| Posties…. 23:18 - Aug 9 with 13562 views | colinallcars |
Four days strike action in Aug and Sept. We should really get behind them on this issue.
They are an integral part of all our lives and, I feel, somewhat taken for granted.
Give them a good pay rise to show how much we appreciate them. |  | | |  |
| Posties…. on 23:23 - Aug 9 with 3706 views | digswellhoop |
they earn good money |  | | |
| Posties…. on 23:38 - Aug 9 with 3644 views | 100percent |
Solidarity with all striking workers.
Join a union.
things are going to get progressively worse. |  | | |
| Posties…. on 01:22 - Aug 10 with 3531 views | LazyFan |
| Posties…. on 23:23 - Aug 9 by digswellhoop |
they earn good money |
Very few earn good money with inflation really at 11% and any wage increases maxing out at 5% and that's if you strike to get it after some lamo sell-out deal. So, companies are making mega profits at the expense of the workers.
I support the posties as without them we ain't British! |  |
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| Posties…. on 08:21 - Aug 10 with 3363 views | denhamhoop2 |
| Posties…. on 23:23 - Aug 9 by digswellhoop |
they earn good money |
Not in comparison to the Bosses and the Shareholders none of whom have ever lifted a combi oven to the top floor of a tower block | | | |
| Posties…. on 08:30 - Aug 10 with 3325 views | qprxtc |
| Posties…. on 23:23 - Aug 9 by digswellhoop |
they earn good money |
No working person earns good money, we’re given enough to survive and serve the rich. |  | | |
| Posties…. on 18:40 - Aug 10 with 3137 views | BushRanger82 |
| Posties…. on 23:23 - Aug 9 by digswellhoop |
they earn good money |
I doubt that very much.
In my experience of working in this country, the more graft you put in, the less reward you get out. |  | | |
| Posties…. on 19:38 - Aug 10 with 3086 views | qpr_1968 |
up the posties....... | |
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| Posties…. on 19:46 - Aug 10 with 3053 views | Wilkinswatercarrier |
Sorry, but who even uses the post anymore? I only seem to get junk mail coming through my door. I am all for workers rights, but unfortunately the postal service is doomed with email etc. Be honest, who is actually going to miss their post for 4 days?! | | | |
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| Posties…. on 19:49 - Aug 10 with 3034 views | Northernr |
| Posties…. on 23:23 - Aug 9 by digswellhoop |
they earn good money |
What is “good money” when your heating for one month is £500?
Aggro coming. |  | | |
| Posties…. on 19:52 - Aug 10 with 3018 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
| Posties…. on 19:46 - Aug 10 by Wilkinswatercarrier |
Sorry, but who even uses the post anymore? I only seem to get junk mail coming through my door. I am all for workers rights, but unfortunately the postal service is doomed with email etc. Be honest, who is actually going to miss their post for 4 days?! |
Royal Mail delivers to more than 29 million addresses across the UK every working day.
Good luck sending divorce papers, summons, cancer diagnoses, or components to a brain scanners by email.
Up the posties. Especially you QPR ones out there. [Post edited 10 Aug 2022 19:52]
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| Posties…. on 20:06 - Aug 10 with 2938 views | MedwayR |
Unless you're one of the wealthy minority who take dividends then you're the same as the rest of us. We're all just varying shades of poor and should be supporting each other. The wealthy and the companies they own have had it far too good for far too long, paying out dividends at their workers expense. It's time for change. |  |
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| Posties…. on 20:09 - Aug 10 with 2922 views | Hayesender |
This is about a lot more than our wages, it's also about our working hours and conditions.
They're trying to turn us into another Amazon/DHL/Hermies type of company with no sick pay, and zero hour contract type of working, not knowing our shifts week to week.
Good luck getting tickets, passports, debit cards etc delivered when that happens |  |
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| Posties…. on 20:18 - Aug 10 with 2891 views | Northernr |
| Posties…. on 20:09 - Aug 10 by Hayesender |
This is about a lot more than our wages, it's also about our working hours and conditions.
They're trying to turn us into another Amazon/DHL/Hermies type of company with no sick pay, and zero hour contract type of working, not knowing our shifts week to week.
Good luck getting tickets, passports, debit cards etc delivered when that happens |
Good luck mate. | | | |
| Posties…. on 20:21 - Aug 10 with 2870 views | Boston |
| Posties…. on 19:52 - Aug 10 by BazzaInTheLoft |
Royal Mail delivers to more than 29 million addresses across the UK every working day.
Good luck sending divorce papers, summons, cancer diagnoses, or components to a brain scanners by email.
Up the posties. Especially you QPR ones out there. [Post edited 10 Aug 2022 19:52]
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Correct sir, most legal docs must be hard copy. [Post edited 10 Aug 2022 20:21]
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| Posties…. on 20:28 - Aug 10 with 2812 views | Boston |
| Posties…. on 20:09 - Aug 10 by Hayesender |
This is about a lot more than our wages, it's also about our working hours and conditions.
They're trying to turn us into another Amazon/DHL/Hermies type of company with no sick pay, and zero hour contract type of working, not knowing our shifts week to week.
Good luck getting tickets, passports, debit cards etc delivered when that happens |
My best mate in recent years was a 'letter carrier'. He told me the good had gone out of the job ten plus years ago, feels lucky that he retired earlier this year and predicts the death spiral for posties will continue whatever country you ply your trade as a common street walker.  | |
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| Posties…. on 20:29 - Aug 10 with 2809 views | losethedrum |
| Posties…. on 19:46 - Aug 10 by Wilkinswatercarrier |
Sorry, but who even uses the post anymore? I only seem to get junk mail coming through my door. I am all for workers rights, but unfortunately the postal service is doomed with email etc. Be honest, who is actually going to miss their post for 4 days?! |
Royal mail delivers letters at a loss but make their money delivering parcels and special deliveries before 1pm at a premium , not possible to email a parcel at present .
