Comments on: Royal Mail strikes: London 8th-10th July

By: trent

trent — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:30:53 +0000

businessess should start suing the CWU for lossess incurred during these strikes and then uncover their bullying tactics for the public to see.

By: Bigpoppa

Bigpoppa — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:15:21 +0000

It’s true that Royal Mail are one of the last companies holding onto an era that simply doesn’t exist any more, most strikes only occur due to bullying tactics from union reps and undue pressure put onto members to strike.

I was a postman some years ago for about 2 years, during this time there was a strike, I went into work because that’s was my job. If I felt I was being under paid or over worked I would have changed my job, not hold the paying public to ransom by with holding my services.

And yes, I think that individuals should take legal action where they feel it is necessary. In fact, as the powers of unions have been decreased over the years, empoyees conditions have increased.

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:18:52 +0000

If you take RM out of the equation, there are very, very few strikes in the UK.
The law is the law, there are many directives that look after workers rights.
So are you suggesting that every employee has to take individual legal action against their employer when their rights aren’t respected? In which case, we’d very rapidly achieve a situation where employees’ rights were ignored altogether: who can afford to sue their employer – both in terms of immediate legal costs, and future job prospects.

By: Bigpoppa

Bigpoppa — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:34:36 +0000

The law is the law, there are many directives that look after workers rights. Unions are a thing of the past, they have too much power which is always mis-used at the expense of us, the paying public.

I’m sure you are aware of how unions came into place and the connections they have with political parties, thier actions are rarely for the right reasons, no matter how they present them to us.

Besides, if unions were so effective at looking after the rights of the workers, why so many strikes, not doing a very good job if a strike is the only way they know how to get their point across.

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:28:48 +0000

Interesting, ~~Mrs Thatcher~~ Bigpoppa. How would you look after workers’ rights without the unions? Perhaps… I dunno, some kind of collective negotiating organisation?

By: Bigpoppa

Bigpoppa — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:31:15 +0000

The unions need to be disbanded/closed down. Workers rights need to be looked after of course but not via blackmail strikes.

The sooner Royal Mail is FULLY privatised the better.

By: hitch

hitch — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:06:48 +0000

Lord Mandelson’s department said that in the last few months there have been postal strikes throughout London as well as in Ipswich, Edinburgh, Alloa, Grangemouth, Irvine, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Broxburn and Bathgate.

In 2007 60% of days lost in the whole UK economy through industrial action were accounted for by Royal Mail, the department added.

By: John

John — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:00:20 +0000

32 in the shade today lovely

By: raphael

raphael — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:43:14 +0000

Welcome to “Life on Mars” in reverse! The management and strikers are all in comas from the 1970s that have sent them forward to 2009. They will all soon be consigned “Ashes to Ashes”.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:22:39 +0000

Great just what we need !