Post Office: ‘Labour Dispute Not Yet Resolved’
The Bermuda Post Office [BPO] said they wish to “advise residents on routes SN01 and SN02 that the labour dispute with the Bermuda Industrial Union has not yet been resolved and in this regard, we are asking those residents to continue to collect their mail from the Southampton Post Office for a little longer, until the matter is resolved.”
“The BPO apologizes for any inconvenience this dispute is causing the public. The BPO also takes the opportunity to wish everyone a Happy Holiday Season and a Happy New Year,” a spokesperson said.
Last month the BPO advised residents of Southampton that there would be no mail delivery service to routes SN01 and SN02 “pending the resolution of an industrial dispute with the Bermuda Industrial Union,” while the BIU said that “contrary to the statement issued” they are “not aware of an industrial dispute at the Southampton Post Office.”
In their statement last month, the BIU said, “We are aware that one of the two post persons at the Southampton Post Office retired in mid-October. The Post Master General was aware that the postal worker would be retiring as outlined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
“The BIU has been in discussions with the Post Master General regarding “Redeployment of Post Persons”, however we are of the opinion that these discussions has no affect on the situation the Southampton Post Office.
“We have always been willing to take these discussions further. However, on October 19, 2015, the Post Master General referred the “Redeployment” matter to the Department of Workforce Development. We believe this to be a separate issue to the current situation of the Southampton Post Office.
“The Bermuda public should be aware that heads of Government departments were asked to cut expenditures by 5% because of budgetary restraints. However, the Post Master General cut expenditures by 30% which has caused other problems in the department.”
Residents have to go and collect their mail? Are you on strike BPO?
Did you miss the part which stated, and I quote “the heads of Goverbment apartments were asked to cut expenditures by 5% because of budgetary restraints. However, the Post Master General cut expenditures by 30% wich has caused other problens in the department.
And now my longtime girlfriend can come down and work and many others while our locals are loosing jobs continuously, Im surprised de whole Island is not on strike !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Government departments
“heads of Goverbment apartments”
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Never seen a typo before? Don’t act brand new.
Never seen copy and paste before? Don’t act old. Guy could have highlighted the text, right clicked, hit copy, right clicked again where he wanted the text and clicked paste. If he was boasty he’d just highlight the text hit cntl+c on the keyboard, click where he wants the text and hit cntl+v. No, he types it all out just to still look silly, a pattern I’m seeing with him (looking silly). Oh and I dropped out of high school.
Is onion juice my dad?
Yaaawwwnnn.
We only need the people we need. I don’t care if it’s 90% less.
Ok fine, then what.
Then we maybe get a balanced budget. Which means the government will be able to afford to do things the country actually needs, rather than keeping hundreds of people employed that the country doesn’t need.
Let’s see… If my memory serves, the SAGE committee reported that mail volumes were dropping by about 7% every year (one million pieces of mail) and they voiced the view that mail volumes at the sub post offices would be insignificant by 2015. They also stated their belief that the BPO was over staffed by 80%!! They also recommended that the BPO be reduced to three post offices and that mail delivery cease.
Has any of that come to pass?
Seems to me they should be plenty capable of handling the lower mail volume they have these days. Reassign some staff from elsewhere within the BPO and do what they are being paid to do!!!
I didn’t miss it….I commend it. The post office is ancient technology and I am suprised so much money is still spent on it. Even a poor downtrodden fellow like yourself has internet. I don’t get bills in the mail any more, they are all online. If I have something to send overseas, I courier it. Basically you are of the opinion that a loss making system is fine because it employs people. Full stop. That is why you should stay away from economics and stick with the lastest cool dance.
The Postmaster General cut the budget by 30% and yet only one small post office is affected. Well done Postmaster General!
I love how its always the innocent people who actually pay for the service in the form of payroll tax and other levies who suffer. All this is doing is proving that the people can function without mail delivery period. It highlights areas where services can be drastically reduced or cut out to eliminate unnecessary financial waste, in the form of wages, upkeep on vehicles and other areas.
The Post Office’s revenue has been cut more than 30%. There should be a corresponding decline in expense. The union is well aware of this math. Give the entire postal system to the union and watch your rates skyrocket. Unions do not function at a deficit.
Quo Fata Ferunt
Proving they are not needed.
Have all your bills emailed to you and then we can close the post office.
And hope ya computer dont get a virus and you dont lose your electricity.
I’m surprised you can even comment on here. This article alone shows how illiterate you are with a computer. I’m actually offended.
You”ll get over it.
Brilliant. As usual.
