Postal Strikes next 2 wks

randomhed · Post by **randomhed** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:17 pm

This just got mentioned in the thread about dmz012 and seeing as i work for the Royal Mail i thought it wise to let you know wa gwarn.

This week and next week theres a 3 day strike. Drivers i believe are off tomorow, mail centres are off friday and myself and all postmen are off on saturday. Next weeks days differ i think the postmen are off on thursday. This is going to cause major disruptions to all mail for the next two weeks at least.

So if youre thinking of ordering records you may want to leave it for the next two weeks. If youre desperate for a tune and cant get too your record shop in person, check to see which shop has a different delivery method, such as parcelforce or one of the other parcel delivery companies that will still be operating as per usual. It will cost slightly more by this delivery method but atleast it will get to you in a reasonable time.

boomnoise · Post by **boomnoise** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:24 pm

victory to the CWU!

hopper · Post by **hopper** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:26 pm

I just sent off 6 demos today

randomhed · Post by **randomhed** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:31 pm

Just checked through some of the shops and Juno seems to be the only one that has a courier service. Ill post up any others that i come across.

Edit

Chemical has one aswell.
Htfr has one but double check to see who they use.

the decoy · Post by **the decoy** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:58 pm

SHIT!!!

I just placed a big order from blackmarket.

phooey, now I'll never get muh tunes

hopper · Post by **hopper** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:04 pm

the decoy wrote:SHIT!!!

I just placed a big order from blackmarket.

phooey, now I'll never get muh tunes

I think you'll get your stuff, just will take a while longer

cuntry_gent · Post by **cuntry_gent** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:31 pm

redeye if u spend over 50 squids

marsyas · Post by **marsyas** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:31 pm

yeah tom just said its gonna be a little bit till my order comes in.

does this just hurt standard mail?

randomhed · Post by **randomhed** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:47 pm

Basically anything that gets handled by royal mail will be affected. Anything that is delivered by courier outside of the royal mail group should be fine.

Royal mail customer update

*decibella~~ · Post by *decibella~~ » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:50 pm

ahhhh what!!

jus placed an order ..... rubbbish

x x x

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:50 pm

vonboyage · Post by **vonboyage** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:51 pm

*DeCiBella~~ wrote:ahhhh what!!

jus placed an order ..... rubbbish

x x x

I jus bought DMZ.. flippin hell.. i'll blatently jus go and buy it again from a shop if ths is guna take time.

2 copies then.. sposed ill need it anyway the amount of times its gna get a rinse.

esfandyar · Post by **esfandyar** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:52 pm

no wonder. Ive had 2 orders from redeye take a longer-than-norm time frame. I was about to email them asking if my billing address was still sound.

But hey I cant complain, workers struggle for the win!

*decibella~~ · Post by *decibella~~ » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:52 pm

Vonboyage wrote:
*DeCiBella~~ wrote:ahhhh what!!

jus placed an order ..... rubbbish

x x x
I jus bought DMZ.. flippin hell.. i'll blatently jus go and buy it again from a shop if ths is guna take time.

2 copies then.. sposed ill need it anyway the amount of times its gna get a rinse.

yea snap, ordered DMZ012, plus i have to go to pick up a next tune from blackmarket this week anyway, coulda jus picked it up then ..... DAAAYYYYM

x x x

timofdeath · Post by **timofdeath** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 6:05 pm

boomnoise wrote:victory to the CWU!

prisoner · Post by **prisoner** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:44 pm

out of curiousity, why are they going on strike?

randomhed · Post by **randomhed** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:49 pm

The union is after a payrise of 27% over 5 years, in line with the national average pay.
The company is offering a 2.5% payrise with a dubious share scheme and 5 conditions / changes to our terms of employment.

It could mean the loss of 40,000 jobs and an increased workload for not much more money

pk- · Post by **pk-** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:52 pm

prisoner wrote:out of curiousity, why are they going on strike?

someone told them they weren't allowed to rifle through people's post looking for money any more

drbluebeat · Post by **drbluebeat** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:19 pm

pk- wrote:
prisoner wrote:out of curiousity, why are they going on strike?
someone told them they weren't allowed to rifle through people's post looking for money any more

LOLOLOL

Littlefoot · Post by **Littlefoot** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:31 pm

full support of union action for postal workers, your dubs can wait!

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