Understand the external threat

[richietns]

I've never seen so much outrage posted by so few moaners. If you don't like your job then leave. If you can't/won't leave then try to change it for the better with POSITIVE words and actions. CWU is trying to change and influence the future. It can't be easy. If you think they are doing a crap job then point out how YOU would do it better. I'll wait.
Instead we get "what a s**tty worthless update" but prior to that the same moaning minnies were begging for an update. No win situation for Martin and union guys.
Finally, if you can't/won't leave and you can't/won't bring about effective change with direct action then accept that your only recourse is through a democratic vote on specific actions and on representation. That's it. Leave. Change. Accept.

Unlike previous negotiations with the Royal Mail and the CWU we are really being kept in the dark during this one. In previous negotiations, the Union were telling us regularly what the Royal Mail demanded; things like no paid breaks, collapsing 1 walk in 6, getting rid of parcel force or even franchising the walks. But this time round the Union are being really sparse in their comms and in the backdrop of Royal Mail saying that they have made record losses, laying off 2,000 senior managers, as well as the fact that there will be some major changes is obviously going to lead to a lot of pessimism. How I would do it better then is to inform the workforce about what changes have been planned and how it might affect people's working lives would be a great place to start.

For the record, I love my job and negotiations will hopefully be concluded any time soon, and the sooner the better because its been well over 6 months.

Over six months! talks only started after rico left.

[Woody Guthrie]

Over six months! talks only started after rico left.

This dispute has been rumbling on since before the ink was dry on the 2018 agreement.

The union had almost zero one to one contact with Rico and have been arguing/in talks with mostly the same people from the start.

Rico was a red herring, the same attitude is rife through the management structure.

[richietns]

Yes but management are talking now Rico didn't want anything to do with any sort of negotiation that was his mantra.