| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re::Re:Low Water Pressure | |
| Posted by: | Vanessa Smith | |
| Date/Time: | 15/07/13 10:24:00 |
| The writer I quoted - Will Hutton - suggests a far better compromise - which of course won't see the light of day. He suggests looking at the German model, and berates the government here for wanting to look short term just when parcel deliveries are taking off in the wake of the online shopping boom, which he says will be "an indispensable utility". Why not he asks make Royal Mail a de facto trust, a British postal and logistics group ready to exploit the coming boom? A trust in this model could have public interest directors along with directors elected directly by the workers, this trust would be charged with ensuring managers protect and improve Britain's universal postal and parcel service, as well as seeking other commercial opportunities. External investors could then only buy into an organisation whose constitution, purpose and ownership were permanently shaped to deliver public good. Will Self does suggest that the CWU and the Labour Party both believe that the post will be foreign owned within ten years, and that they should fight together and push this alternative, after all there is nothing to lose and everything to gain. We can but dream! |