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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 12 Dec 16 11.34pm

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Five days over Christmas. Seems things they were worried about regarding privatisation are happening.

BA cabin crew also balloting...


 

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Jimenez Flag SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 13 Dec 16 12.32am Send a Private Message to Jimenez Add Jimenez as a friend

Another bunch of lazy malcontents. My Dad after toiling for years as a Bricklayer on sites contracted TB back in the day, after recovery he joined the Post Office where he worked for over 20 years. He said it was a cushy number & wish he'd joined earlier rather than toiling on construction sites in stifling heat or bone numbing frigid weather. When we moved from Balham to Surrey I remember him saying he used to deliver mail to the likes of Jimmy Tarbuck, Bruce Forsyth & Reg Varney (remember him?) I even had a stint one Xmas when work was tight. I used to do my first round in a little over an hour & a half & second delivery in 45 minutes!! No wonder the Union shop steward told me to slow down. The Post Office is outdated & needs modernizing except for bills (& even most of them are now done electronically)I doubt if anyone sends a letter nowadays & Christmas cards will be a thing of the past within 5 years...

 


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ambrose7 Flag Croydon 13 Dec 16 1.10am Send a Private Message to ambrose7 Add ambrose7 as a friend

Originally posted by nickgusset

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Five days over Christmas. Seems things they were worried about regarding privatisation are happening.

BA cabin crew also balloting...



Royal Mail were privatised. The Post Office is publicly owned. Royal Mail are not striking, the Post Office are. Two completely separately owned companies.


Edited by ambrose7 (13 Dec 2016 1.11am)

 


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Blue'n'red Flag Field of Chels (Orpington) 13 Dec 16 2.39am Send a Private Message to Blue'n'red Add Blue'n'red as a friend

Originally posted by ambrose7


Royal Mail were privatised. The Post Office is publicly owned. Royal Mail are not striking, the Post Office are. Two completely separately owned companies.


Edited by ambrose7 (13 Dec 2016 1.11am)

At the risk of being obtuse ... what's the difference between the two?

 


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matt_himself Flag Matataland 13 Dec 16 6.04am Send a Private Message to matt_himself Add matt_himself as a friend

BA crew are not balloting at the moment.

The last news report about any ballot by BA crew was nearly a month ago.

Needless scaremongering.

 


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Y Ddraig Goch Flag In The Crowd 13 Dec 16 7.50am Send a Private Message to Y Ddraig Goch Add Y Ddraig Goch as a friend

Read this last night and it is so true, luddites

The postal strike is ultimately self-defeating: compel people to use already-dominant technology and convince them of your own irrelevance.

 


the dignified don't even enter in the game

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Michaelawt85 Flag Bexley 13 Dec 16 1.06pm Send a Private Message to Michaelawt85 Add Michaelawt85 as a friend

Female Tory pm, strikes, rows over Europe.. sound familiar

 


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Part Time James Flag 13 Dec 16 1.07pm Send a Private Message to Part Time James Add Part Time James as a friend

Right, that's it. I'm going to write a letter of complaint.

 




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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 13 Dec 16 1.11pm

Originally posted by Jimenez

Another bunch of lazy malcontents. My Dad after toiling for years as a Bricklayer on sites contracted TB back in the day, after recovery he joined the Post Office where he worked for over 20 years. He said it was a cushy number & wish he'd joined earlier rather than toiling on construction sites in stifling heat or bone numbing frigid weather. When we moved from Balham to Surrey I remember him saying he used to deliver mail to the likes of Jimmy Tarbuck, Bruce Forsyth & Reg Varney (remember him?) I even had a stint one Xmas when work was tight. I used to do my first round in a little over an hour & a half & second delivery in 45 minutes!! No wonder the Union shop steward told me to slow down. The Post Office is outdated & needs modernizing except for bills (& even most of them are now done electronically)I doubt if anyone sends a letter nowadays & Christmas cards will be a thing of the past within 5 years...

I'll tell the people in the post office queue with letters that they don't really exist anymore shall I?

 

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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 13 Dec 16 1.11pm

Originally posted by Part Time James

Right, that's it. I'm going to write a letter of complaint.

Dear Mr Echo...

 

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Stuk Flag Top half 13 Dec 16 1.15pm Send a Private Message to Stuk Add Stuk as a friend

Originally posted by Blue'n'red

At the risk of being obtuse ... what's the difference between the two?

It means that the strike is nigh on irrelevant.

The thread title is misleading as it's a post office strike, not a postal workers strike, and it's accelerating it's own downfall.

 


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Pussay Patrol Flag 13 Dec 16 2.02pm

If it's true people will lose their jobs i.e. forced redundancies and they will lose their pensions then I support the strike

Thats not the case with Southern so I don't support them

 


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