tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post5425397649578484252..comments2024-03-04T10:20:10.154+00:00Comments on Anna Chen: Madam Miaow Says: Support the striking posties: save Royal MailMadam Miaowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-87034776412030115522009-10-27T20:04:58.579+00:002009-10-27T20:04:58.579+00:00Mandelson & crozier should both be shot you ar...Mandelson & crozier should both be shot you are both a disgrace, they will bring the postal service to it's knee's.The only people who deserve a chunk of the outrageous wages that they get are the posties,I hope the CWU fight this all the way.marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17923481709722237902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-6083888566577438192009-10-26T15:21:42.860+00:002009-10-26T15:21:42.860+00:00Like I said on my blog, management at Royal Mail h...Like I said on my blog, management at Royal Mail have got the cheek (to put it politely) to go on about "cuts", "modernisation" (read freedom to sack people on a whim and scrap sickpay)when their Chief took home £3m last year. That's THREE MILLION POUNDS. What the fuck do you do with £3m? <br><br>Surely in such a delicate moment he could have done with "just" £2m? Or even £1m?claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11498799178450479883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-7941141414486291352009-10-26T15:20:14.241+00:002009-10-26T15:20:14.241+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.This comment has been removed by the author.claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11498799178450479883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-77295131222797099792009-10-26T15:00:59.084+00:002009-10-26T15:00:59.084+00:00Thanks, Gwei Mui. Casualisation is the future we c...Thanks, Gwei Mui. Casualisation is the future we can expect if this government and its mates get their own way.Madam Miaowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-5859748024448355552009-10-26T14:33:59.415+00:002009-10-26T14:33:59.415+00:00Well done for posting this (pun not intentional). ...Well done for posting this (pun not intentional). I have a several mates who are posties. From what I understand regarding the whole lamentable affair the organisation is in a mess. The management are clueless and their Union rep has who is incapable of communicating to the public exactly what the issues are. Example the management is currently changing/amending salaried contracts. My friend - with thirty years of service as a postal worker, wanted a copy of his original contract and the proposed posed amended contract. Not an unreasonable request. HR came back to him and said they could not find his original contract. To which my friend said there must be a copy somewhere, even though it was thirty years ago he does recall signing the document. There are other instances or should I be generous and say inconsistencies which are not isolated incidents which are all adding to the dispute. Such as the "letting go" of permanent members of staff only to see them being replaced by casuals. The withdrawal of overtime for salaried staff, but seeming that work being given to again the casual work force who are less experienced and therefore the work takes sometime twice as long to complete.<br>The whole situation is unmitigated disaster which in the end if not resolved will result on permanent damage to our postal service - everyone will lose outGwei Muihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04118148558033452749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-31938913315596324022009-10-26T12:46:30.217+00:002009-10-26T12:46:30.217+00:00BTW: see Pilger's piece in the current New Sta...BTW: see Pilger's piece in the current New Statesman. Excellent stuff!!<br><br>http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2009/10/pilger-postal-public-officeharpymarxhttp://harpymarx.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-67233117287150233792009-10-26T12:44:45.847+00:002009-10-26T12:44:45.847+00:00And let's not forget Adam Crozier's pay pa...And let's not forget Adam Crozier's pay packet.... All this talk about moderisation and liberalisation is code for cuts while Royal Mail employs thousands of scab labour. <br><br>And I am certainly worried what role the TUC is playing in all of this as sell-out comes to mind as opposed to solidarity. And it will be the workers who will be left high and dry by a spineless TU bureaucracy.<br><br>Sack Peter Mandelson....oh, lets sack the whole of NL!<br><br>Victory to the postal workers and hopefully I will be attending the picket lines this week....<br><br>Btw: there's a London posties support group meeting tonight I will be attending.....harpymarxhttp://harpymarx.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-69180804133899946072009-10-26T12:40:15.918+00:002009-10-26T12:40:15.918+00:00Cheers, Ollie. It was sad yet funny to see the man...Cheers, Ollie. It was sad yet funny to see the management pipsqueak on last night's news in the wake of the Newsnight poll showing we mostly support the strikers, telling everyone to "shut up!". How's that for a charm offensive?Madam Miaowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-28664989121158286332009-10-26T12:32:23.662+00:002009-10-26T12:32:23.662+00:00great article, spot on!this prevalent attitude, th...great article, spot on!<br><br>this prevalent attitude, that striking = wrong in every case, is getting on my nerves to say the least!<br><br>and (while i'm on my soap-box) the MSM coverage of the situation has been, as per usual, pretty much a waste of space with no detailed explanation as to the details of the issues being fought over.Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15085577237625636631noreply@blogger.com