Should we save the Post Office?

State-Owned Limited Company Founded in 1660 HQ - London UK Key Management - Donald Brydon, Adam Crozier, HM Government Divisions Online URL - www.royalmailgroup.com - www.royalmail.com -- -- -- ConPost = Nothing like a disgruntled Postal worker shifting off to work in a mist of doom and gloom that has swept the UK since recession has decided to reside here. Whether you're in the post rooms at 5am or treading the driveways, the once happy postie who whistles to 'Don't worry, be happy' repeat times 200, looks to be on holiday. Now we are in the deepest recession on record for the longest period of 60 years since these matters ...  Read the complete review

Obviously this is quite a topical issue at the moment. So what is the current strike all about at the moment? Well at the end of 2007, the Post Office and the CWU signed an agreement labelled the Pay and Modernisation agreement in which the CWU agreed that there would be job cuts along the path to modernise the Royal Mail. However, the CWU are now arguing that the Royal Mail haven't been full and frank over how many cuts there will be and fear a large loss of jobs and an increase in part time workers. There's also the issue of a 7bn Pension deficit. Lets look at the pay and conditions of postmen. Nationally, a postman's average salary is £23k and in ...  Read the complete review

The problem with the postal workers is they want to save their jobs not their business. If there's no business there are no jobs guys. I'm not saying the workers are idiots by going on a series of strikes at this critical time for all businesses as the recession hits a record 6th deficit quarter but I am saying they are blocking out the truth that the Post Office needs to be radically shrunk to survive. When I mean shrunk I mean people sacked and that millstone of the pension reduced. It is that and not so much their work ethic that the government want to tackle. Yes the pension pot has been allowed to grow by Mandelson as a tool to break the union's back and debating ...  Read the complete review

Theyv'e shut our school our council offices and our banks lets fight to hold on to our post offices . I live in a small town and this is the only way to withdraw or deposit money into my bank accounts( the two banks we once had are long gone )without having to drive a minimum of five miles to the next town. Our post master and mistress are lovely and always ready to help those who have difficulty accessing their pension savings etc for whatever reason be it poor eyesight or confusion . Ou branch is open four full days and two half days every week and provides banking services pays out child benefit, pensions ,savings as well as numerous ...  Read the complete review

The local rural post offices are the hub of the community. They are a life line for older people who rely on them to cash their pensions and for young mums to collect their child benefit. Our local post office has been under threat for ages - it is housed in the village shop and should the post office close then the shop will ultimately close. Our main post office in our local town has been closed and relocated to a local store. Gone is the personal service by the postmistress who knew almost everyone. There aren't enough windows open to serve people and so everyone is fed up. The Post Office was a veritiable goldmine of services. Not only could ...  Read the complete review