Post Office strikes

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

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]

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

 

[Prince Monolulu]

Simply don't send anything to anybody Christmas wise.

Everyone's a winner.

 

[BlockDpete]

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

Two separate businesses since privatization.

 

[BensGrandad]

Oh for another Maggie to sort out the unions

 

[Prince Monolulu]

Oh for another Maggie to sort out the unions

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

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

Two separate businesses since privatization.

As long as you send everything by the 19th.

 

[yxee]

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

Two separate businesses since privatization.

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

 

[BensGrandad]

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

 

[TheJasperCo]

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]

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.

 

[Springal]

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

 

[Brian Fantana]

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

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

 

[Brian Fantana]

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.

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

 

[Thunder Bolt]

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

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.

 

[darkwolf666]

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.

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

 

[Stat Brother]

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

Although it will be in the spring.