As for who uses the post anymore , they deliver 70 to 80 million items a day . | | | |
| Posties…. on 20:32 - Aug 10 with 2788 views | qpr_1968 |
26th aug, 31 aug, 8th/9th sept.
will back them all trhe way. | |
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| Posties…. on 20:33 - Aug 10 with 2776 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Posties…. on 20:09 - Aug 10 by Hayesender |
This is about a lot more than our wages, it's also about our working hours and conditions.
They're trying to turn us into another Amazon/DHL/Hermies type of company with no sick pay, and zero hour contract type of working, not knowing our shifts week to week.
Good luck getting tickets, passports, debit cards etc delivered when that happens |
Best of luck. |  |
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| Posties…. on 20:37 - Aug 10 with 2762 views | ozranger |
| Posties…. on 19:46 - Aug 10 by Wilkinswatercarrier |
Sorry, but who even uses the post anymore? I only seem to get junk mail coming through my door. I am all for workers rights, but unfortunately the postal service is doomed with email etc. Be honest, who is actually going to miss their post for 4 days?! |
Since May 2020, I have had over 500 items delivered to my address through eBay. Something about collecting QPR programmes. I rely on them quite a lot and always am happy to chat to them when they come to the door or I meet them in elsewhere in our complex. I wish them well and hope they get what they deserve. |  | | |
| Posties…. on 21:02 - Aug 10 with 2688 views | ted_hendrix |
| Posties…. on 20:09 - Aug 10 by Hayesender |
This is about a lot more than our wages, it's also about our working hours and conditions.
They're trying to turn us into another Amazon/DHL/Hermies type of company with no sick pay, and zero hour contract type of working, not knowing our shifts week to week.
Good luck getting tickets, passports, debit cards etc delivered when that happens |
My meds get delivered by Royal Mail, I get the delivery date by e-mail and the only time It went wrong was my fault, I never answered the door cos I was out back in the garden, the Post Lady instead of dropping a ticket through the letter box walked around my house till she found me In the garden and handed me my parcel for which I was thankfully grateful.
In the grand scheme of things that's no big deal but to me It's that personal touch that sadly seems lacking nowaday's.
FWIW you have my 100% support. |  |
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| Posties…. on 21:17 - Aug 10 with 2631 views | Wilkinswatercarrier |
The reality is if Royal Mail doesn't deliver someone else will. My argument is not about workers conditions and the boards bonuses etc, my thought is that a four day strike will impact a minority of people. The brutal fact is less and less people are reliant on the postal service due to email and a vast majority of people will notice nothing. | | | |
| Posties…. on 21:28 - Aug 10 with 2587 views | Hayesender |
| Posties…. on 21:17 - Aug 10 by Wilkinswatercarrier |
The reality is if Royal Mail doesn't deliver someone else will. My argument is not about workers conditions and the boards bonuses etc, my thought is that a four day strike will impact a minority of people. The brutal fact is less and less people are reliant on the postal service due to email and a vast majority of people will notice nothing. |
The reality is, if royal mail doesn't deliver your letters no one else will as its a loss making part of the company, ie, there's no profit in it.
TNT tried it a few years ago. It didn't last long.
You'll end up having to go to collect your mail from a hub in the middle of some shite industrial estate miles from civilisation | |
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| Posties…. on 21:28 - Aug 10 with 2581 views | stowmarketrange |
| Posties…. on 20:28 - Aug 10 by Boston |
My best mate in recent years was a 'letter carrier'. He told me the good had gone out of the job ten plus years ago, feels lucky that he retired earlier this year and predicts the death spiral for posties will continue whatever country you ply your trade as a common street walker. |
I had 26 years working for Royal Mail,and it was the best job I ever had,but I took redundancy in 2004 when the Mail trains finished.I consider myself one of the lucky ones who saw the best of the job back then.They were trying to change the job too much,so I jumped ship when I got the chance.
Every job seems to be undergoing radical changes these days,and very little of it makes the job better for those doing it.They can’t keep on expecting people to just knuckle down and get on with it when times are so tough for a lot of people at the moment.
Good luck to anyone who is only trying to protect their wages and livelihoods in these dark days. |  | | |
| Posties…. on 21:32 - Aug 10 with 2536 views | Ranger_Things |
| Posties…. on 19:46 - Aug 10 by Wilkinswatercarrier |
Sorry, but who even uses the post anymore? I only seem to get junk mail coming through my door. I am all for workers rights, but unfortunately the postal service is doomed with email etc. Be honest, who is actually going to miss their post for 4 days?! |
Doomed?
Annual operating profit of the Royal Mail Group from 2013 to 2021
2021 611m
2020 55m
2019 160m
2018 66m
2017 219m
2016 138m
2015 218m
2014 1,641m
2013 383m |  | | |
| Posties…. on 21:48 - Aug 10 with 2492 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
| Posties…. on 21:32 - Aug 10 by Ranger_Things |
Doomed?
Annual operating profit of the Royal Mail Group from 2013 to 2021
2021 611m
2020 55m
2019 160m
2018 66m
2017 219m
2016 138m
2015 218m
2014 1,641m
2013 383m |
That £611m used to go into the treasury’s pocket too. | | | |
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