LATEST FROM CWU.

[wakkono]

i agree in fact they should be announced before the talks to put more pressure on them and with the 7 day notice rule it needs to be announced today or else all the hard work done with the rolling action will all be wasted !

[goinpostal]

The strikes previously announced are still going ahead despite the talks tomorrow.
I can`t see any reason why the union shouldn`t announce the next batch of strikes in the meantime.

exactly that would keep up the pressure on them. Is it even a sign they are cracking if ACAS called the meeting? They'd shoot themselves in the foot if they didn't go along.,

I think they are feeling the heat, this week management have gotten tougher in our office and nastier, so that is a good sign that we must be doing something right.

[DGP1]

The CWU should announce more strike dates now and if the talks succeed then call off the strike not wait until the talks fail then announce more strikes.


Hope that makes sense

[wakkono]

lol yeah know the feeling ours is tough and nasty at the best of times !!! gotta say though he was like a bear with sore ass when the first strikes were on but he does seem to have chilled a bit he even joined us on the picket line for a hot dog on saturday and he was askin if there was another bbq tomorrow i think he has realised that when they have finished with us its there turn so there startin to rebel a bit and startin to think like we do

[BELIAL]

dont want to sound cynical, but rm's tactics have been consistent. First they ignore you, then they delay ia announcement with 'phantom" talks. For our ceo and chairman this dispute is simply a game of chess.They want to spread confusion,undermine our resolve:they raise expectations,then dash your hopes. Its all strategy to wear us down bit by bit but it only works if you let it. I hope that the cwu whilst attending talks will give rm a dose of its own medicine and pre announce further strike dates i.e. ignore them until the moneys in our pockets and our quality of life and standard of living are IMPROVED Mr layiton Icould save you money. Sell your exercise treadmill,i know of 2oo,ooo,ooo items of post you could deliver.

[ROCKY]

This day is called the feast of Crispian:
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when the day is named,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say 'To-morrow is Saint Crispian:'
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars.
And say 'These wounds I had on Crispin's day.'
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day: then shall our names.
Familiar in his mouth as household words
Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester,
Be in their flowing cups freshly remember'd.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remember'd;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

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[TrueBlueTerrier]

Excellent Rocky - that's one of my favourite Shakespearean speeches. Ohh I've come over all patriotic know.

[mdtomuk]

HENRY V - DID WILL HAVE TROUBLE WITH BOSSES?

[blackadder]

i thought st crispins day was 25th october ? on this day in 1798 nelson won the battle of the nile.

[nelson]

on this day in 1798 nelson won the battle of the nile.

[dididw]

The Union need to give RM 7 days notice of strike action, therefore unless the union announce further strike action for next week immediatley there will be a break in the rolling strikes, which will provide RM the chance to clear the backlog. Effectively undoing the benefits of the last 2 weeks action. So come union announce more rolling strikes for next week NOW.

All we need to do is work your contracted hours, the backlog will still be there......JUST CUT OFF (work to rule)

[kinmad4it]

If the talks about talking are tomorrow, and nothing happens (highly likely) it'll still be Thursday. So the union will still be able to give 7 days notice of more industrial action. We can't stop now. Don't give Royal Mule the chance to use delaying tactics.

[gspot01]

one thing that this union is so far getting wrong is that the minute RM say they will talk the strikes get cancelled.

only for them to come to the table and talk absolute bull, knowing that they have mucked us about and got away with it

I say talk is great, but until we get a settlement carry on with the strikes and planned strikes as if they were not talking.

Once we get somewhere then cancel them

Now get to the meeting and tell them to :cfo with their bright ideas where they end up on their arses with big bonuses and we do all the work for s**t wages.

[nelson]

one thing that this union is so far getting wrong is that the minute RM say they will talk the strikes get cancelled.

I do agree with your post, but the CWU have not cancelled the strikes, just not announced any new ones at the moment. We will have to wait and see if your observation comes true.

[L Tommo]

RULE THE POSTIES, THE POSTIES RULE THE COBBLES.... posties never never never shall be slaves....


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Thus far then we have travelled along the terrible road we chose at the call of duty. The mood of Britain is wisely rightly averse from every form of shallow or premature exultation. This is not time for boasts or idle prophecies, but there is this: A few months ago our position looked forelorn, and well nigh desperate to all eyes but our own. To-day we may say aloud before an awe struck world " WE ARE STILL THE MASTERS OF OUR FATE, WE ARE CAPTAINS OF OUR SOULS."

Winston Churchill....

On the picket line....

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COP THAT BIG AL... :lfo