Bristol postal workers set strike date

“How nice of the Union to specifically target the Working Class areas of Bristol.

Postmen in Clifton on strike are they? No, I thought not. Henbury? No. Leigh Woods? No.

Those areas must be where all the overpaid Union leaders live. I guess you wouldn't want to stop their seasonal deliveries getting through.

If there's any of you Union members reading this, expect no future support or sympathy for your 'cause' from the more impoverished areas of South Bristol, who's Christmas you are now making just a little bit more difficult.

...all for the sake of 51 selfish votes.”

“@Goveknows:

The only thing romantic about the Royal Mail is it's name, it's logo and postman pat. The reality is that it's an institution that's full of 1970's unionisation, laziness and pure employee selfishness. The faster it's flogged, the faster they can sort out their debt, 3pm deliveries and selfish CWU employees.

So well said

@Gazzabristol:

I don't do anger. It's a waste. I do action. Interesting you should be throwing around (wildly inaccurate) assertions about my activities, social position, hobbies etc when the timestamp of your post shows you were sat in front of a computer posting at 11:36pm on a Friday night. At that time, I was out in an expensive cocktail lounge with other achievers, spending some of this month's bonus from my well paid private sector job.

Your posts seem all a little incoherent and you are apparently venting your spleen lots. So to summarise, could you please confirm are you for or against the strikes? That's all we need to know.

Oh and wait till the 10th. Now have a direct email for RM so I can contact them this afternoon to try and help break the strike. About time someone stood up to the unions.”

“I don't know where these pathetic people get their cheek...

It's a recession, unemployment at 2.5 million with a work placement scheme that's largely failed to deliver and public/private sector pay freezes/cuts/redundancies...and the lazy bas**rds over at Royal Mail blackmail for more.

It's the same story every year and more and more companies are forgetting Royal Mail choosing instead to use Yodel/DPD/FedEx etc. They don't strike, they don't get paid half as much, rarely have a pension scheme and get on with the job. In fact the delivery/collection agents I've met from those companies are terrific.

What is it about Royal Mail folk that makes them think they can stick two fingers up at their employer and take them for all they're worth? Oh now I remember, it's because they're members of a union. They never think of upping sticks and moving to the greener grass, no, why bother when you can vote for time off to do Christmas shopping and get a better deal by doing nothing?!

Fire them, fire the lot of them, publically squash any last remaining piece of dignity in them. Shred their pensions to pieces and force them to work for someone else, for peanuts. Although I guess nobody in their right mind would ever employ an ex-RM employee, especially not one that's worked for them for 30 years.

The only thing romantic about the Royal Mail is it's name, it's logo and postman pat. The reality is that it's an institution that's full of 1970's unionisation, laziness and pure employee selfishness. The faster it's flogged, the faster they can sort out their debt, 3pm deliveries and selfish CWU employees.

I genuinely hope the 10th December is the most bitterly cold morning to have ever graced Bedminster sorting office's entrance. They really don't know how well they've got it.”

“The cookies clearing monsters have been at it again. As said in a related post; pathetic, just like the strikes!”

“ANDYJRM - you seem to be very very angry about something.

I have also caught you red handed posting bull excrement on the internet.

One minute they are all having pay cuts or working for free, the next minute they are getting pay rises due to the large profits they earned. Eh?! Those of us that have worked in the private sector will chuckle at that latter comment! Good luck asking for a pay rise cos profits are up!

Might I suggest you get your story straight before you humiliate yourself on a public forum. Altering your wild and unsubstantiated comments to suit the argument of the moment is extremely uncool and a web forum tactic that got boring somewhere around 1995.

I don't know what is wrong with you, maybe your missus just booted you out or you are scared your new Nintendo won't arrive in time for Xmas or something but you seriously need to take a chill pill and stop posting sweeping generalisations.

As say, I know nothing about what these guys do and I suspect you are completely clueless too.

What I do know is that you could offer me double what those guys are getting and it wouldn't be enough to tempt me into delivering the post around the likes of Knowle West in the snow and rain. I'd rather sit on a checkout at Tesco for minimum wage! I dare say that you would be squealing like a stuck pig if you were dragged out of bed early on a freezing cold and rainy day and made to walk around there!

Sorry but internet bull excrement is cheap and it will be a cold day in hell before you honour your offer to do that for free to break the strike!”

“Typical timing.”

“"A hell of a lot of private sector firms haven't had pay cuts and have actually seen pay rise above the average."

Yes - that has happened because the staff have WORKED HARDER to make more profit and so enjoy the rewards of their hard work.

These imbeciles are nothing more than unskilled workers who clown around all day. They need to modernise their workplace and change their attitude from some 1970's throwback mindset.

As I've said on the other page, I'm happy to come in and work for free to break the strike, and I will happily bet that I will be faster and more efficient than the current workers.”

“ANDYJRM said:

"Plenty of private sector firms have seen their workforce volunteer for a paycut to prevent further losses"

Hmm "plenty" indeed.

That might be the case with "some" companies and most likely small ones at that (and I'd take a pay cut to save my job if needed) but as far as large companies similar in size to Royal Mail are concerned I have to say it isn't as common as people make out.

I suspect those taking a cut are a small minority.

Can't say I have any opinion on the strikes as I honestly don't know how over worked they are and what their hours/salaries are. Best not comment about something of which I have no knowledge.

Just getting a bit annoyed at all the bull excrement being posted on forums lately with people posting wide sweeping statements as if it were fact.

A hell of a lot of private sector firms haven't had pay cuts and have actually seen pay rise above the average.

Let's look at it from the obvious GCSE maths perspective. Given that the public sector has had a pay freeze then by definition 50% of private sector firms have seen pay rises above the national average....

Two sides to every coin, apart from on the internet where we only talk about the side that suits our particular bias at any given time.”

“@pillowfight - any raining too with any luck :-)”

“I hope it is the coldest day since records began. Lazy, lazy swines.”