Solidarity with the Postal Workers!

bristol | corporations | feature Thursday October 22, 2009 08:47 by imcvol

Royal Mail; operating profit of some £321million, Boss Adam Crozier’s Earnings £9.2m - so what about the workers?

Bristol IWW supporterThe strike by CWU members this Thursday and Friday looks set to go ahead, despite intense pressure and intimidation by Royal Mail bosses, the entire Government, all 3 main political parties, the CBI and every boss keen to exploit their workers for profit. On the sidelines, historic strikebreakers like TNT (remember the printers Wapping strike?), Manpower and other private companies hoping to benefit from the break-up of Royal Mail are licking their lips in anticipation. Much is being made of the need for postal workers (both CWU members and the ununionised) to accept 'modernisation' in the interests of the Royal Mail business. CWU members have already seen at least 50,000 jobs go in recent years, whilst last year Royal Mail made an operating profit of some £321million, with top bosses raking in huge bonuses. Every worker, be they in the private or public sectors, knows that 'modernisation' means new technologies, new working practices, less staff, and of course more work, usually with no extra pay.... Full article.

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