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Keep the Post Public

The CWU (Communications Workers Union) is campaigning against the Government's intention to privatise Royal Mail:

"No one is sure why the Government have decided to try and privatise the Royal Mail but it's really important that the people who rely on the service show them there is a better way.

"Just as our banks are failing us because of private bosses' greed it makes no sense to repeat this in the Post Office. There are so few places these days where we all feel equal, here people are put first and not profits. We don't want Post Offices to shut down and prices to go up. We think the Post Office can become a hugely successful People's Bank.

"We know the service needs to be improved and within a secure and long term future wholly in the public sector we think the Royal Mail can continue to be a great British success story.

Please sign up and add your name to the thousands who want keep the Post Office public - no stamp is required.

"We believe:

The Royal Mail and the Post Office are part of the fabric of British society. They provide a universal service to all. Postal workers deliver to every door regardless of the wealth that lies behind it. In its queues we are all equal citizens. Businesses of every size and shape rely on it. For elderly people, those with disabilities, parents, the low-paid and those in rural communities its services are essential. It works well and could work a lot better if it were modernised and properly invested in.

This is what we need to see happen; not any of the various forms of privatisation the government is now proposing. The proposals the government currently has on the table would begin to break up the postal service, be less efficient and would start to see services cherry picked for profit not for the benefit of people. We call on the government to drop its plans for any privatisation of Royal Mail and to begin the process of modernising this valued public service and the establishment of a fully fledged Peoples' Bank based on the Post Office counters network."

For more information about the campaign, visit the CWU website here.

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