LTB 386/17 - Private Correspondence

[TrueBlueTerrier]

LTB 386/17 - Private Correspondence

6th July 2017



Dear Colleagues,

Private Correspondence

Firstly apologies for the unprecedented nature of this LTB which reproduces correspondence exchanged between Jon Millidge (RM Group HR Director) and I.

Jon Millidge’s letter is essentially his thoughts on how we could consider re-energising the current negotiations on the Four Pillars of Security. My response is attached.

I have no idea why he chose to make all local managers aware of his private letter to me, except to try to undermine the Union or me personally. This is clearly no way for senior managers to behave as it is ridiculous to consider operating a working relationship that would undermine trust by publicising correspondence whether private or public.

You will note from my response that there are major flaws in the proposal which basically offers an unacceptable pension solution and jam tomorrow for everything else.

To be clear it is unacceptable for the managerial team that claim they can be trusted to then publish private correspondence on an embryonic idea. Jon Millidge’s actions are unprecedented and represent an artificial appeasement to distract us from pursuing our Four Pillars of Security agenda.

Requesting more meaningful discussions at a senior level whilst supporting operational management breaking our agreements and taking the sword to our members in the workplace is utterly inconsistent. However, we will continue to seek a negotiated settlement in line with the CWU’s policy in respect of both content and timescale.

When challenged, the business claim that they have only shared the letter with local managers but this does not excuse such behaviour. If Local Representatives advise you that local management have shared Jon Millidge’s letter with them then please share my response, the content of which is self-explanatory.

This may well be the first of a number of initiatives to try and distract the Union from its goals and drive disunity. I urge you to keep your eye on the real prize - a tangible meaningful agreement on the Four Pillars of Security.

 
Any enquiries regarding the content of this LTB should be addressed to the DGS(P) Department, quoting reference 24000.

Yours sincerely

Terry Pullinger
Deputy General Secretary (Postal)

[bigal383]

One of the major concerns u need to address in these talks is part time contracts and royal mail using this against your members and people not being made up

[CLINTEASTWOOD]

I guess now this letter has been shared we know a least a little bit more about nothing thats happening.Come on CWU pull your fingers out and stop dragging your heels.

[fishtank]

The full Millidge letter wasn't shared with local managers, what they actually did was lift certain sections from it and made them into bullet points that the managers were supposed to hammer us with over the next few weeks. A kind of RM version of "strong and stable".

What is clear from the letter is that a) they desperately need a pension solution yesterday. b) they desperately want to separate the talks into a hundred different strands and c) they don't think we have the balls for a strike....

[slinder123]

march 2018 then march 2019 then march 2020 sick off all this wind coming from overpaid royal mail monkeys put them to the sword are we a union or are we paying subs for over paid cwu monkeys whatever sort it out

[Lounge Lizard]

Fishtank,
Only really significant is "c) they don't think we have the balls for a strike...."
So it all depends on whether we all really do or not.

[rogersh]

One of the major concerns u need to address in these talks is part time contracts and royal mail using this against your members and people not being made up

Agree with you, As I have stated in a recent post our RDC took on 71 new staff (est. 1,400 hours p/w) & still we require o/t & agency every week. But management are not increasing hours to new starters who constantly work o/t even though 300 hours have been "lost" (ON ONE SHIFT), due to transfers, e.t.c. , because managers see the reduction of hours as a "saving" !!