More Postal Strikes [Archive]

JBJB

11-10-2007, 10:23 AM

GROAN ....

After lengthy negotiation we are very disappointed that the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has announced more strike action starting on Monday 15th and ending on Friday 19th October. This action will take place at different Royal Mail sites across the country at different times. We are currently assessing the impact that this will have on services, and will communicate this as soon as possible.
We can confirm that the latest round of strike action by members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) ended in the early hours of Wednesday 10th October. Royal Mail regrets the impact of the strike action and apologises to its customers for the disruption this has caused.
Whilst we are encouraged that increased numbers of operational staff are attending work and that managerial and support staff continue to keep mail flowing, the situation remains very serious and our ability to provide services remains extremely limited. We are very sorry that we have had to withdraw a number of service promises and guarantees, but we will reinstate these as soon as we are able to honour them.
Special Delivery items are being delivered and some mail is flowing through the network, but we have a significant build-up of mail that will take time to clear when the strikes have finished.
We would like to assure our customers that we are working hard to get mail through the system and delivered. We will do our best to return to normal as quickly as possible, and will deal with mail in the order in which we receive it. However customers should expect significant delays during and after the strike period.

candles by lisa

11-10-2007, 10:32 AM

Ow for f*** Sake!!!!! When are they going to get this sorted out!!! I really wish there was another way to post envelopes and small items cause I am pig sick of all this!!!!! I have got tons of stuff due to arrive and if they don't hurry up it will be too late for the Christmas season!!!!!

I am sorry but I have lost all faith in the Post Office and their strike action small little nobodies like me will end up going down the tubes. I really wish that they would at least allow us a week or two of normal deliveries before starting action again at least we would get something through.

When is Mr Brown going to step in?

ARRRGGGHHH

Lisa

:mad::mad::mad::mad:

JBJB

11-10-2007, 10:34 AM

I know .... and if my postman dares make his usual comment about "gosh someone's been busy on ebay" when he's got an armful of post for me (NOT from ebay) I won't be responsible for my actions!

incywincy

11-10-2007, 11:29 AM

Funkyhand

11-10-2007, 03:12 PM

Oh don't even get me started on this topic... I am so fed up by it now not getting stuff I need through the post but also I feel like I am letting down my customers when they don't get their orders in a timely manner. Gggrrr
Anice xx :):)

Sommerwood

11-10-2007, 04:27 PM

I know .... and if my postman dares make his usual comment about "gosh someone's been busy on ebay" when he's got an armful of post for me (NOT from ebay) I won't be responsible for my actions!

Yours too hey, mine does it everytime, and normally in front of my boss at work whe I have had parcels delivered there so that I know they will be signed for and not returned, making it damn obvious I have been playing about on E-Bay when I should be working!!:mad:

I did ask him about the strikes next week though and he reckoned it owuld only be one day, but who knows!! Still taking forever for stuff to get through.

beadsbydesign

11-10-2007, 04:32 PM

Talking to the girls in the PO tonight they said that the first day they'd had any packets through was today. we keep them going with thousands and thousands of small packets and we get left till last.

Tip Top

11-10-2007, 05:53 PM

Ow for f*** Sake!!!!! When are they going to get this sorted out!!!

:mad::mad::mad::mad:

EXACTLY what I thought!

Apple Tree Crafts

11-10-2007, 06:14 PM

.....we had to go and collect a parcel today, so we went on our way to hospital. The postie had put a card through the door saying it was too big to fit through the letterbox.

When we got to the depot, there was a larger parcel with shedloads of other mail elastic-banded to it. If the eejit postie had taken off the elastic bands, all of the mail including the packet would have fitted through the slot.

I mean......DUHHHHHH!!!!!!

Jules

JBJB

11-10-2007, 07:18 PM

Personally, I don't know the in's and out's of it all, but I don't think they're doing themselves any favours. At the end of the day it's us end users that suffer and how exactly do we control what they're paid.....? My local post-office lady reckons all the posties round here must have shares in TNT because that's whose been doing most of the deliveries! Apparantely, some parts of the country are using the German postal service to help out (work that one out!)

glasskanvas

11-10-2007, 07:50 PM

I've not been able to getting anything posted for over a week and it looks like it'll be another week before things are anyway near back to some kind of normality.
After the 2 lots of 48 hrs strikes the local sorting office went out on a wildcat strike meaning that the 200 plus parcels I'd just paid for won't even be picked up for days. I'm also waiting on payments for pieces I'm sending out-i've had no mail in 8 days!-the whole thing's a nightmare!
I actually went and got on a train and hand delivered some parcels myself!

glasskanvas

12-10-2007, 05:54 PM

I think i'm going to explode!
I'm starting to get some very irrate people complaining about things i've sent out not turning up yet...I feel like saying that I know exactly where they are-they're still in the post office where I posted them a week and a half ago! Post in Liverpool isn't moving at all!.....on the plus side I can plead ignorance when it comes to bills!

incywincy

12-10-2007, 08:58 PM

Apple Tree Crafts

15-10-2007, 09:57 AM

I'm waiting for some fabrics, a book on Extreme Pumpkin Carving, and a couple of gifts for Himself's birthday......

......are they out on the picket lines today, or will we have some post?

