LTB 286/24 – National Network PIR

[POSTMAN]

https://www.cwu.org/ltb/ltb-286-24-nati ... twork-pir/

LTB 286/24 – National Network PIR
No: 286/24

30th August 2024



Dear Colleagues,

National Network PIR

Please find attached the following:

Letter dated 20th August 2024 from Alistair Cochrane regarding commencing the network PIR for week commencing 9th September 2024.
A signed copy of the national Joint Statement for the PIR.
In line with the Joint Statement all local Mail Centre Catchment Groups should meet week commencing 9th September to review how the network review has landed for the period 17th June – 1st September 2024. The aim is to conclude the first phase PIR by 11th October 2024.

The Joint Statement provides metrics of what you should review. However, your experience of what has happened within each unit will be invaluable.

The PIR will also allow you to discuss whether there is the potential to review start and finish time across the week. The extent of what you can do will vary unit by unit and within different Mail Centre catchment areas.

The PIR allows for a 3-step process in these discussions as follows:

• Step 1 – Local Mail Centre Catchment Group

• Step 2 – ROD/Divisional Steering Group

• Step 3 – National Joint Working Group

It is also important to recognise that the network change has not yet experienced a peak period, so any change must take this into account.

There will be a further opportunity to have a network PIR (phase 2) week beginning 20th January 2025 that covers the period of 2nd September 2024 to 10th January 2025.

Branches should note that under the proposed USO change workload on Mondays and Tuesdays will potentially look very different from how it is currently. The early modelling suggests that Mondays and Tuesdays will become the heaviest days of the week. It is therefore important that Branches take this into consideration when reviewing start and finish times.

We would encourage all Branches to ensure that they engage with Royal Mail in line with the terms of the National Joint Statement and the agreed escalation process.

Any enquiries in relation to this LTB should be referred to the DGSP department.

Yours sincerely,

Martin Walsh
Deputy General Secretary (P)

Mark Baulch
Assistant Secretary

Davie Robertson
Assistant Secretary

See the link for attachments.

[SpacePhoenix]

Think later dispatch times MC to DOs and start and finsih times being put back later for MC night shift staff and all delivery staff will have to be on the cards.

The last lorry that's only meant to have about a dozen yorks on it is often 90 yorks (full up double stacker) and that's in the quiet time of the year. When it gets busier, they're probably going to end up having to send a second lorry.

They axed our later dispatch of 2C so once both inward and 2C get busier as we head into the autumn I reckon that 2C will have to be given priority over inward, meaning that the inward will have to go out to DOs even later.