Leaving the blog

Can't be arsed to play around with this anymore,please see the usual for stuff.

Cheers

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The impossible dream!

Due to the amount we are getting, we have listed in no particular order important threads and downloads relating to the new 2010 agreement,in a special global announcement on the site.

The thread will be updated as and when we get new stuff.


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TNT in major trouble!

Nope,not the UK arm of the leeches unfortunately,but all delivery workers who work more than 25 hours a week are due to get the sack in Holland!

Staff working 15 hours or less can stay, but may need to work more flexibly.

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How was your D2D today?

The new D2D agreement kicked in today and judging by the forums,there does not seem to have be a lot of planning going into it.

Some RMC members have 4 lots to do and are worried that they will run into problems.

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New D2D guidelines & New menu of duty options

We now have all the relevant documents online in our 2010 forum.

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Moya Greene new Royal Mail CEO

Royal Mail Group today announced the appointment of Moya Greene as Chief Executive.

Greene,who is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Canada Post Corporation,will take up the post in the middle of July.

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Royal Mail profits over £400m

Royal Mail have announced group profits of £404m,a rise of 26% on the previous year.

Royal Mail Letters’ operating profit has more than doubled to £121 million despite an overall revenue fall of £143 million.

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Privatisation back on track?

So it's round 2 then as the government is now preparing a new plan to privatise us.

The Guardian reports that Vince Cable, the business secretary,'is determined to press ahead with a restructuring of the group.'

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Dave Ward:Why you should vote yes

Dave Ward, CWU Deputy General Secretary Postal spoke to CWUTV about what the agreement means for members, the areas causing concern and why people should vote for it in the forthcoming national ballot.

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Ballot timetable

BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION 2010 AND BEYOND AGREEMENT - BALLOT TIMETABLE

The Postal Executive have agreed a timetable for a Ballot of the membership regarding the 2010 and Beyond Agreement

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Not so much groundbreaking ……

…………more like heartbreaking, backbreaking or piss-taking.

Whatever …king this deal is – it is not the King of Deals that it is being presented as by RM, the CWU and the media that loves to say how fantastic we are in one breath and what a shower of lazy bastards we are in the next one.

The CWU position seems to me to be that the most important aims of the industrial dispute have been achieved and they are very nearly right in this.

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New agreement? New forum

With the latest news being that the agreement is close to being sorted,we have decided due to the numbers coming on the site that we should give it it's own forum.

Despite the media black out we have the latest info leaked from the talks,as we have done for some time now.

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Obama Says 'No' to Privatisation of USPS

President Obama has stated that the privatisation of the USPS could be a bad idea.

The most powerful man in the world said "What you see is companies want to buy those parts of a government-run op that are profitable, and they don't want to do anything else...


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Dispatches Channel 4

Two reporters go undercover as casuals to 'find out if the Royal Mail has delivered on claims that it is modernising and improving its service.'

This is the 3rd time they have done a programme on us,with two previous investigations done in 2005 and 2006...

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