The disruption is annoying but it needs to happen if we ever want anything to change. When work no longer pays for even the basics, something has to change. If the government and companies won’t give it on their own volition then staff should demand it. Besides, workers who are paid well and not suffering from stress due to financial worries are going to be far more productive than workers who cannot afford food and fuel. It is in companies’ interest to pay their workers properly.
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Strike near Xmas as well only way the terms will be meet
every other courier are rubbing their hands right now. these employees are striking away their jobs and once gone will blame upper management instead of themselves lol.
Couldnt give a monkeys. Stopped using them now altogether for my small business and will never go back. Heckle the posty when i see him about as well
Who cares? Royal Mail is not the defacto courier of letters and parcels anymore.
Strike all you want, don’t get pissy when Amazon start delivering your mail as well as your parcels.
Whilst i agree with what you are striking for 100% the problem is the amount of other services to do the job the royal mail does. The general public wont even notice or care they have been on strike.
This has caused massive disruption to my business and I have lost hundreds to late delivery as my product needs to be there within 3 days. Royal Mail used to deliver this for 99% of my parcels.
They went on strike to gain extra wages, fine. But all it has done is make me use a different courier for my business, which surely will impact Royal Mails’ income, therefore reduce their ability to increase wages?
Im definitely not alone in my transition to a new courier either, so surely it is a self defeating strike?
I think the strike is important and it’s not just about raises but about saving 6k jobs.
It is affecting businesses within the UK and not putting a lot of pressure on Royal mail. Delaying a package isn’t the same as not delivering it but when it takes over a month to arrive and there isn’t any new tracking information, it’s safe to say the package is lost but the business isn’t reimbursed or has to wait longer for reimbursement. Businesses are bleeding money in order to keep customers.
I’m pretty sure some businesses are simply switching over to other couriers and it would take at least a quarter of strikes to see the loss of business for royal mail.
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The disruption is annoying but it needs to happen if we ever want anything to change. When work no longer pays for even the basics, something has to change. If the government and companies won’t give it on their own volition then staff should demand it. Besides, workers who are paid well and not suffering from stress due to financial worries are going to be far more productive than workers who cannot afford food and fuel. It is in companies’ interest to pay their workers properly.
Good
Strike near Xmas as well only way the terms will be meet
every other courier are rubbing their hands right now. these employees are striking away their jobs and once gone will blame upper management instead of themselves lol.
Couldnt give a monkeys. Stopped using them now altogether for my small business and will never go back. Heckle the posty when i see him about as well
Who cares? Royal Mail is not the defacto courier of letters and parcels anymore.
Strike all you want, don’t get pissy when Amazon start delivering your mail as well as your parcels.
Whilst i agree with what you are striking for 100% the problem is the amount of other services to do the job the royal mail does. The general public wont even notice or care they have been on strike.
This has caused massive disruption to my business and I have lost hundreds to late delivery as my product needs to be there within 3 days. Royal Mail used to deliver this for 99% of my parcels.
They went on strike to gain extra wages, fine. But all it has done is make me use a different courier for my business, which surely will impact Royal Mails’ income, therefore reduce their ability to increase wages?
Im definitely not alone in my transition to a new courier either, so surely it is a self defeating strike?
I think the strike is important and it’s not just about raises but about saving 6k jobs.
It is affecting businesses within the UK and not putting a lot of pressure on Royal mail. Delaying a package isn’t the same as not delivering it but when it takes over a month to arrive and there isn’t any new tracking information, it’s safe to say the package is lost but the business isn’t reimbursed or has to wait longer for reimbursement. Businesses are bleeding money in order to keep customers.
I’m pretty sure some businesses are simply switching over to other couriers and it would take at least a quarter of strikes to see the loss of business for royal mail.