Telegraph.co.uk Brown will back down over Royal Mail privatisation, predicts …guardian.co.uk, UKGordon Brown will be forced to back down over plans for the partial privatisation of Royal Mail, a Labour MP claimed today. John Grogan, one of the backbenchers leading the campaign against the government's proposal to sell a minority stake in the …Post watchdog concerned…
London postal workers threaten June strike over job cutsPersonnelToday.com, UKThe postal workers' union has said that 16000 Royal Mail staff in London are likely to strike next month in response to efficiency savings being introduced by the organisation. The Communication Workers' Union (CWU) said staff at 159 depots across …Strike threat by postal workers over job…
London postal workers threaten June strike over job cutsPersonnelToday.com, UKThe postal workers' union has said that 16000 Royal Mail staff in London are likely to strike next month in response to efficiency savings being introduced by the organisation. The Communication Workers' Union (CWU) said staff at 159 depots across …Strike threat by postal workers over job…
The Tories will remove their support for the government on partial privatisation of the Royal Mail if it offers concessions to Labour backbenchers, the party has warned. More: continued here
SNP Postal Affairs spokesperson, Mike Weir MP, has expressed alarm at UK government plans to cede control over the appointment of a new Royal Mail chief executive and other key operational matters to any minority private shareholder. More: continued here
Pitney Bowes Showcases Technology At Mail In ActionHell Mail, UKMailroom in Action is free and will also feature seminars on issues relevant to businesses in the current economic climate from key players representing industry partners the Institute of Direct Marketing (IDM) and Royal Mail. … More: continued here
Deutsche Post yesterday pulled out of the running for a stake in the UK’s Royal Mail and instead turned the spotlight on the need to overhaul its own mail delivery business as it races to cut costs to cope with an unprecedented plunge in demand. More: continued here
Royal Mail pensions deficit 'to cost taxpayer £12bn'Telegraph.co.uk, United KingdomThe Government is planning to hide the crippling cost to the taxpayer of taking on Royal Mail's pension deficit, which could be double the published £6bn figure, under proposals to reshape the postal group, a leading pensions expert has warned. … More: continued here
Rebel Labour peers have failed in their bid to derail Lord Mandelson’s plans to partprivatise the Royal Mail. More: continued here
Ministers are willing to cede overall control over the appointment of Royal Mail’s chief executive and other key “operational matters” to a minority shareholder in the postal operator, it emerged on Monday. More: continued here