Big Dave in Peterborough...

[wranglered]

Communication Workers Union

Eastern Number Five Branch



In Conjunction with


Peterborough Trades Union Council
Public & Commercial Services Union (PCS)


Defending Public Services in Peterborough
March and Rally
Saturday 21st November 2009


March Forms at Town Bridge Car Park (London Rd (A15) / Oundle Rd (A605) opposite Peterborough United Football Ground follow signs for football parking,12 Noon march to proceed along Bridge St Cathedral Sq, Long Causeway, Midgate and Rally on Laxton Sq outside the Passport office and Land Registry

Speakers to include


Dave Ward CWU Deputy General Secretary (to be confirmed)

Paul Moffat CWU Eastern Regional Secretary

Mark Serwotka PCS General Secretary

Ron Graves Peterborough Trades Union Council

Speakers from Unite and Unison to be confirmed



For more information please contact Andy Beeby Branch Chairman Eastern Number Five Branch on 07974 296 715 or branch.chair@cwue5.org



Andy Beeby Branch Chairman

I AM SURE ONE OF THESE SPEAKERS WAS GOING TO SAVE THE MILTON KEYNES MAIL CENTRE. DID IT CLOSE IN THE END?

[stokes11eg]

Ehh? Shouldn't Dave ,at this moment be concentrating on defending our jobs?

[wranglered]

Ehh? Shouldn't Dave ,at this moment be concentrating on defending our jobs?

funny this one..I posted it in the news under a more contentious title...have to check what else has been censored....

yeahh stokesy...ridiculous is the words that come to mind....can't wait to see all six of them walking through Peterborough on their own....still, first class travel up from London will be nice...and it is only a 50 minute journey.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Ehh? Shouldn't Dave ,at this moment be concentrating on defending our jobs?

funny this one..I posted it in the news under a more contentious title...have to check what else has been censored....

yeahh stokesy...ridiculous is the words that come to mind....can't wait to see all six of them walking through Peterborough on their own....still, first class travel up from London will be nice...and it is only a 50 minute journey.

I moved it from News as it did not meet the criteria, I did not change the title but I should have done as it was against the rules. Perhaps a refresher visit to the rules page may called for.

[POSTMAN]

I changed the title,wranglered,give it up mate ffs.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

March in protest at plan to axe 300 Land Registry jobs

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HUNDREDS of workers are expected to march through the centre of Peterborough in protest at plans to axe 300 jobs at the city's Land Registry.
The march and rally has been organised by Peterborough Trades Union Council (PTUC), and comes after Land Registry bosses announced the closure of its city offices in Touthill Close, City Road, in two years' time with the loss of 303 jobs.

The marchers will also highlight fears for the future of Royal Mail jobs in Peterborough after a series of strikes by postal workers, which left the Peterborough depot with one of the largest backlogs of mail in the country.

The demonstration will take place tomorrow and has been organised jointly by the Communications Workers Union (CWU), Unison, Unite, and the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS).

They will also be joined by the representatives of the Peterborough Pensioners Association.

PTUC's chairman, Stuart Mathers, said: "This is about bringing together a number of unions to show people the importance of public services, such as the Land Registry and Royal Mail."

Victoria Dyke, press officer for the Peterborough branch of PCS, said they were hoping to raise the profile of the Land Registry's plight to the people of the city.

She said: "In Peterborough, we got a lot of people coming to the Land Registry with issues about land and property and who don't want to go to solicitors about their problems.

She added: "It provides a vital service for many Peterborough people.

"If the Land Registry is replaced with a call centre then all customers will get is people using question and answer sheets and not their own knowledge.

"We have sent out the details of the rally and we're hoping for a good turnout on Saturday."

Chairman of the CWU Peterborough branch, Andy Beeby added: "This rally is about sticking up for the public in Peterborough and defending jobs in the city."

The march will start on Saturday at noon in Town Bridge car park, before heading along Bridge Street and into Cathedral Square, Long Causeway and Laxton Square.

The rally will finish with a public meeting at John Clare Theatre, in Central Library, Broadway, with a number of guest speakers.

[dvbuk55]

"With the loss of 303 jobs in two years time.................."

WTF - we've lost 40,000 jobs with another 30/40,000 to go and a massive denigration of terms and working conditions - that's really putting things in perspective - how many jobs will have gone in RM in two years time? FFS we lose more than that a week on Royal Mail trumped up charges and sickness sackings. And I'll just bet that our union paid the expenses for this. You know what they say about power ............................. well when there is no competition in elections this is what we get.

[norbert]

"With the loss of 303 jobs in two years time.................."

WTF - we've lost 40,000 jobs with another 30/40,000 to go and a massive denigration of terms and working conditions - that's really putting things in perspective - how many jobs will have gone in RM in two years time? FFS we lose more than that a week on Royal Mail trumped up charges and sickness sackings. And I'll just bet that our union paid the expenses for this. You know what they say about power ............................. well when there is no competition in elections this is what we get.

To be fair - New Labour do want the Land Registry privatized as there's all that debt from propping up the banks to be paid back ( & Darling wants a flow of Corporation Tax too hence the light touch regulation ) .

However Re CWU members , I'm not sure what all this tub thumping will really do ? .

[dvbuk55]

"With the loss of 303 jobs in two years time.................."

WTF - we've lost 40,000 jobs with another 30/40,000 to go and a massive denigration of terms and working conditions - that's really putting things in perspective - how many jobs will have gone in RM in two years time? FFS we lose more than that a week on Royal Mail trumped up charges and sickness sackings. And I'll just bet that our union paid the expenses for this. You know what they say about power ............................. well when there is no competition in elections this is what we get.

To be fair - New Labour do want the Land Registry privatized as there's all that debt from propping up the banks to be paid back ( & Darling wants a flow of Corporation Tax too hence the light touch regulation ) .

However Re CWU members , I'm not sure what all this tub thumping will really do ? .

TBH - who gives a monkeys f*ck if they privatise the Land Registry with the loss of 300 jobs in two years time - the Tories will be in power in less than 6 months, what price privatisation then?, the Land Registry will be lucky to survive til July and we will be gone by next Christmas.

[wranglered]

sounds like a big turnout.......

was it big dave or those other officials who proved to be the big draw?

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