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Royal Mail Group – a thread on how the British Postal Service has been attacked and why you must support postal workers to save it #WeRiseAgain 🦁

In May 2013 Royal Mail announced £400m profits – public money going back into public services – A company doing well thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/art…

In October 2013 the Con-Dem government privatised Royal Mail in nothing more than an ideological move. It was undervalued by up to £1.5 BILLION – imagine the schools, police, hospitals this could have funded theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/f…

Shock, horror – despite the sale clearly being well motivated 😤🙄George Osborne’s best man made £18m in the first day of the sell off dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2…

Through a ballot for industrial action and an overwhelming YES vote the CWU were able to fight off the impacts of privatisation by securing a ‘groundbreaking’ legal protections agreement bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

We saw the effects of privatisation creeping in as then CEO Moya Greene pocketed pay and reward packages of an obscene nature thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/…

In 2017 the company came after our members terms and conditions like never before. Through another big YES vote and brilliant campaign we secured an agreement that protected our members and the customers they serve uk.reuters.com/article/uk-roy…

Included in the 2017 agreement was a first in the UK – a new form of ground-breaking pension actuarialpost.co.uk/article/royal-…

Shortly after the agreement was ratified Royal Mail Group made significant managerial changes and step by step removed people with links to the 2017 deal. Moya Greene stepped down as CEO – not without some £ theguardian.com/business/2018/…

Her replacement was the head of GLS (royal mail owned European parcels company) – he did not come cheap with a £6m golden hello – remember he was already working for a RM owned company thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/…

£6m doesn’t get you much these days – so a £2.6m pay package was added in for good measure thisismoney.co.uk/money/comment/…

All of a sudden the terms of postal workers were no longer affordable – shock. The CWU responded by commencing a national ballot theguardian.com/business/2019/…

The appointments continued to flood in at senior level. Donald Muir appointed as Transformation Director. His track record spoke for itself - £4,000 a day isn’t bad work if you can get it dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2…

Postal Workers are a unique part of the social fabric of the UK. Look at this amazing story of our member, Matt. It’s this service and community culture Royal Mail want gone metro.co.uk/2019/10/01/pen…

The rise of the internet shopping era offers hope for postal services. Royal Mail Group don’t want our members though – well paid, well organised, well unionised. They want this independent.co.uk/news/business/…

Well everyone, this union and members are making a stand. But they need your support. If you back your postal worker then help by sharing this thread and using #WeRiseAgain 🦁 on social media

The Ballot result is due on 15th October. We have to overcome the anti-union Tory ballot thresholds. We will do this – because our members love their jobs and the service they provide and will not see it destroyed. Stand with us #WeRiseAgain 🦁