BILLY HAYES LOBBY OF SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT

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12.30 THURSDAY 23RD APRIL
HOLYROOD
COMMITTEE ROOM 1

* 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.

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

• Even within the framework of supporting privatisation, this is a very bad time to sell. Figures published by Compass this week show that the sale of Royal Mail shares would yield less than 50% of the price possible a year ago.

• 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.
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• 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.

• The growth of opposition important - this week we received a letter from West Lothian Council


• Stepping up of CWU activity - a week of campaign activity in Scotland commencing 5th May – Tuesday launch events in John O’Groats and Inverness - Wednesday 6th May events in Perth and Dundee - Thursday 7th May event in and around Glasgow - Friday 8th May events in and around Edinburgh - Saturday 9th May – march and rally in Kirkcaldy.


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Posted by Billy Hayes | @ Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:50:13 +0100

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further Compass report to show alternative

We keep hearing this but still nothing has been published,