BILLY HAYES - CWU FRINGE MEETING - My Speech

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MONDAY 20TH APRIL 2009
LUNCHTIME
SALUTATION HOTEL
PERTH


* Labour Government gave commitment not to privatise Royal Mail - 2005 election manifesto - privatisation in this term of Parliament is a breach of promise made to electorate.


• Labour leadership and Labour Conference reaffirmed this commitment – Warwick 2 – and last year’s Labour Conference.


• Publication of the Hooper Report - an excuse to introduce privatisation. Mandelson has said that this should have been done 10 years ago.

• Recession is a result of deregulation and privatisation type policies. Government proposals for Royal Mail run contradictory to support for other industries, such as Banks.

• The suggestion is that Royal Mail is a failing industry and only the privatised sector can shake it up - yet prospective buyers - TNT - showed a 37% drop in profits in the last quarter of 2008. Prospective buyers - Deutsche Poste - lost £3.16 billion euros in the last quarter of 2008. –

CWU FRINGE MEETING
MONDAY 20TH APRIL 2009
LUNCHTIME
SALUTATION HOTEL
PERTH


* Labour Government gave commitment not to privatise Royal Mail - 2005 election manifesto - privatisation in this term of Parliament is a breach of promise made to electorate.


• Labour leadership and Labour Conference reaffirmed this commitment – Warwick 2 – and last year’s Labour Conference.


• Publication of the Hooper Report - an excuse to introduce privatisation. Mandelson has said that this should have been done 10 years ago.

• Recession is a result of deregulation and privatisation type policies. Government proposals for Royal Mail run contradictory to support for other industries, such as Banks.

• The suggestion is that Royal Mail is a failing industry and only the privatised sector can shake it up - yet prospective buyers - TNT - showed a 37% drop in profits in the last quarter of 2008. Prospective buyers - Deutsche Poste - lost £3.16 billion euros in the last quarter of 2008. –

Royal Mail profits increased in the last quarter. Who is showing the way forward?

• Royal Mail weighed down by pensions deficit – 13 years pensions holiday – government obligation to pay. If honoured, Royal Mail gains over £280 million extra capital. This alone makes Royal Mail highly successful.

• CWU proposes new products and new services to make Royal Mail more responsive to customers. This includes - introduction of Post Bank; same day deliveries; home collections; and new technologies like Intelligent Mail (trace and tracks in real time)
• CWU campaign having an impact - EDM 428 (147 Labour MPs) - (Division in Cabinet) - national and local demonstrations and lobbies - amendments and arguments in House of Lords via Lord Clarke - Compass Report “Case not Made” - BERR Committee Report says “Case not made” – further Compass report to show alternative.

• Support of rest of Labour movement invaluable - activists in Scotland - support of Scottish TUC -

• TOGETHER WE CAN WIN

Posted by Billy Hayes | @ Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:10:01 +0100