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Monday July 09, 2007 09:02 by Pat Garrett - Workers Solidarity Movement
An Post workers have been on the receiving end of a series of substantial blows which have held down pay rates and undermined rights with regard to status. An Post workers have been on the receiving end of a series of substantial blows which have held down pay rates and undermined rights with regard to status. The late 1970’s and early 1980’s saw strikes and protests by the workers to improve conditions, but recent years have seen management back on the offensive. |
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Jump To Comment: 1I would like to make a few points regarding your article.
If anyone has the time of day to take a greater look at what is taking place in the postal service, they would be alarmed.
The universal service obligation (USO), obliges, the Royal Mail to deliver to every address in the land, regardless of the cost. This is a government policy.
The regulator (Postcomm), regulates on the amount the Royal Mail can charge for postal services.
Since deregulation, other postal service companies that have been set up., they are after only the lucrative contracts. What a lot of the public do not understand is that there local Postman/woman is still obliged to deliver the mail from these other postal companies.
The final mile service, as it is known. The Royal Mail charge for this service, again Postcomm has to be satisfied.
When you here the headline ''Royal Mail loses 40% of buisness'', bear in mind that they still deliver that 40% of mail. This fact rarely gets a mention in the mainstream media, I have yet to hear it get a mention.
The public, not being aware of this, rightly assume. 100% mail = 100% staff, if mail volumes decrease by 40% and then so should the staff decrease by 40%. If only everything was as simple as that..
My final point is, the average delivery taking around 4 hours. The normal daily hours of a Postman/woman is 8 hours. The other 4 hours are made up of preparing the mail for delivery and indeed a lunch break. The Royal Mail belives they can make cost savings here, by way of intruducing machines. Many Postmen/women uitiles there own vehicles, in order to make the daily deliveries. unpaid I might add. When you take all the pro's and con's, the issue is far from simple. It can not be managed from the top down, like the Royal Mail wish it to be. Like many big companies, it is must be bottom up
My conclusion is that you either have a privatised mail service, with all its perils, or indeed keep it unprivatised. You can not have them both.