Is the dispute resolution in the mail?
Lol nice.
Ok, so these tax payers have to go collet their own mail. Ok, no problem.
So these postal workers who are not doing their jobs are not getting paid. Ok, I certainly hope not!
So will these tax payers have to also pick up their tax refund checks themselves? That is Ok too – they certainly deserve a refund of their hard earned money since they are not getting a service that their taxes pay for!
Clearly there is no need for these postal jobs. CUT THE CIVIL SERVICE and start right here!! Seems like a no-brainer.
Well if management and Government keep on playing hardball and treat the PEOPLE like S!@#, you’ll be taking your own trash to the dump.
Bernudians are tired of being treated with the “Chep Labor Syndrome”.
We went through that in the 60′s.
I already take my trash to the dump because the truck won’t drive down my road. Tell me again why I pay taxes.
I should clarify. The truck won’t drive down my road because of the neighbor who can’t keep his hedge cut back bordering my lane but doesn’t actually live on my lane. You know, because the truck might get scratched. It already smells like a** but let’s not scratch it. It gets scratched…boom a job has been created. Actually it’s “goverbment”, 6 jobs have been created. One to spray and five to give unwanted advice on how to spray a truck.
We were told sometime ago that we had to install mailboxes outside our homes and close to the road.What is the point of us going to that expense if the mail has not been delivered for the last six weeks and it does not look as if there will be any resolution in the near future.So much for progress.
So glad that local mail went up to 50c, makes a huge difference to our service on church road. Cheers!
its allways the ones that dont work in the post office AND dont know whats really going on who are the first to post a bunch of Bull****. Just take the time out first to find out what this situation is about THEN put yourself in the place of the worker then ask YOURSELF if its ok whats going on. I tell you bie Bermudians dont and will NEVER stick together.you all just irk me.
It’s called Social Conditioning, had it since de plantation days.
What plantation?
The one in his small mind.
Well let’s see… I live in SN02… can’t remember the last time I had mail delivered. . We have to go and pick it from the post office which I must do tommorw. .. only had 2 Christmas cards….
I changed all my bills and statements to electronic when this first started and removed my mail box from my gate. I tell anyone who wants to mail me something to send it via e-mail or a courier. If they do not want to deliver mail that is ok. Keep cutting a department that is irrelevant and can’t seem to change with technology. I hope the postal workers and their management are happy with their eventual unemployment.
You know if you read through the comments it’s clear Bermudians will never recover. Comments all outline that everyone speaks from the “how it affects me” perspective.
We don’t need the post offices!! This statement clearly came from the perspective that every one has computers and the Internet. News flash that is not the case many seniors and some regular low income individuals don’t. Plus many small businesses survive by utilizing the local postal services. Courier services are much to pricey for small businesses.
Then we have government bashing everyone screams government is a fail why because the need to miraculously reverse 14 years of mismanagement of government funds and services” government that the tax payers elected let’s not forget”. But we want this new government to come in and fix in in two minutes “” but no one wishes to sacrifice anything that affects them in order to get out of the current mess.
Ignorant statements like we don’t need the BPO who have been heavily cut over the last year already plus selfish people who want it all fixed with out taking any personal sacrifice is the reason IMHO Bermuda will never recover from it current chaos
The post office is ONLY LOOSING SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS a year down from $11 million.
The post office has closed buildings but HAVE NOT LAID OFF/IRED AND STAFF.
So stop your nonesence.
Cubans have been advised that 2016 is going to be a difficult year and there will be no increase on theGoverment salarys of $25DOLLARS PER MONTH Now that is not $25 per hour and the is not $25 a week.That is $25 a month.
The unions in Bermuda had better FLY DOWN THERE REAL QUICK to show them people how to get a good life.
Zimbabwe they have NO MONEY TO PAY THE GOVERMENT WORKERS that is 300,000 Goverment workers with no paychecks and the dont even have the money to pay them there BONUS each year.
Dem big union people her in Bermuda better hurry and fly down th ere and help them folks out.
Here is a chance for the politician who came to my house looking for a vote and did not get it.
It is amazing how they disappear after the election.
Time to pay us another visit mail in hand , Dear Lisa . it is not what they want that matters it is what we want that matters, and that is mostly what the don’t do.
The sooner they all realize that the better this country would be.
“My vote is worth all the tea in China.”
So u want the one who didn’t get your vote to come back because the one that you did vote for disappeared after the election..? Don’t sound like your vote is worth s#!tz…relax on the back burner bru.
Politicians have an Agenda to accomplish…its a club that you aren’t a member of.