an post strike??

ethanf

anybody know if the an post strike is over yet??

Karoma

http://www.anpost.ie or waddle on down to a post office..

embee

There isnt a strike on.

Staff have been suspended in Dublin in a dispute over work practices. In other parts of the country, postal workers are on a work-to-rule over pay and conditions. There is no strike in place and there never was. That could change by next week - An Posts CWU members balloted for strike action and over 70% were in favour.... Initial talks aimed at breaking the impasse broke down.... Tbh its just a matter of time until there is a countrywide all out strike.

If you thought things were delayed now, theyre going to be completely chaotic if that happens.

ethanf

so what exactly had happened over the last few days then?? i thought an post was advising people not to post due to the industrial action??

Karoma

"industrial action" != strike
work to rule,etc. as described above. but not an all-out strike.

bush

Can they not just get new staff. Im looking for a job, lol

radiospan

I don't understand why this isn't getting more media coverage.

Is it true that all standard incoming international mail is being effectively blocked?

Space Coyote

I'm getting mail in into my inbox no problem. Is the strike just affecting certain people ?

mob

Originally posted by Space Coyote
I'm getting mail in into my inbox no problem. Is the strike just affecting certain people ?

at the moment it's only mail coming through dublin sorting offices thats f**ked

embee

New staff?

What, get a new job but be considered a scab? No thanks tbh.

Mail affected is Dublin, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Galway and Wicklow at the moment, but its starting to escalate.

They have sealed most of the post boxes in Dublin and are advising people to send NOTHING via Letterpost or Swiftpost as it will just get delayed. SDS services may also be affected.

All mail coming into Dublin is in storage, and not being sorted. A weeks backlog already in Dublin alone. The places where there are work to rules have backlogs of up to three weeks in some places.

BKtje

emails are unaffected

Jim

Any post in Dublin is fucked. No collections. You will get some international post, but thats it. The sorting office in Port Laoise will accept post if you bring it down there yourself. The strike looks like its going to be going for a few weeks yet.

eirebhoy

i am living in Dublin 2 but I have got post nearly every day since the dispute and so are most of the houses around the area, obviously not as much as usual Any reason why?

Woden

i wanted something posted though on friday night only to hear the post box was sealed.

we are still receiving post though as well in dublin 7

data

Bungalow Bill

Help!

I sent a letter to the Louth area about a montha nd a half ago, does anyone know if it would have made it or is this strike just a recent thing???

Tellox

Great time for this to happen.

My clothes arent going to arrive until some unknown time, because of this. Therfore,I am walking around in the same clothes day in day out now. (Only 1 tracksuit really fits me now)

BuffyBot

Is it true that all standard incoming international mail is being effectively blocked?

Well the Post Office in the UK have signs up in branches advising people not to post to the Republic

Sleipnir

Originally posted by plazz2000
I don't understand why this isn't getting more media coverage.

Are you joking? It's on the news 24x7

daveg

You think it's bad in Dublin... Our sorting office is Tuam and our post has been effected for the past few months. All our post is delayed by about 3/4 weeks !!

projectmayhem

DHL

DerekD Goldfish

I ordered the walkmen's new album from the states the day before the strike looks like it will be siting in the sorting office for a while.

Sposs

Im sick to **** of all these group's in ireland holding the country to ransom every time they have an issue , the likes of aer rianta ,the bus and rail services and now an post ,all the bastards should be sacked.

Sleepy

Originally posted by Sposs
Im sick to **** of all these group's in ireland holding the country to ransom every time they have an issue , the likes of aer rianta ,the bus and rail services and now an post ,all the bastards should be sacked.

Hear hear, sack the whinging cvnts. It's not a legitimate issue they're sriking over at all. They shouldn't have been suspended, they should have been sacked.

Sleipnir

Well the Aer Rianta one was completely ridiculous. They weren't striking for more pay, better conditions or anything that a union is meant for.
They were just striking because the minister wanted to open it up to competition because they know they'd lose out bigtime.
I HATE unions.