Resolutions
Yeovil TUC Resolution Reference local campaign against cuts.
“We (Yeovil & District Trades Union Council) agree in principle to campaign locally against cuts in public services and jobs”
Minutes 19th May 2010.
Yeovil TUC Resolution Reference The Peoples Charter.
Minutes 19th November 2009.
The Yeovil and District Trades Union Council resolves to support The Peoples Charter and to campaign for it. http://www.thepeoplescharter.com
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Yeovil TUC Resolution Reference Royal Mail.
Minutes 16th September 2009.
That the Yeovil Trades Union Council supports the proposed industrial action by the CWU, that the Roral Mail remains wholly under public ownership, to protect jobs, wages, conditions and pensions."
Yeovil TUC Resolution Reference Royal Mail.
Minutes 18th February 2009.
"That the Yeovil Trades Union Council notes that the Labour Party Conference 2008, with the backing of Ministers, supported “a vision of a wholly publicly-owned, integrated Royal Mail Group”; Yeovil Trades Council welcomes the conclusion of the Hooper Report that the current universal service obligation offered by Royal Mail, including six days a week delivery, must be protected and that the primary duty of a new regulator should be to maintain it. Yeovil Trades Union Council further welcomes the recommendations in the report that the government should take responsibility for the pensions deficit which followed an extended contributions holiday and endorses the call for a new relationship between management and postal unions. Further this Trades Council welcomes the commitment of the CWU to negotiate an agreement which would support the modernisation of the industry. This Trades Council however rejects the recommendations of the Hooper Report to sell a minority stake in Royal Mail which would risk fracturing one of Britain’s greatest public services. This would be a breach of the 2005 Labour Party Manifesto. Yeovil Trades Union Council therefore agrees to write to all MP’s in the Yeovil area demanding that they oppose the partial sell off of Royal Mail"
Early Day Motion 428 ROYAL MAIL13.01.2009
Geraldine Smith Labour MP for Morecambe & Lunesdale
That this House notes that the Labour Party Conference 2008, with the backing of Ministers, supported a vision of a wholly publicly-owned, integrated Royal Mail Group; welcomes the conclusion of the Hooper Report that the current universal service obligation offered by Royal Mail, including six days a week delivery, must be protected and that the primary duty of a new regulator should be to maintain it; further welcomes the recommendations in the Report that the Government should take responsibility for the pensions deficit which followed an extended contributions holiday; endorses the call for a new relationship between management and postal unions and welcomes the commitment of the Communication Workers Union to negotiate an agreement which would support the modernisation of the industry; observes that in 2007 the Government agreed to a £1.2 billion loan facility on commercial terms to modernise Royal Mail operations; rejects the recommendation of the Hooper Report to sell a minority stake in Royal Mail which would risk fracturing one of Britain's greatest public services; further notes that the Government is currently advertising for a new Chair of Royal Mail; and urges the Secretary of State to appoint a Chair and management team who are committed to the principles of a modern public enterprise.
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