Whilst I am generally in favour of the local sorting offices remaining open, this flyer is ridiculous, and riddle with half truths and/or inaccuracies.
>Out of town industrial estate
Nope, it's in the centre of stockport, a short walk from the bus station
>any move will result in a marked deterioration in the Local Services
Such as? RM haven't said that they're also going to reduce deliveries/collections (above the changes they've already made in these areas). The only guaranteed change is the location of pickups if you miss a delivery, and as the arrangements for that haven't been confirmed, it can't be said to be worse, and may well be better.
>There will be not one solitary benefit for either the Public or the Workforce.
Workforce - probably little to no benefit, but do all the staff really live in Marple? Do none of them commute? Across the workforce as a whole it's likely to be a wash.
Public - if it keeps costs down, it keeps prices down, a definite benefit to the public. And who knows, the collection options for missed deliveries might also improve (couldn't get anymore restrictive)
>defend ... Local Jobs
Huh? The sorting office isn't being relocated abroad, or even to the other end of the country, just the centre of Stockport. How are local jobs under attack by this?
To disagree slightly - since privatisation their sole driver will be profit, a marked difference from what Royal Mail was with Posties as uniformed civil servants fulfilling an essential public need even if only to deliver tax demands on behalf of HMRC!
Out of town industrial estate
Nope, it's in the centre of stockport, a short walk from the bus station For everyone who uses Marple DO this is a marked deterioration, it'll mean a trip into Stockport, another car on Dan Bank etc. It is going to be a pain in the arse!
There will be not one solitary benefit for either the Public or the Workforce.
Workforce - probably little to no benefit, but do all the staff really live in Marple? Do none of them commute? Across the workforce as a whole it's likely to be a wash.
Public - if it keeps costs down, it keeps prices down, a definite benefit to the public. And who knows, the collection options for missed deliveries might also improve (couldn't get anymore restrictive)The workforce are important and any businesses largest asset, I live opposite a postie who works from the Marple office, it'll mean him driving to Stockport to pick up his round and drive back out to marple to deliver it - hardly seems sensible once you scale this up across Stockport.
Do you really think that this is going to lower the cost of stamps? Or is it for the share holders. There is little public benefit in that, also see point one.
defend ... Local Jobs
Huh? The sorting office isn't being relocated abroad, or even to the other end of the country, just the centre of Stockport. How are local jobs under attack by this?
Well closing several DO will mean that there will be surplus roles when centralised - for instance the person who is on the collection counter, I imagine that will be over staffed once you collapse 3 to 1, I have no real idea of how the offices work but I imagine there is similar duplication. Clearly any job loss is terrible for the individual and their family as well as the community as they won't have money to spend in local shops and may end up costing the tax payer in unemployment benefit.
