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dm26

Postal workers discussion forum. Discuss the day to day life in a Blue Shirt.
The Goats Toe
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Re: dm26

Post by The Goats Toe »

So with all these changes coming in, is there any provision for those folk who are on family friendly and those that met all the required criteria last year to be exempt from the later start times? Any time people at our place ask the yellow hi viz wearers about this, all they get is 'we don't know ...
TopperGas
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Re: dm26

Post by TopperGas »

pinstripe wrote:
Yesterday, 15:50
SpacePhoenix wrote:
Yesterday, 09:58
pinstripe wrote:
Yesterday, 09:06
TopperGas wrote:
14 Jun 2026, 21:23


80 1c seems high, was that double or more even days 1c? Just wait til DM26 starts and you also have to deliver the 2c which has hit the 3 & 5 day triggers!!
I regularly get 70+ first class/NHS letters/flats. It’s not uncommon.
Most of the stuff that isn't flats can't be mech. If you was to take the 2C and the non 1C DSA out of the mech then each batch would have less than 1/4 of a tray with just half a dozen, a dozen at the very most 1C items for each walk.
I actually counted them on Saturday. 33 NHS letters, 4 first class flats, 38 first class stamped/franked letters. Total 75 first class, not including packets. That was an average day.
NHS letters aren't 1c though if you're struggling to deliver everything on a Saturday then those will be the first to be left undelivered.
funkflex55
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Re: dm26

Post by funkflex55 »

TopperGas wrote:
Yesterday, 16:42
pinstripe wrote:
Yesterday, 15:50
SpacePhoenix wrote:
Yesterday, 09:58
pinstripe wrote:
Yesterday, 09:06
TopperGas wrote:
14 Jun 2026, 21:23


80 1c seems high, was that double or more even days 1c? Just wait til DM26 starts and you also have to deliver the 2c which has hit the 3 & 5 day triggers!!
I regularly get 70+ first class/NHS letters/flats. It’s not uncommon.
Most of the stuff that isn't flats can't be mech. If you was to take the 2C and the non 1C DSA out of the mech then each batch would have less than 1/4 of a tray with just half a dozen, a dozen at the very most 1C items for each walk.
I actually counted them on Saturday. 33 NHS letters, 4 first class flats, 38 first class stamped/franked letters. Total 75 first class, not including packets. That was an average day.
NHS letters aren't 1c though if you're struggling to deliver everything on a Saturday then those will be the first to be left undelivered.
Yep. In fact on a Saturday the NHS should be staying at the mail centre.
tramssirhc
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Gender: Male

Re: dm26

Post by tramssirhc »

The Goats Toe wrote:
Yesterday, 16:01
So with all these changes coming in, is there any provision for those folk who are on family friendly and those that met all the required criteria last year to be exempt from the later start times? Any time people at our place ask the yellow hi viz wearers about this, all they get is 'we don't know ...
Yes there is. The agreement makes specific reference to contract variations.
"The leadership will sabotage the fight and only make the slightest move under fear of powerful working class action" - Des Warren
postmanplod2026
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Joined: 03 Feb 2026, 18:20
Gender: Male

Re: dm26

Post by postmanplod2026 »

currently in my office the union have failed the part timers as there is no part time walks just full time but part timers put on them with no chance of getting near complete, probably same again from union
SpacePhoenix
MAIL CENTRES/PROCESSING
Posts: 11989
Joined: 12 Nov 2008, 17:03
Gender: Male

Re: dm26

Post by SpacePhoenix »

funkflex55 wrote:
Yesterday, 18:05
TopperGas wrote:
Yesterday, 16:42
pinstripe wrote:
Yesterday, 15:50
SpacePhoenix wrote:
Yesterday, 09:58
pinstripe wrote:
Yesterday, 09:06
TopperGas wrote:
14 Jun 2026, 21:23


80 1c seems high, was that double or more even days 1c? Just wait til DM26 starts and you also have to deliver the 2c which has hit the 3 & 5 day triggers!!
I regularly get 70+ first class/NHS letters/flats. It’s not uncommon.
Most of the stuff that isn't flats can't be mech. If you was to take the 2C and the non 1C DSA out of the mech then each batch would have less than 1/4 of a tray with just half a dozen, a dozen at the very most 1C items for each walk.
I actually counted them on Saturday. 33 NHS letters, 4 first class flats, 38 first class stamped/franked letters. Total 75 first class, not including packets. That was an average day.
NHS letters aren't 1c though if you're struggling to deliver everything on a Saturday then those will be the first to be left undelivered.
Yep. In fact on a Saturday the NHS should be staying at the mail centre.
The NHS letters are considered high priority items. For selected DOs the machines extract them, before they get run on their own on the office breakdown plan. They will ALWAYS go out to the DOs.
A2B
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Gender: Male

Re: dm26

Post by A2B »

SpacePhoenix wrote:
Yesterday, 20:25


The NHS letters are considered high priority items. For selected DOs the machines extract them, before they get run on their own on the office breakdown plan. They will ALWAYS go out to the DOs.
Our MC spends them in with the specials, Tracked, 1st class and NHS is the mantra in our DO
ted_e_bear
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Re: dm26

Post by ted_e_bear »

A2B wrote:
Yesterday, 21:07
SpacePhoenix wrote:
Yesterday, 20:25


The NHS letters are considered high priority items. For selected DOs the machines extract them, before they get run on their own on the office breakdown plan. They will ALWAYS go out to the DOs.
Our MC spends them in with the specials, Tracked, 1st class and NHS is the mantra in our DO
RM need to liaise with the NHS to differentiate between what's important and what is general correspondence, for example I received a "NHS letter" informing me they're going to send one of those bowel cancer screening kits, I didn't desperately need that letter it could have waited,in fact I probably didn't even need it at all, maybe agree that if it's say an appointment or test results send it 1st class, anything else send it DSA or whatever economy service and it gets treated the same as anything else.
twoloops
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Gender: Male
Location: Sheffield

Re: dm26

Post by twoloops »

This DM26 apart from on here is anyone in your office talking about it or even mentioning it, in our office never heard of it?
SpacePhoenix
MAIL CENTRES/PROCESSING
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Joined: 12 Nov 2008, 17:03
Gender: Male

Re: dm26

Post by SpacePhoenix »

ted_e_bear wrote:
Today, 08:03
A2B wrote:
Yesterday, 21:07
SpacePhoenix wrote:
Yesterday, 20:25


The NHS letters are considered high priority items. For selected DOs the machines extract them, before they get run on their own on the office breakdown plan. They will ALWAYS go out to the DOs.
Our MC spends them in with the specials, Tracked, 1st class and NHS is the mantra in our DO
RM need to liaise with the NHS to differentiate between what's important and what is general correspondence, for example I received a "NHS letter" informing me they're going to send one of those bowel cancer screening kits, I didn't desperately need that letter it could have waited,in fact I probably didn't even need it at all, maybe agree that if it's say an appointment or test results send it 1st class, anything else send it DSA or whatever economy service and it gets treated the same as anything else.
They should go back to having blue envelopes for the important letters, like they did a few years ago.
hans solo
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Re: dm26

Post by hans solo »

We had a bulk 1st class posting from nhs on sat