Royal Mail

Times Online CWU will ask members to back split from Labour over Royal Mail planTimes Online, UK –27 minutes agoLabour faces losing a big union backer as the rebellion against Lord Mandelson’s plans to sell part of the Royal Mail gathers force. … More: continued here

A ministerial aide has quit his post in protest at the Government’s plan to partly privatise Royal Mail. More: continued here

Dec. 17 (Bloomberg) — A member of Prime Minister Gordon Brown ’s government resigned in protest about plans to sell a share in the state-owned Royal Mail Group Plc, signaling a rebellion within the ruling Labour Party. More: continued here

A junior member of the Government resigned today as a Labour rebellion over plans to sell off almost half of the Royal Mail to a foreign company gathered pace. More: continued here

Footnote: What's the link between the Madoff fraud, the UK housing …PersonnelToday.com, UK –3 hours agoExpect a few more scams and frauds to be uncovered as the economy contracts (with the latest one being potentially the Royal Mail pensions……..). …From Paris to Tokyo, more Madoff victims emergeInternational Herald TribuneInvestors grapple with fallout …

Evening Telegraph Dismay at Post Office’s stanceEvening Telegraph, UK –27 minutes agoA Dundee councillor has branded claims by Royal Mail bosses that the city’s surviving Post Offices can cope with the extra pressure caused by this summer’s … More: continued here

ITV.com Lawmakers Protest UK Plan to Sell Royal Mail StakeBloomberg –3 hours ago17 (Bloomberg) — A member of Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s government resigned in protest about plans to sell a share in the state-owned Royal Mail Group …Ministerial aide quits government over Royal Mail privatisation plansguardian.co.ukUK's Royal Mail could consider …

Slaughters to advise Royal Mail in part-privatisation moveLegal Week, UK –10 minutes agoThe Royal Mail has turned to regular adviser Slaughter and May following recommendations to Government that the institution should move towards a … More: continued here

This is London Ministerial aide quits in revolt over Royal Mail sell-offThis is London, UK –34 minutes agoGORDON BROWN was facing a growing Labour revolt over the part-privatisation of the Royal Mail today after a ministerial aide quit in protest. … More: continued here

Postal workers’ representatives to meet MPs for talks over Royal…Crewe Chronicle, UK –6 minutes agoCWU regional secretary Carl Webb said industrial action could still be avoided if Royal Mail abandons its policy of “imposition” and enters into meaningful … More: continued here