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johnnyp
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Post by johnnyp »

Should the union now be campaigning for a shorter working week?
With all the issues coming up from royal mail e.t.c. isnt it about time we worked less hours to safeguard jobs.
With the threat of walk sequenceing machines and all the other nasty things the business wants ,the less time weve got to do it the better.Shorter contracts not the answer(unless chosen)FULL TIME JOBS AT ALL TIMES.
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Post by POSTMAN »

This to me seems that it hasn't been mentioned for years.
I can't see this ever coming in,not with what is going on now,well not for the full timers anyway.
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lampwick
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Post by lampwick »

Hi guys just trolling through some off the message boards picket upon your comment about
the walk sequencing machines I heard that there's a whisper going around that they are not bringing them
into some London offices because they cant handle more than 1000 individual points of delivery how true that is
i dont no i well get back to you if i here any more :wave
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Post by POSTMAN »

Ours are around 500-550 give or take and i think that's big.
Who would have 1000 delivery point?is that even possible?
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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dounome
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Post by dounome »

I emailed Mr Leighton recently about shorter week and was told it was not an option at this time, my last employment which i was in from 1986 till 1998 had a 37 hour working week, i just feel we are way behind the times doing a 40 hour week. We also had a 6 week annual leave without having to purchase any leave but we did work some of our public holidays for that.
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Post by ROCKY »

am i alone in thinking that a £400/35hr week was been touted by rm and the union a while back or did i dream it
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ROCKY wrote:am i alone in thinking that a £400/35hr week was been touted by rm and the union a while back or did i dream it
Yep they sure did,Union said they wanted it,RM said they'd talk about it.
Dodo comes to mind, there's no chance now.
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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