Keep the post public‏

The Royal Mail is on the brink of privatisation. Last week, the Postal Services Bill received its third reading in the House of Commons and is now making its way through the House of Lords.
‘After all the huffing and puffing from the left and unions over fighting the age of austerity, this may be the first real battle which does try to unite the producers of services with the users of those services’ writes Gregor Gall in today’s Morning Star: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/100042

Northern Public Services Alliance Cuts Rally 20 October

The Northern Public Services Alliance is holding a rally at Newcastle Civic Centre at 5.00pm on Wednesday 20 October, just after the Comprehensive Spending Review is announced in Parliament. Public spending cuts are not the way to tackle the deficit, says the alliance leaflet backed by UNISON and 15 other unions with the Northern TUC. Get a copy of the leaflet at https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B4mGMLu_gab8OTAyNmMxYzAtMjg4My00MGU4LTk0ZTgtYzc4OWVkOTI0MjI0&hl=en or http://www.tuc.org.uk/tuc/regions_info_northern.cfm

Keep The Post Public‏

The UK postal service is under threat for the third time in a decade and the CWU is building a broad based keep The Post Public Coalition http://www.cwu.org/keep-the-post-public.html Throughout its long history, Royal Mail has provided a vital public service to isolated rural and urban communities alike across the length and breadth of the country, providing a unique one-price-goes-anywhere daily service.