Controversial??
Maybe but I do believe the time for stopping it has come and gone
why why why do the union therefore not remove this from the equation ( it seems from other posts on here they privately already have and are going for 'partial' privatisation)
why then are they not honest with the members - stop making this ballot about stopping privatisation when they themselves believe it won't happen
I don't want people losing money over a cause the union has already ( privately) conceded
why not get back around the table - take this issue away - and fight for our terms and conditions post privatisation - without the fake shroud of fighting it
Surely this would be a more effective strategy?
At least us the members may believe they are living in the real world then
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We are not going to stop privatisation
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thegreatestfreddy
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Re: We are not going to stop privatisation
the privatisation of Royal Mail is NOT a done deal...
only Monday there was a lengthy (2+ hours) House of Commons debate...
the house is by no means happy with privatisation and there will be other debates still to follow....
take a look at the following between 4pm and 6pm....
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/p ... 9025000002" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
column 34 reads...
The privatisation path is deeply unpopular, with not only the public, but Royal Mail staff. When the Communication Workers Union consulted its staff, it found that 96% opposed privatisation. Unite, which represent managers in Royal Mail, has also come out strongly against privatisation. The National Federation of SubPostmasters was originally sympathetic to some of what the Government were saying but it is now calling on them to halt the privatisation of Royal Mail, because of what it says is the Government’s failure to provide new work to post offices. In the briefings that it has been providing to Members throughout the country, which have been given to me by my constituents and when I have visited post offices over the past few days, the NFSP says that no new work has been awarded to post offices since May 2010 and that the new services that have been introduced are one-off transactions available only at a small number of post offices. It says that without the promised new Government work Post Office Ltd and individual post offices do not have a viable future and that a close relationship with Royal Mail is vital and will be jeopardised by privatisation.
there is still s lot of discussion to take place, feduppostie, even outside of CWU... but, as a result of their hard work keeping the public and MPs well aware of the industry's problem with privatisation....
hope this helps...
only Monday there was a lengthy (2+ hours) House of Commons debate...
the house is by no means happy with privatisation and there will be other debates still to follow....
take a look at the following between 4pm and 6pm....
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/p ... 9025000002" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
column 34 reads...
The privatisation path is deeply unpopular, with not only the public, but Royal Mail staff. When the Communication Workers Union consulted its staff, it found that 96% opposed privatisation. Unite, which represent managers in Royal Mail, has also come out strongly against privatisation. The National Federation of SubPostmasters was originally sympathetic to some of what the Government were saying but it is now calling on them to halt the privatisation of Royal Mail, because of what it says is the Government’s failure to provide new work to post offices. In the briefings that it has been providing to Members throughout the country, which have been given to me by my constituents and when I have visited post offices over the past few days, the NFSP says that no new work has been awarded to post offices since May 2010 and that the new services that have been introduced are one-off transactions available only at a small number of post offices. It says that without the promised new Government work Post Office Ltd and individual post offices do not have a viable future and that a close relationship with Royal Mail is vital and will be jeopardised by privatisation.
there is still s lot of discussion to take place, feduppostie, even outside of CWU... but, as a result of their hard work keeping the public and MPs well aware of the industry's problem with privatisation....
hope this helps...
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Budfrog
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Re: We are not going to stop privatisation
CWU has really dragged it's heels on this issue and the longer they have left a ballot for some form of IA (not necessarily strike action)the better prepared the management and Govt have become. I don't know whether it is too late but what I do know is that only a damaging series of strikes bringing the network to standstill will have any effect ... the problem is that most public support will be lost and there could be irreparable damage to the company in terms of market share. It may be the case that simply to get the best deal on a privatised RM is the best option securing T&C for 10 years. On the plus side OPGs' jobs are probably the safest in the business though the drive for increased work rates and greater flexibility will continue.