was good, it was such a good job before being sold off
Why are part time workers treated differently from full time workers I share a frame with full time worker he gets paid for door to doors I don’t I have to work Sundays every third week he doesn’t he gets more Saturdays off I get one in 6 weeks major divide in the sorting office and between workers we should all be even
Unfortunately Royal Mail will just do whatever it wants 😢
Should change name to Royal Snail or close down!
Dave Ward you are so out of touch, why slip in a dig at the “right wing” it is the left and the liberal ideology that has driven a wave of cheap labour from abroad and a down wood spiral of conditions. Blair started the demise of modern Britain not the “right wing”. Incidentally I have been RM for 20 years on the front line unlike you guys in the union ivory tower.
Company still run by same board…company cant move forwards till there gone
Great, so considering the vast majorityof the letters we deliver are dsa and second class its a 3 day week for us now then
The u.s.o was setup on the premise that the profitable delivery areas paid for the rural delivery areas. Privatisation of a National service has been a disaster. Declining letters and free for all parcel market doesn’t fit together. To replace our fleet of worn out vans alone will cost a fortune. Go to any rural delivery office in Royal Mail and have a look. What happened to all the money Royal Mail made in the pandemic. I was a public servant when I joined Royal Mail and proud to serve the customer. Can’t wait to retire after 40 years. Race to the bottom has started and most of us posties know it.
Delivering letters is a very Important part of the job, that's why the company has just been fined over £10,000,000.
One issue is we are told to prioritise tracked, but is this so managers can secure there bonuses?
Talking of which, management bonuses in my opinion should be scrapped, as it makes managers work in their own best interests, not the companies of staff. Also it is the staff who are doing the bulk of the hard work.
A maximum wage should also be implemented, as a multiple of the lowest paid worker. That way it's in a managers interest to improve staff pay.
Something that would be good for all UK workers, and to help reduce the gap between the have and have nots in this country.
Min wage incoming
Told us nothing new. 😴
Royal Mail is a joke carnt even deliver 48 tracked parcels on time
In a nutshell: Staff are being told to prioritise parcels over letters every day. There are not enough staff to cope with the workload.
we need restructuring of union, when we deliver letters, the people in branch office they are sitting on their arse in front of computer and on phone, in divisional office also , cut their budget so they dont enjoy more, ask their performance, we pay the bills and wages for them, go home early on friday , whole weekend off, we work whole week till late in dark and cold, no weekend off for us, not fair,
A crass business-astonishing to understand how a business can operate at such a loss and fail at every measure. Never I’ll I use this business – on par with Evri.
Such a great job now ruined and the union are as responsible as royal mail. What union turns down a deal then a few months later tells it's members to accept a worse one. Unbelievable
My frame is stuffed with letters. Can't put any more in. There are cages of them sat against the back wall. Come try and deliver some.
Has anyone noticed that no other country sells off their public services to foreign influence…
Most of the members don't trust the union officials never mind the new owners