Unite warning over Post Office mutualisation
19 September 2011
Unite the union which represents managers at Royal Mail has
warned (Monday 19 September) that Ed Davey's (Liberal
Democrat Minister for Postal Affairs) consultation on the proposed
mutualisation of the Post Office is a recipe for disaster.
Ian Tonks, Unite national officer said, “Mutualisation is
another unhelpful distraction. The real issue here is that the Post
Office and Royal Mail depend heavily on each other.
Separation, privatisation and mutualisation are recipes for
disaster. ”
"One way to make the Post Office sustainable is to set up a Post
Bank, but Ed Davey has consistently refused to even consider this
proposal.
"Unite, as part of the Post Bank Coalition, is calling on
government to set up a working party to examine how a Post Bank
could be established to make the Post Office network viable and
prosperous for the future."
ENDS
Ciaran Naidoo on 07768 931 315
Note to editors; Unite is part of the Post Bank Coalition,
along with the Communication Workers Union, New Economics
Foundation, Federation of Small Businesses, National Pensioners'
Convention and the Countryside Alliance. The Post Bank
Coalition is also seeking to remove social
exclusion.
The Post Bank Coalition launched its most recent publication
“Sorted! Revitalising the Post Office through local banking” on the
14th July 2011.