Jules

Seahorse

15-10-2007, 10:00 AM

How do you politely tell poeple that there is a strike on and if they want a guaranteed delivery they need to pay for alternate delivery method!

Apple Tree Crafts

15-10-2007, 10:03 AM

How do you politely tell poeple that there is a strike on and if they want a guaranteed delivery they need to pay for alternate delivery method!

I'm in no rush for my post...just wondered if there was any chance of a delivery today. I miss getting post.

Jules

Apple Tree Crafts

15-10-2007, 11:01 AM

15 October from 1800BST: Mail sorting offices and airports
16 October from 0300BST: Deliveries and collection hubs
17 October from 1200BST: Royal Mail drivers
18 October from 1200BST: Manual data entry centres
18 October from 1400BST: Heathrow world distribution centre

Source: CWU

So, there should be deliveries today...hurrah! But none tomorrow....or Wednesday....

Jules

nattynetty

15-10-2007, 12:12 PM

We've had deliveries most days during the strike as they're obviously not too militant round this way. I asked at our Post Office on Friday what was happening with the strike and was told by the owner that they didn't have a clue as Royal Mail hadn't bothered to keep them updated on it all :mummy:

glasskanvas

15-10-2007, 12:55 PM

I've had to be the one keeping the people at my post office informed-no one seems to know what is happening at all. The wildcat strikers near me have just announce that they're not going back so i'm not going to be able to get my stuff out to people for another few days.
I've always wanted to volunteer-maybe i'll do a few hours at the sorting office!

Seahorse

15-10-2007, 01:29 PM

I miss getting post.

Jules

Me too.I keep walking into the house and looking at the floor trying not to stand on anything thats been deliveerd but theres nothing there.
Kind of helping with buying stuff tho.I wont allow myself to buy anything until Ive receieved the last thing I ordered.

Apple Tree Crafts

15-10-2007, 05:41 PM

...we did get post today.

There were two letters. One to be forwarded to #1 son at Uni in York, and the other for some bloke who lived here about 10 years ago.

Nothing for me!:confused::p:D

Typical!

Jules

candles by lisa

15-10-2007, 05:55 PM

Whay!! Got a parcel today that I have been waiting for 3 weeks for - 1 down 4 to go.

Cheers.

Lisa

:o

sunbatheintheshade

16-10-2007, 10:58 AM

i had to send an order out yesterday, but beacause of these damn postal strikes i had to pay £4.50 recorded delivery....more than the cost of the card....oh well at least the customer will be happy...:mf:

DebsB

16-10-2007, 11:16 AM

On the Royal Mail website
Tuesday 16th October Update
We are pleased to announce that the planned strike action for today is not going ahead and that a draft agreement between Royal Mail and the Communications Worker’s Union (CWU) has been reached concerning the current dispute.

The CWU’s executives met yesterday to discuss the draft agreement. The meeting was adjourned last night and will reconvene today, Tuesday 16th October. We will communicate their decision as soon as possible.

Lets hope it is resolved in full today.

I have been waiting over a week for a guaranteed delivery :mad:

Tip Top

16-10-2007, 12:26 PM

There are still 'wildcat' strikes going on at distrubution centres......

All the post we've had is dammed junk mail....:mad:

Oh, and a lovely angel from Sommerwood:D

colourart

16-10-2007, 01:52 PM

I sold a painting to a lady on ebay and sent it special delivery on Thursday, it must of arrived as she's left feedback!! Phew! Its always a relief when parcels arrives safely, especially at the moment.

DebsB

16-10-2007, 02:12 PM

Postal strikes suspended
CWU has today (Tuesday) notified Royal Mail that industrial action planned to take place on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week has been suspended in light of the ongoing Postal Executive discussions.
This action has been suspended with immediate effect.
The CWU Executive continues to meet today to consider the agreement reached between Royal Mail and CWU on Friday.

Lets hope they can bring the wildcat strikes into tow and it is sorted out once and for all by Friday

chaz

16-10-2007, 03:44 PM

its descusting all you people that have busisiness and rely on the royl mail to deliver its so wrong they dont realise the stress and damage it can cause :mad::mad:

chaz

glasskanvas

25-10-2007, 11:19 AM

Is anyone else still being affected by the strike?....I'm still waiting on loads of things...and more importantly my customers are still waiting on pieces from me!....It's really annoying because things i've posted in the past week are arriving before the item I posted a week before!

Tip Top

25-10-2007, 12:45 PM

My husband has just submitted a multiple claim for items sent on 4 Oct (we have a business collection) which is STILL SAT IN THE DEPOT untouched. First in first out is not working.

I've lost count of the emails I've had to send to his ebay customers who clearly do not believe us - we are now starting to get phone calls at home from them...:mad:

Thing is, the RM do not class mail as 'lost' until 15 WORKING days after sending.....

Stuff sent out since 4 Oct has been delivered though

Rodeo Lady

25-10-2007, 01:41 PM

I send all my parcels 1st class recorded and have just found out To_day that the Edinburgh sorting office has a backlog that will take seven working days to clear. I live in an area where it's not just official strikes but wildcat as well. Also........ theve just announced Post Office's are being closed across Scotland and guess what there will be more strike action ! Oh Happy Days.

Cheers Janice.