Royal Mail managers announce strike dates over cuts to 700 jobs and pay - 'Work to rule' and strike action proposed effects....

[POSTPERSON50]

https://www.unitetheunion.org/news-even ... s-and-pay/


Unite says profiteering business `awash with cash’ but wages for some slashed by up to £7,000

Royal Mail managers across the UK are set to take industrial action in a dispute over further attacks on jobs and pay.

Unite, the managers’ trade union, says that 2,400 managers will work to rule on 15-19 July, followed by strike action on 20-22 July over what has now been confirmed by Royal Mail as a plan to cut 700 jobs and slash pay by up to £7,000.

Last year, Royal Mail paid out £400 million to shareholders and recorded a £311 million profit.

The union says that its members have no other option but to take strike action as months of consultation have failed to persuade Royal Mail off a path which Unite says is a `ruinous’ and needless course given that the business is `awash with cash’.

Unite is calling on Royal Mail to recognise that it has to restore jobs because the proposed cuts are so savage they will destroy the service.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “This business is awash with cash but it is putting profits and dividends for the few at the top ahead of its duties as a public service.

“There is not a single aspect of these cuts which is about improving customer service. They are being driven entirely by a culture of greed and profiteering which has seized a 500 year-old essential service, driving it close to ruin.

“Our members are determined to force the business to take a different path, and they have the full backing of Unite.”

Last month, Unite revealed that the Royal Mail was running on empty, depending on thousands of unpaid hours provided by managers to hold the service together. The removal of hundreds more posts would make the six-day service that the company is obliged to run by the regulator, Ofcom, impossible to sustain.

Unite national officer with responsibility for Royal Mail, Mike Eatwell, added: “Our members have been forced to the position of taking industrial action because those running Royal Mail refuse to see sense.

“We have taken another detailed look at Royal Mail’s proposals, and it is worse than we first thought. The business is seeking to cut 700 posts on top of the 1200 cut last year. It is already running on fumes, depending on Unite members’ dedication and professionalism to hold the service together.

“For those managers who remain, they face cuts to their salaries of up to £7000. People who gave their working lives to this business will lose their homes. It is no wonder then that our members are angry and ready to take strike action.

“Royal Mail knows what to do if it wants to avoid these strikes. Step back from these cuts and make a serious offer to Unite’s members that will restore jobs and preserve pay. Royal Mail can easily afford to do what is right.”

Industrial action by the managers, who voted by 86 per cent to strike (89 per cent in Northern Ireland), will impact the postal and parcel service immediately across Great Britain and Northern Ireland. According to Unite, during the work to rule and strike action:

Deliveries will not be covered

Managers will take their breaks and start and finish on time

Managers will be taking their rest days leaving units with no manger on site

Weekends volunteer operation won't be covered

Units will have no person in control responsible for safety of the staff and buildings

Good will to work extra unpaid hours will cease

Some key services, like next day delivery and tracked items, will be delayed

Postal staff may refuse to cross picket lines or work in unmanaged buildings

[POSTPERSON50]

In my unit..

1. Managers haven't delivered mail for a long time as the USO isn't important anymore.
2. Managers have plenty of breaks and don't work over their time
3. Managers always have a day off, they are on a rota and all have regular Saturdays off.
4. Weekend work doesn't need a manager, the callers office has opened for years without a manager on site, and there has often been unsupervised Sunday packet deliveries.
5. See above, an OPG staff key holder secures the site
6. The managers don't have 8 hours of work to complete, so no 'Goodwill' time is needed
7. None of the next day or tracked items are processed or delivered by managers
8. There will be no managers on any picket line.

[2yearpostie]

So no change then? The posties will just deliver as normal.

[denhamhoop]

Please Please Please let them strike and even better have a picket line I will savour walking past them to get into work. As for not working their rest day at our MC they work Sundays for an extremely preferential rate over 25 pound an hour. Not working their breaks well as they really don't have 8 hours work a day and actually leave before their actual finishing time most days not sure how this is an issue.
Without their interference the job will go smoother than usual even more so as I suspect Jobbem Knock will be reintroduced for these days

[POSTMAN]

It doesn't include Mail Centres-delivery operations only!

[blue1873]

It doesn't include Mail Centres-delivery operations only!

So the Mail Centre Coffee machines will still be on overtime then

[woofwoof]

It doesn't include Mail Centres-delivery operations only!

With the exception of those based in Northern Ireland, both periods of industrial action will apply to all Unite/CMA members in Junior and Middle Manager roles in frontline operations in Delivery and Collections, as well as Mail Hub Processing and those employed as (SHE) H&S Advisors and as Performance Coaches for Delivery and Collections.

[POSTMAN]

It doesn't include Mail Centres-delivery operations only!

With the exception of those based in Northern Ireland, both periods of industrial action will apply to all Unite/CMA members in Junior and Middle Manager roles in frontline operations in Delivery and Collections, as well as Mail Hub Processing and those employed as (SHE) H&S Advisors and as Performance Coaches for Delivery and Collections.

What is 'Mail Hub Processing'? Is that MC's, Si has posted on workplace that MC's managers are not affected.

[lofarl]

All the work will be covered by the trainee managers anyway.

[frankieboy]

Would never cross an official picket line

[SpacePhoenix]

It won't directly affect MC managers but my guess is that many MC managers might get sent to cover the striking managers

[Judgee]

Will anybody notice?

[Marshamp11]

Would never cross an official picket line

Why not? Managers have crossed ours in the past.

[Deadly]

It's going to be awkward for collection managers based in mail centres.

[teesdale]

Hopefully they will look at mail centre managers next. Just spent the evening overhearing two of them just watching staff for an hour and a half saying things like they are on a go slow and they are not putting any effort in. The staff were performing heavy manual work in a very warm and humid environment for hours. These two managers did nothing but wait on the staff to finish and spent their time having a paranoid discussion filled with hatred.