Royal Mail

Daily Mail Postal staff step up campaign to save Royal MailMorning Star OnlineThe Communication Workers Union (CWU) served notice that 4,000 posties will take part in a one-day walkout next Monday as it ramps up the campaign against Royal Mail privatisation, post office closures, jobs losses and pay cuts. CWU …

Telegraph.co.uk Privatising the Royal Mail will 'wreck' the UK's postal service, warn workersExpress.co.ukToday, at the union's annual conference, delegates will urge Labour to give a "clear and unequivocal commitment" that following privatisation of all or part of the Royal Mail, the next Labour Government will renationalise it within three years …

Thousands of staff who work for Royal Mail's European parcels arm face being excluded from Government plans to hand free or discounted shares to employees as part of the company's privatisation. I have … More: continued here

Former Royal Mail building could finally be sorted as talks continueSouth West BusinessThe problem of dealing with one of the biggest eyesore buildings in Bristol could be solved within a matter of weeks. The former Royal Mail sorting office has been left standing derelict for more than 16 years. The …

Europe Staff Face Royal Mail Share Blackout – Sky NewsSky NewsThousands of staff who work for Royal Mail's European parcels arm face being excluded from Government plans to hand free or discounted shares to employees as part of the company's privatisation. I have learnt that ministers and Whitehall officials are …

POSTAL workers are set to confirm their opposition to privatising the Royal Mail amid warnings that it could "wreck" postal services.         More: continued here

Labour must agree to renationalise Royal Mail within three years of coming to power or lose millions in donations, postal unions say.         More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Renationalise Royal Mail or lose millions in donations, CWU tells Ed MilibandTelegraph.co.ukThe CWU motion also wants “a clear and unequivocal commitment that following any privatisation, of any part of all of Royal Mail, the next Labour Government will renationalise it within the first three years of coming to power”. …

Union threatens ballot on mail delivery banFinancial TimesPostal union leaders are threatening to ballot members on boycotting deliveries for Royal Mail's rivals, in a move that could muddy the waters over privatisation of the state-owned postal operator. The Communication Workers Union's annual conference on … More: continued here

Royal Mail workforce 'expects a free stake'The Times (subscription)The suggestion was that Royal Mail staff could expect similar treatment to their former colleagues in the old GPO. When British Telecom was split off and floated nearly 30 years ago, privatised staff received free shares and rights to acquire more. As …