Postal workers striking all the time

Any sympathy for them?

 

I work as a postman.

The pay isn't great, but anything addressed to 'Cash 4 Gold' is a good bonus.

 

If they are trying to defend their industry against privatisation..

then all power to their elbow..

 

Yes and no. Yes because i think they are being shafted but no because i dont think that striking is the answer. It gives certain industries an unfair advantage and only serves to hit the public, same with transport workers, etc.

 

Some part of the postal service has been on strike for 11 of the last 12 years. This only benefits FedEx and the DHLs of this world.

 

I've thought that. Bound to go missing when the contents are so obvious.

 

Does their postie

Have an armed guard?

 

Yes and no. Some of the changes RM are trying to implement IMO constitute unreasonable change and the posties should and are fighting back. However, striking during a recession, in a failing industry, with falling volumes and alternative routes to market for their customers is short sighted and probably more damaging than they realise. I'm responsible for an £8million annual postal budget and I and my couterparts at our competitors are moving more and more business away from RM every week simply because we can no longer rely on their service and our consumers will hit the high streets if we fail to deliver our products on time. As a personal customer I'm also sick and tired of waiting for items of mail eith I've posted or I'm waiting for to be delivered. The so and so's nearly cost me £4000 2 weeks ago because an insurance company didn't receive my paperwork until 2 weeks after it was posted. Thankfully I wasn't the only one and the insurance company were happy to extend the deadline as a result. Hate to think what would have happened if I was on my own.

 

I fully support them.............................

Even though I had a £750 expenses claim paid a month late.

Just look at the state of the former Nationalized Companies that were given away by Maggie T to her friends.

Thats enough reason to keep the post Nationalized.

 

Exactly....

Did you see the daily spend by the UK on electricity yesterday, £100 million. That is what a year £36.5 BILLION? What percentage of that is profit that needn't be there?

 

You should be chancellor with maths like that.

Vote Redstar...

 

RE: Exactly....

I hear what you are saying,</p>

The problem is though, if you don't make any profit , how exactly do you invest in the industry??</p>

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Edit required.

1 million x 365 is 365 million.

1 billion x 365 is 365 Billion

100million x 365 is 36.5 Billion.

 

noted and edited.

I'm very tired today.

 

RE: Exactly....

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But the profit isn't put back into the industry. It's paid out to share holders. </p>

They always increase their charges when they want to invest back into the business. </p>

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The water industry..

has to submit its investment plans to OfWat who then decide how much they can charge and how much STATE funding they will receive.

The costs of GAS and Electric, as well as telephone and water could be set to include a portion for re-investment in the service. I think it would be cheaper for the consumer as investors don't need their pound of flesh.

 

which is why much of it was privatised. Victorian drainage systems beginning to collapse, sell off the water. Railways lacking investment since pre war, sell off the railways.

The problem with nationalised industry is that it is run on a local level by incompetent council workers with no experience in the private industry, while we have some very talented people within local councils, at least half of them haven't the first clue about what they're in charge of. Hence paying way over the odds for everything, things never getting delivered on time (not a postal jibe, I mean on a project basis). In theory nationalisation is brilliant, in practice, it became unsustainable.