RM results show successful modernisation in public sector

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Royal Mail results show successful modernisation in public sector, says CWU

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Reacting to Royal Mail's half-year financial results today (Tuesday) which show revenues, profits and profit margins all up, the Communication Workers Union says this is proof that modernisation can be successful within the public sector. The union, which represents postal workers throughout Royal Mail Group, also says the results are masking some of the problems in the industry and calls on the regulator to step in to protect the universal service.

This is the first set of financial results since the price rises came into force, and since the Post Office and pension deficit were removed from Royal Mail Group.


Dave Ward, CWU deputy general secretary, said: "These results are proof that positive change and modernisation can be made in the public sector. There is no need for privatisation as a solution to business transformation. Change is being successfully delivered by postal workers daily throughout the company. Postal workers are Royal Mail's greatest asset and should be recognised as such.

"Royal Mail is doing its bit to change, but the regulator must now step in to protect the universal service. Competition from private companies is undermining Royal Mail's ability to provide an affordable service to every part of the UK.

"We want a fair day's work for a fair day's pay bringing quality postal services to everyone. That's being undermined by the way competition destabilises the universal service - companies being allowed to cherry-pick profitable contracts while paying low wages for example. There's also a problem with pressure that Royal Mail managers are putting on delivery workers to make unrealistic cost savings. This is causing mayhem in many offices with staff being pressured to work unpaid overtime when really the managers have got the workloads wrong. It's all linked back to the way competition is being mis-managed.

"There's a bright future for the mail industry as Royal Mail's results and the growth in packets and parcels show, but it will only work if the universal service and postal workers are put at the heart of change. Ofcom's decisions have the potential to make or break this industry.

"We don't want competition at any cost. Closures, bullying, cost cutting and privatisation will destroy the industry. We'll stand up to protect it."

[noggin1969]

"We want a fair day's work for a fair day's pay "

And what's your fair days pay worth then Dave ?

[redneck]

What he says is correct on our behalf. What he's paid is wrong, as it is with most of the senior 'management' across the union movement in the UK.

[osgoody1970]

and what is moya paid, he's her,, equal, is he not? its alright the excesses in the boardroom eh, but the people in unions at the top get persecuted for getting the wages at the top!!!! i want my union leader to attract top pay, then it attracts top people to the job,is'nt that how it works????

[fmrPOSTIE]

Anyone can make a profit if they ramp up the cost of stamps and posting large items. Royal Mail has rationalised but hasn't modernised in my opinion.

[Phantom]

"We don't want competition at any cost. Closures, bullying, cost cutting and privatisation will destroy the industry. We'll stand up to protect it."

You've gotta be having a laugh, you've gotta be having a laugh, you've gotta be having a laugh...............especially the closures and bullying!!!!! f**k me backwards!!!

[spoodoo]

The union should call for a week long work to rule. , then we'd see even more of a mess,,,

[fishtank]

and what is moya paid, he's her,, equal, is he not?

No.
No matter what you think of Dave and the union they're jobs can't be compared like for like.
She is in charge of a company with revenues of around £7billion and a total workforce of around 150,000 that made a profit of £144 million.
He is in charge of the Postal Section of a Union with total revenues of £28million a few hundred staff and is lucky to break even most years.

[fishtank]

You see this is where i take issue with Dave.
This....

Dave Ward, CWU deputy general secretary, said: "These results are proof that positive change and modernisation can be made in the public sector.

...is a lie.

Royal Mail made a profit of £144 million but that includes the sale of a great number of assets,one of which went for the sum of £130 million and of course doesn't include the pension deficit payments of around £250 million per annum that have crippled us for years.

Really,to be honest we're actually worse off than last year.
I understand why the lie is propagated,he wants it to look like we are doing quite nicely without privatisation,thank you very much...but what he doesn't get....

Is that the members who are facing this sham of a f**k up of a disaster of a modernisation plan are reading that and wondering if he's lost his f***ing head.

[saga]

Well,to me, this has all been orchestrated by the snake oil salesmen to make Royal Mail look a juicy investment ready for privatisation.

[POSTMAN]

There's also a problem with pressure that Royal Mail managers are putting on delivery workers to make unrealistic cost savings. This is causing mayhem in many offices with staff being pressured to work unpaid overtime when really the managers have got the workloads wrong.

This seems to be cropping up a lot in the last week or so,something we're very much aware of on here,and something that has been going on since the 1st ever 2010 revision.
Kinda late in the day me thinks.