Post Office strikes

deletebeepbeepbeep

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May 12, 2009

20,957

• Dec 12, 2016

• #1

For 5 days next week, could be chaos for Christmas deliveries.

https://www.theguardian.com/busines...rkers-to-stage-five-days-of-strikes-next-week

 

yxee

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Oct 24, 2011

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Manchester

• Dec 12, 2016

• #2

I'll be doing everything through Amazon or another courier. They really are like turkeys voting for Christmas.

 

Prince Monolulu

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Oct 2, 2013

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The Race Hill

• Dec 12, 2016

• #3

Simply don't send anything to anybody Christmas wise.

Everyone's a winner.

 

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BlockDpete

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Oct 8, 2005

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• Dec 12, 2016

• #4

Its Post Office Counters, not Royal Mail. So deliveries or the mail won't be affected.

Two separate businesses since privatization.

 

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BensGrandad

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Jul 13, 2003

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Haywards Heath

• Dec 12, 2016

• #5

Oh for another Maggie to sort out the unions

 

Prince Monolulu

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• Dec 12, 2016

• #6

BensGrandad said:

Oh for another Maggie to sort out the unions

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deletebeepbeepbeep

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• Dec 12, 2016

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BlockDpete said:

Its Post Office Counters, not Royal Mail. So deliveries or the mail won't be affected.

Two separate businesses since privatization.

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As long as you send everything by the 19th.

 

yxee

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Oct 24, 2011

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Manchester

• Dec 12, 2016

• #8

BlockDpete said:

Its Post Office Counters, not Royal Mail. So deliveries or the mail won't be affected.

Two separate businesses since privatization.

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Oh. Haven't used one of them for years. Never mind!

 

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BensGrandad

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If its only the counters it is no great problem to most people as all they provide is available elsewhere.

 

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TheJasperCo

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Jan 20, 2012

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Exeter

• Dec 12, 2016

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Damn, there I was thinking I could post myself home in the time it takes a Southern train to run a Worthing-Brighton service.

Second-class of course, wouldn't want people to think I'm some kind of TOFF by travelling first-class.

 

Arkwright

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Oct 26, 2010

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Caterham, Surrey

• Dec 12, 2016

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I think I'm right in saying that it is only the main Crown Offices going on strike and the smaller local offices are business as usual.

 

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Springal

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Feb 12, 2005

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• Dec 12, 2016

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Another bunch of unskilled workers putting themselves out of jobs. Maybe the conductors and posties can SWAP jobs for a bit

 

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Brian Fantana

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Oct 8, 2006

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• Dec 12, 2016

• #13

Springal said:

Another bunch of unskilled workers putting themselves out of jobs. Maybe the conductors and posties can SWAP jobs for a bit

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Except it is not the posties going on strike. It's the counter staff in Crown Post Offices (less than 3% of total branches).

 

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Brian Fantana

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• Dec 12, 2016

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Arkwright said:

I think I'm right in saying that it is only the main Crown Offices going on strike and the smaller local offices are business as usual.

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Correct. Only a very small number of offices on strike.

 

Thunder Bolt

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Aug 18, 2009

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• Dec 13, 2016

• #15

BensGrandad said:

If its only the counters it is no great problem to most people as all they provide is available elsewhere.

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We haven't got a single bank in Newhaven. They've closed the small sub post offices and now they want to close the main post office in town.
We're not a district of Brighton. We are a town and they want to close our post office.

Some places are going to have their post offices moved to shops like WH Smiths, but ours may be bought by a franchise, or it might not. Last Tuesday, I queued for 20 minutes to get stamps for overseas letters, so nobody can say it's not being used enough.
My pension goes straight into my bank account, but then I'm only 68, so amongst the younger pensioners.
Quite a few of the older ones still like to collect their pension from the post office, but according to you, they can go elsewhere.

 

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darkwolf666

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Nov 8, 2015

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Sittingbourne, Kent

• Dec 13, 2016

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Thunder Bolt said:

We haven't got a single bank in Newhaven. They've closed the small sub post offices and now they want to close the main post office in town.
We're not a district of Brighton. We are a town and they want to close our post office.

Some places are going to have their post offices moved to shops like WH Smiths, but ours may be bought by a franchise, or it might not. Last Tuesday, I queued for 20 minutes to get stamps for overseas letters, so nobody can say it's not being used enough.
My pension goes straight into my bank account, but then I'm only 68, so amongst the younger pensioners.
Quite a few of the older ones still like to collect their pension from the post office, but according to you, they can go elsewhere.

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Yes, because we live in the f*ck you generation, first brought about by the likes of the earlier mentioned Saint Maggie...

 

Stat Brother

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West west west Sussex

• Dec 13, 2016

• #17

Brian Fantana said:

Except it is not the posties going on strike. It's the counter staff in Crown Post Offices (less than 3% of total branches).

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Although it will be in the spring.