Received from: CWU
Congress recognises that the proposed takeover of Royal Mail by a billionaire causes major concern for both our postal service and postal workers.
Handing over the ownership of one of the UK’s most important institutions to a foreign private equity investor cannot be right. However, Congress also recognises the failure of privatising our postal service and that the current Royal Mail management is not delivering for workers or customers.
While the long-term goal for the postal service is renationalisation, we must take immediate action to ensure that postal workers have a greater say in the workplace and that services are protected. As well as ensuring comprehensive, long-term protections for the workforce, there should be a new ownership and governance model for Royal Mail that builds a postal service for the workers and customers – not one solely focused on shareholder payouts.
Congress also recognises that so many workers across different sectors are seeing similar asset-stripping business models used to demoralise and pressure the workforce and that the trade union movement supports these workers in calling for new ownership and governance models in their own industries.
Congress resolves:
i. that the TUC supports postal workers in securing comprehensive protections in the takeover of Royal Mail, including protections against job losses and in their calls for a new ownership and governance model for Royal Mail and takes the necessary steps to support them in any campaign regarding the takeover of Royal Mail.
Communication Workers Union
AMENDMENT
In the second paragraph after “or customers”, insert:
“As has recently been demonstrated with the announcement that it will cease its own rail operations, the announcement was briefed to the press before the contractor (DB Cargo) was informed. This decision has put many jobs at DB Cargo at risk and damages potential growth for Royal Mail in rail.”
ASLEF