The real agenda - 'The tipping point' (Daily Telegraph)

[k979aaa]

yes now their will be no election we must prepair for the long struggle, we will fight them on the picket lines will fight them on the streets we will fight them on the ips frame's we shall never give up for whether it is to die by the slings of outrageous fortune or survive with the many not the few(NEWBURY D/O) WE SHALL FIGHT THEM WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP.

[genesis]

I for one would rather have a clear conscience , than sell my self for money when the miners went back they went with their heads held high, have you seen thatcher now?
The only thing she really acheived (besides new labour (greed)) was breakdown of social fabric of society, The love of money is the root of all evil, adam Crozier Alan leighton tom melvin and all the rest would not be doing this for nothing,they are getting a large wedge otherwise they wouldnt do IT!!!

Where as we are believe in our Quest Why ? cos we are losing money just like today yesterday monday tuesday---------- the fight goes on.

[k979aaa]

A lack of moral fibre just what these two lack :lfo & :cfo

[genesis]

Descent article on the morning stars website if anyone knows how to put it on here.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Unfortunately you need subscription to get it:

http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/inde ... x/examples

[genesis]

Its on the free pages star comment ( thats how I read it) skint postman.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Its on the free pages star comment ( thats how I read it) skint postman.

Got it

http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/inde ... by_the_cwu



MORNING Star readers may have become used to urgent appeals to support our paper's Fighting Fund towards the end of each monthly campaign.

This month is an exception, following the first day of October's appeal, which opened in a very low-key mood yesterday and also coincided with the reopening of the Communication Workers Union strike action.

The Morning Star does, of course, support the CWU in its battle to safeguard not only its members' jobs, wages and pensions but also the Royal Mail as a much-loved public corporation.

Royal Mail bosses claim that their aim is nothing more than "modernisation" in a liberalised postal services market.

But they have made no secret of their determination to privatise a slimmed-down, big-business-oriented outfit that will open itself up to shareholders and let Royal Mail directors pay themselves the kind of salaries and bonuses that have already provoked disgust at other privatised public companies.

And the price of this privatisation heaven will be paid by staff through mass redundancies, a below-inflation pay rise and worsened working conditions.

The Royal Mail issues pious statements about no-one benefiting from strike action and handing business to competitors, but what alternative does a union have when an employer refuses to reconsider plans that will have a disastrous effect on its members' lives?

The Morning Star is clear on the basic reason for this problem. It is the shared passion of new Labour and the European Union for neoliberalism, at the heart of which lies fully liberalised markets.

It makes no sense, in terms of public service, to break up national postal delivery services, allow privateers to cherry-pick the most profitable sectors and encourage dog-eat-dog competition between national carriers and their private competitors.

But it does make sense if you are a speculator who is keen to profit from investments based on EU-dictated directives on postal liberalisation and provision of services that represent a race to the bottom, in which pay and conditions norms will be dictated by companies based in Latvia.

Gravy-train politicians in Brussels and Strasbourg may deny the reality of EU priorities.

They may even fool themselves that the EU commission, which puts out a consistent stream of neoliberal directives, is simply an arena of struggle rather than a united, coherent and unequivocal champion of competition over co-operation, but the facts dictate otherwise.

Our postal workers, in common with other workers threatened by unfair competition, need funding for their industry and political backing for their case against privatisation.

The Morning Star will be the only daily newspaper that stands four-square with the posties in this dispute, as in so many others.

We know that our regular readers back this stance, which is why they back the one daily paper that's different.

But we cannot provide that alternative socialist voice on the basis of fresh air. Our Fighting Fund has to be sustained when there is no daily postal delivery.

And that means asking all our supporters to phone our Fund organiser Mac O'Connell on (020) 8510-0815 to give to the Fighting Fund by credit card and to ensure that the Star remains there to put the case for all working people.

[DirtyHarry]

Such a shame that it has come to this, RMs true colours and contempt for its workers becomming clearer all the time.To coin a phrase from the film "scum" - we may come second, but we`ll be the best f***ing second you`ve ever seen! Its so important that we keep support up after this huge backlog has been built up. Support the rolling strikes, get another little job elsewhere if necessary. Do the job properly.Christmas is looming and people will be going bonkers if they are unable to shop online. This is likely to be tough, but use any means open to you to do your bit. The gloves are off, but be clever, don`t do anything silly and imo keep to the official action. There is absolutly no need to go "all out" most just cant afford it, but rolling action can do the trick.This is a fight for our futures, one we cant really afford to lose.

GORDON BROWN - JUDAS

Very well said, mate.

[L Tommo]

FECK LIE-BOUR FECK THE CONS.. FECK LIBS/DEMS N EVERY OTHER POLITICAL PARASITE....


I live for my friends and family and along the way i will help working class people when and if i can....


SCREWS, strike breakers, MP's and establishment aint MY PEOPLE... So Big Al up yours!! :lfo


out


Never let the bastards grind us down!

[meweavy]

a great post,i cant undersatand why the cwu cant get a national rag to print a page like that letter.
so everybody can read it and get an understanding of why we are on strike..

the public really need to be educated on these strikes..

i worry the longet it goes on the less favour we will get with the public especially building up to christmas..

the cwu need to make our side of the strike more accesable for the public to read..

that might open thier eyes instead of thinking we are after a pay rise.