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Originally posted by luxor:
Looks like we are heading for another postal strike. Another nail in the coffin for the Post Office.
With the multitude of other companies just waiting for a chance to take over the Post Office, why do the unions think that striking is the answer.
My next door neighbour is a postaman and he does not know anybody who wants to strike at his depot, but says the union reps are really up for it.

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Originally posted by Demantoid:
Look on the bright side - at least we can all go home for a few days and not find our doorsteps littered with red laggy bands

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Originally posted by ~~KaffyBaffy~~:
I agree - the postal service sure ain't what it used to be and striking wins no sympathy with me. I knew a couple of postmen years ago - they had to do a reading test before they got the job.... judging by the amount of wrongly and non-delivered mail that I experience now, I'm guessing that's not the case. I long for the days when the postie was recognisable by his uniform (I passed one this morning wearing a sports top, baseball cap and casual trousers half way down his ass... I'd be suspicious if he was walking up my path!) and brought the mail before 4 p.m. (and took his laccy bands back with him!)

This is NOT an attack on posties btw (not all of them anyway) but it is a rant about the service.

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Originally posted by Garage Joe:
Strange innit. We have had a delivery every day, and all my ebay stuff has got through. Where has tghe strike taken place?

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Originally posted by luxor:
The Post Office needs to modernise and become part of the 21st century. To the unions this means change and that is one thing they do not like.

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Originally posted by Garage Joe:

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Originally posted by luxor:
The Post Office needs to modernise and become part of the 21st century. To the unions this means change and that is one thing they do not like.

It's a difficult one. We really need the Post to be owned by a state. It doesn't matter which one. Either Germany or Holland would be OK.
The thing we don't need is a privatised firm as anyone who has had dealings with South Africa or Canada will testify.
The bottom line is that there is nothing wrong with our postal system. The usual suspects, corrupt businessmen, see the opportunity to make a quick buck.

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Originally posted by luxor:
It just that state owned services are more likely to be called out on strike because they have a monopoly or at least the vast majority of the market.

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Originally posted by Garage Joe:
Strange innit. We have had a delivery every day, and all my ebay stuff has got through. Where has tghe strike taken place?

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Originally posted by Growlybear:

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Originally posted by Garage Joe:
Strange innit. We have had a delivery every day, and all my ebay stuff has got through. Where has tghe strike taken place?

We've had a series of one day strikes in many parts of London for several weeks. I have got loads of eBay stuff which I posted two and three weeks ago which hasn't arrived yet, so it looks as though I'm going to have to start giving people refunds

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Originally posted by Garage Joe:

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Originally posted by luxor:
It just that state owned services are more likely to be called out on strike because they have a monopoly or at least the vast majority of the market.

But not all monopolies are bad.

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Originally posted by jelly vodkafish:
I don't know anything about the UK postal strike, but imho anyone who strikes during a time of high unemployment deserves to be unceremoniously fired.

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Originally posted by Growlybear:

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Originally posted by Garage Joe:
Strange innit. We have had a delivery every day, and all my ebay stuff has got through. Where has tghe strike taken place?

We've had a series of one day strikes in many parts of London for several weeks. I have got loads of eBay stuff which I posted two and three weeks ago which hasn't arrived yet, so it looks as though I'm going to have to start giving people refunds

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Originally posted by Garage Joe:

(See also Directors of large businesses who pay themselves huge price hikes after being responsible for the biggest crash in recent decades.)

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Originally posted by SazBomb:

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Originally posted by Growlybear:

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Originally posted by Garage Joe:
Strange innit. We have had a delivery every day, and all my ebay stuff has got through. Where has tghe strike taken place?

We've had a series of one day strikes in many parts of London for several weeks. I have got loads of eBay stuff which I posted two and three weeks ago which hasn't arrived yet, so it looks as though I'm going to have to start giving people refunds

Apparently they have a massive backlog

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Originally posted by Garage Joe:

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Originally posted by jelly vodkafish:
I don't know anything about the UK postal strike, but imho anyone who strikes during a time of high unemployment deserves to be unceremoniously fired.

Alas! The market economy is not an exact science.
In fact it's not a science at all.
(See also Directors of large businesses who pay themselves huge price hikes after being responsible for the biggest crash in recent decades.)

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Originally posted by jelly vodkafish:
I don't know anything about the UK postal strike, but imho anyone who strikes during a time of high unemployment deserves to be unceremoniously fired.