tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167525734621965856.post2267145369896543071..comments2009-11-02T21:55:52.031ZIanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457846826410465352noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167525734621965856.post-68202536174575263972009-11-02T13:35:23.039Z2009-11-02T13:35:23.039ZSpot on Ian - I&#39;m dubious about anonymous posts on boards, if something needs to be said then names should be attached(with exceptions where whistle blowing etc is involved).<br />It is amazing how people attack other workers based on falsehoods and malicious snipes as the Anon. poster has used against the postal workers.<br />Their fight is our fight as trade unionists. Is the days off he or her (I suspect its a he) referring to their weekends or rostered days -don&#39;t you believe in them Mr Anon.?<br />I guesss you aren&#39;t a trade unionist writing that kind of rubbish - so why are you here? Or maybe you are one of those &quot;trade unionists&quot; we have around Unite and other unions who don&#39;t believe in trade unionism and solidarity, maybe your trade unionism is confined only to the company you represent and aiding them rather than the members, and what goes on in there - maybe you are in a full time lay position, maybe not.<br />We won&#39;t find out though will we as you choose to hide behind the brave flag of Anonymous.Ian Seddonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167525734621965856.post-60009081755627416042009-10-31T12:06:37.549Z2009-10-31T12:06:37.549ZDoesn&#39;t it say it all that the last comment is just anonymous abuse, rather than reasoned argument.<br /><br />I&#39;d guess that the author may not have lugged a heavy bag for miles every day.<br /><br />To blame the posties for the poor service is absolutely ludicrous. It wasn&#39;t the posties to created the bogus &quot;competition&quot; that forces Royal Mail to deliver mail at a loss for their competitors. It wasn&#39;t the posties who decided to scrap second deliveries and make the first deliveries so late. It wasn&#39;t the posties who took pension holidays.<br /><br />The CWU is not trying to keep &quot;antiquated practices&quot; - it is trying to negotiate to ensure that its members and the service they provide have a future, despite the desperate attempts by Royal Mail management and the government to smash the union and wreck the service in preparation for privatisation.<br /><br />The postal workers deserve our support.Ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01457846826410465352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167525734621965856.post-7666630545150946012009-10-23T00:39:53.402+01:002009-10-23T00:39:53.402+01:00The postal workers should stop whinging and do some work for a change. The antiquated practices and working conditions that they are fighting to keep are the very thing that is killing them off. It&#39;s not as if the service is good now so sort yourselves out or become defunct. Taking days off every couple of weeks just makes the public more annoyed at your incompetence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167525734621965856.post-54718707088996503002009-10-22T09:37:23.483+01:002009-10-22T09:37:23.483+01:00Wouldn&#39;t it be a strange world where the full time Chair of a certain Unite National Committee (which recently made a shameful climbdown in the fight to retain the company final salary pension scheme) refused to send a supporting message to the CWU as he didn&#39;t &quot;agree&quot; with the action, just as he refused to participate in any support during the national Fire strike.<br />You are right it is a strange old world when this happens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com