Gregor
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Registered: 28th Nov 03
Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire
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These do my head in. If you dont like the job/its conditions , then just get another job !
Your thoughts ?
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Jamie
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Registered: 1st Apr 02
Location: Aberdeen
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What is it 2 x 48 hour strikes?
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
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i wanted some car parts and now i cant get them because of this
txt bk m8
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Gregor
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Registered: 28th Nov 03
Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire
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Ditto, so I phone up and am told to go down to the sorting office before 5. I go down at 4 and its shut due to strike action
tb 2 mi fone m8
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Tommy L
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Registered: 21st Aug 06
Location: Northampton Drives: Audi wagon
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no post till next thursday. Tax disc is in the post 
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Dan.H
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Registered: 2nd Sep 07
Location: middlesbrough
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only good thing is no bills till thursday
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Tommy L
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Registered: 21st Aug 06
Location: Northampton Drives: Audi wagon
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quote:
Originally posted by danh785
only good thing is no bills till thursday
you're right, but then they will come all at once 
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Dione J
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Registered: 22nd Sep 04
Location: West Midlands Drives: Leon Cupra Turbo
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im reaping the benefits of all this as more new customers are coming to me. I've gained £1,000 new business at my workplace without even calling the customers 
As where I work, we can guarntee all nextday deliveries  GET IN!! 
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Dave A
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Registered: 10th Dec 03
Location: County Durham
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I am really pissed off about it
I am waiting on parts and equipment to complete around £4k worth of work on customers cars. I wont get any of it until wednesday so I will be quiet for 4 days then a mad rush to clear 6 days worth of work so that it doesnt over-run into the week after.
I have also sent birthday cards and ordered presents for someone that wont be there on their birthday so I will look like a right tit.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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its not about pay or conditions, its because they are planning on automating parcel sorting processes meaning lots of people would be out of jobs.
i think people would be pissed off if this happened to them aswell
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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They should have tried harder at school and not got such a shit job which makes them so easily replacable by a machine then.
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Dave A
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Registered: 10th Dec 03
Location: County Durham
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but what they are doing doesnt help anyone, If I was the boss at Royal Mail I would do whats best for the company and if the staff spit their dummy out and piss off on strike everytime they arent happy then I would look to get the automated machines in a lot sooner.
Going on strike is pathetic and childish. Also there is no definite plans or facts to say that people would lose thir jobs, its all in the planning stage from what I have read.
Its the fault of the Unions. people that join (certain) unions are often very narrow minded and are like sheep. if the Unions say strike they go on strike rather than making their own mind up about the situation.
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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I can't stand these people who strike. It's not productive in any way fucking up so many peoples day to day lives
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kz
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Registered: 9th Aug 02
Location: Southend, Essex Drives: Mini Cooper S
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i had tickets in the post for an event im going to tomorrow really messed me up. hoping my receipt is gonna be enough tomorrow...
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Dave A
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Registered: 10th Dec 03
Location: County Durham
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another note about strike action, a large company I used to work for were desperate for skilled master joiners, there were none in the area (durham) on the scale that they needed (30 + jobs) so they advertised the jobs in london.
They employed 20 polish joiners, all were fantastic, turned up on time, first to clock in, first back from lunch, last out at night and their workmanship was perfect in every way. Great lads to work with and get on with. for 3 months they worked so well that management used them to train some of the british lads. in respect of that the ones giving the training had a pay rise.
British joiners didnt like that at all, Union were called in and they all went on strike, except the polish joiners. 6 months later management had sacked over 50 of the joiners and replaced them with joiners from all over europe, productivity went up, profits went up, company was more succesfull.
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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profits went up because they will work for fuck all
there are polish plumbers working round here for £8.00 an hour doing 10 hour days 7 days a week
they ruin the working conditions for the local people and take the jobs, they pay little to no tax and send all the money back home
and as for the postal strike, the post men have no choice wether or not to strike, my mate is a post man and is pissed off that next week he will have twice as many bags to carry and half the wages
it is a very ill thought out strike imo
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Phi
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Registered: 8th Jan 07
Location: South
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But surely when they all go back to work they wil have Back dated work to do ! lol so they will be moaning about the work load for the next few days now!
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nik
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Registered: 19th Jun 00
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Disgusting. I'm awaiting my new designer telephone. If I die in a house fire the Postman can be blamed!
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Their all jobsworth cunts that seem to think they should be on £10 an hour for sorting letters!
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
Location: Skoda Octavia Estate, Ford Puma
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It really pisses me off now. I went to uni for 4 years and will work for less than what they want. Yet they had money coming in for the 4 years us student were skint for.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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are people ignoring the fact its not about pay 
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corsa-sxi
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Registered: 11th Jul 03
Location: Kingston upon Hull
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tbh it stops them opening our mail doesnt it if they replaced by machines
[Edited on 05-10-2007 by corsa-sxi]
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Olsrey
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Registered: 13th Jan 07
Location: Bradford Drives: LET Vectra B
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa-sxi
tbh it stops them opening our mail doesnt it if they replaced by machines
[Edited on 05-10-2007 by corsa-sxi]
Its the delivers around here that do that
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Winemaker
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Registered: 8th May 07
Location: Down Under
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave A
but what they are doing doesnt help anyone, If I was the boss at Royal Mail I would do whats best for the company and if the staff spit their dummy out and piss off on strike everytime they arent happy then I would look to get the automated machines in a lot sooner.
Going on strike is pathetic and childish. Also there is no definite plans or facts to say that people would lose thir jobs, its all in the planning stage from what I have read.
Its the fault of the Unions. people that join (certain) unions are often very narrow minded and are like sheep. if the Unions say strike they go on strike rather than making their own mind up about the situation.
Its the fault of the Unions. people that join (certain) unions are often very narrow minded and are like sheep. if the Unions say strike they go on strike rather than making their own mind up about the situation.
Dave, I worked at PENZOIL many years ago and had to join the Union, I had no choice, according to law they cannot force you to join but, if you don't they can and do make life very difficult eg: my forklift was constantly blocked by trucks and my forklift battery was removed and a lot more things that would take a lot more time to write here. It's the union bosses usually, not so much the people forced to join.
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ClaireF
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Registered: 1st Nov 05
Location: hurlford, scotland Drives: corsa again
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well am waiting hear from cops through letter and be fucked if its a court date and missed it lol
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