Royal Mail to be sold within a year

[POSTMAN]

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[POSTMAN]

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Royal Mail to be sold to the public this year in move echoing Margaret Thatcher's privatisation policies

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Royal Mail to be sold-off by next April in biggest privatisation for over two decades
People will be offered the chance shares in Royal Mail in the next 12 months, ministers have told MPs.

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Royal Mail could be sold to public in a year

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Fallon to sell off Royal Mail. But there will no "Tell Sid" campaign

[borders]

well there you have it, its going to happen or is it ? down to the workers now , are we bothered enough to strike over Privatisation ? interesting to read the comments from readers considering they are Tory rags. many are against it , I think we would get more support from the public than we might imagine. however , taking into account that so many members cant even be bothered to vote on their own pay deals etc I think the Tories may get their way ?

[fmrPOSTIE]

Seriously , this privatisation probably won't go ahead this parliament. Nobody is interested in taking over RM

[hubbahubba]

Anyone have any info on if the government will remain the majority shareholder,or is it more likely to be a equity group or rival with deep pockets?

[UnhappyGremlin]

Anyone have any info on if the government will remain the majority shareholder,or is it more likely to be a equity group or rival with deep pockets?

Don't think any decision of any kind has actually been taken yet. It does appear as though the Government/RM board are testing the waters to see what would be their best option.

[SP115]

I think we would get more support from the public than we might imagine.

Agreed, I think the CWU need to stepup a gear or 3 too.

[genesis]

I think we would get more support from the public than we might imagine.

Agreed, I think the CWU need to stepup a gear or 3 too.

They are ,very soon we are going to ballot on various concerns within royal mail, not for a strike,but if we get a good turnout it will certainly give these business investors cold feet.

[fishtank]

I think we would get more support from the public than we might imagine.

Agreed, I think the CWU need to stepup a gear or 3 too.

They are ,very soon we are going to ballot on various concerns within royal mail, not for a strike,but if we get a good turnout it will certainly give these business investors cold feet.

Hypothetical situation genesis.
The union are involved in high level talks over pay and other issues with Royal Mail at the moment.
What happens if...Royal Mail throws a big tasty pay rise on the table,makes some concessions over this and that and ends the meeting with...cancel the consultative ballot or it's all off the table again.

[hubbahubba]

Anyone have any info on if the government will remain the majority shareholder,or is it more likely to be a equity group or rival with deep pockets?

Don't think any decision of any kind has actually been taken yet. It does appear as though the Government/RM board are testing the waters to see what would be their best option.

My point was more one of who would be our employer,be it RM through the government being the major shareholder,or an outsider?

[Cut Off King]

I think we would get more support from the public than we might imagine.

Agreed, I think the CWU need to stepup a gear or 3 too.

They are ,very soon we are going to ballot on various concerns within royal mail, not for a strike,but if we get a good turnout it will certainly give these business investors cold feet.

Hypothetical situation genesis.
The union are involved in high level talks over pay and other issues with Royal Mail at the moment.
What happens if...Royal Mail throws a big tasty pay rise on the table,makes some concessions over this and that and ends the meeting with...cancel the consultative ballot or it's all off the table again.

Simple, take the pay offer deal....wait a month....reinstate the ballot

[NWpostie]

Seriously , this privatisation probably won't go ahead this parliament. Nobody is interested in taking over RM

Possibly I would imagine for ideological reasons they will pursue this privatisation, if the general floatation does not work out as expected they will have lined up asset holding companies to take over, they will asset strip it and sell off the profitable part, load the remaining part with debt from another company and sink it.

Thats how they make their profit. What the public and the post workers want is irrelevant.