Edit: the leaflet is now available here - print out and get down to your local Manpower!
The idea has come up on a couple of threads now about doing a leaflet in Polish for the postal strikes. Although I don't think agency workers will make or break the strike, their massive use is clearly intended to have a psychological impact (and some practical impact) on the strike, and the examples in a few places of them not crossing picket lines are also very encouraging. Although a leaflet may or may not cause anyone to not cross lines, I think it could open up communication between full time posties and Polish agency workers, and also have a destablising effect on Royal Mail's strike breaking efforts and management morale.
I don't have much of an idea as to what should go in such a leaflet though, so hopefully this thread can bash some ideas out. Devrim knows people who can translate English - Polish, and I think Oisleep knows someone who can, so at least two possibilities there. Also I contacted RMC, and they'll help distribute if we can get it done - meaning it could be distributed by postal workers both on picket lines and at work, and by politicos at agencies.
One postal contact says:
"As for what could be in it,just the run of the mill stuff like how we're
getting shafted,the pension thing.
The fact we're looking to secure some kind of deal for our future colleagues
as well.
Also if these guys are taking out walks then perhaps let them know that rm
are proposing for us to take out even more than what they are taking as the
norm,for the same pay,actually less pay!"
I reckon one side of A5 is fine - easy and cheap to print off, maybe a scaled up A4 version to put on walls (or for people like me who can't use scissors properly). Needs to talk to both the conditions of the agency workers as well as explaining the situation at Royal Mail and wider, should obviously mention not crossing picket lines but that needs to be handled well.
So this to start with, to be pulled apart because it's easier to do that than start from scratch - will be hard to produce both this and Dispatch at the same time, so help appreciated. 3rd person allows for more reuseability, but not very personal.
Royal Mail workers are suffering the most serious attack on their working conditions in the history of the postal service.
If this strike is lost, it will destroy the job as it currently is:
*workers will have to turn up at any time during the day instead of regular shifts
*they will have to carry more mail for less money (worse than agency workers are expected to do now)
*there will be no more final salary pension scheme for new and existing employees, which will affect any agency worker taken on full time.
*these are just three of over 20 new measures as well as the below inflation pay cutRoyal Mail wants full-timers and agency workers to be pitted against each other, to divide and rule. However Polish agency workers in Watford and Liverpool have refused to cross picket lines and shown that we can fight the attacks on wages and conditions together. These changes don't just affect existing staff, they affect all future staff at Royal Mail and have a knock on effect in other sectors and employers as conditions are attacked across the board.
- also there's obviously full time Polish staff in Royal Mail and an "agency/scab = Pole" leaflet would go down really well I think not. So double-sided A5? Or single sided top/English bottom/Polish if we can keep it concise? Any more ideas on text? I think it's important not to simply arguethe scabs line - although there's a massive increase in agency workers at RM right now, it also seems part of a general casualisation drive as well so the mutual race to the bottom thing should be mentioned.
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looks good to me - is the plan to have english & polish text on the same leaflet? not all agency workers are eastern european and not all eastern europeans are poles like