In light of yesterday’s announcement by Government, as attached, which confirmed that plans for privatisation are shelved, we are setting out the Union’s position with regard to the policies contained in Emergency Motions 2 and 3, from Annual Conference.
The Government’s decision to step back from privatisation is very welcome and good news for everybody who believes in both the values of the Universal Service and the social obligations that underpin the whole of the Royal Mail Group.
However, by restating the Government’s position that the Postal Services Bill was an all or nothing package and that Government will not pick up the pensions deficit or move forward regulation means the future remains uncertain for the public, our members, the service and the company.
Inertia is not the answer; the Government must accept its responsibilities.
The CWU has consistently stated that equally crucial to the task of building a modern and successful Royal Mail is securing a satisfactory resolution to pensions, modernisation and regulation. We will not allow the Government to walk away from their responsibilities and we will continue with our campaign, we have now entered a new phase. As part of this all Branches must continue to promote our document “A Fresh Start for Royal Mail” which outlines a credible alternative to Government inertia by putting forward solutions. We will also be examining new tactics in this next phase.
Furthermore, in our ongoing dialogue with Government we will continue to prioritise the need for Government to urgently facilitate negotiations on modernisation with Royal Mail through our offer of a 3 month moratorium on industrial action and managerial executive action.
Unfortunately, Royal Mail’s response to yesterday’s announcement is that their plans are unaffected and that they will press on regardless. This is being backed up by increasing announcements of managerial executive action, more attacks on our members’ jobs, pay and conditions whilst ignoring their signed commitments to introduce change by agreement and negotiate terms that will be beneficial to our members.
The attitude of Royal Mail means the Union has no alternative other than to escalate industrial action and continue to move forward the terms of Emergency Motion 3.
We can confirm that further industrial action has been notified and this serious situation will be covered in an LTB later today.
We want to thank all our Branches, members, those MP’s, and our friends in the Lords who have supported us. Now our task is to build on the success of our campaign to date and resolve all outstanding issues.
Further information will be sent out in due course.
Yours sincerely
Billy Hayes Dave Ward
General Secretary Deputy General Secretary (P)
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