20 Foot Post Box tours the east and west midlands

A 20-foot post box and giant postcard will be visiting towns and cities in the East and West Midlands to highlight the government’s plans to sell off part of Royal Mail to a foreign competitor and we are inviting all MPs, MEPs and Councillors to attend together with the local press and media.

Postal workers will be leafleting and petitioning in town and city centres to galvanise the ever-increasing public support, which seeks to convince the PM Gordon Brown to abandon his ill-thought plans to part privatise the successful public service that is the Royal Mail.

This is part of a national tour from John O’Groats to Lands End which began back in May.

Lee Barron, CWU Midlands Regional Secretary is inviting everyone to attend and said, “We believe, as do the huge number of public that has turned out to support us, that such a move will risk fracturing one of Britain's greatest public services and put our universal (one price goes anywhere) service under direct threat.

“Any investor will only be interested in lining the pockets of their shareholders and not delivering a truly universal first-class service to the public. The CWU in the East and West Midlands are in no doubt that, it will also lead to further job losses and severe reduction in postal services within the region. We should be looking for ways to improve the service not wreck it. Royal Mail is one of the most efficient and cheapest postal services in Europe; they have just announced a doubling of their operating profit, while private mail companies, including TNT, have seen huge profit reductions.”

The Schedule

Monday 22nd June – 11.00am Stoke on Trent – Hanley Town Centre Market Square

Tuesday 23rd June – 11.30am Bilston, Church Street (constituency of Pat McFadden MP Minister responsible for the Royal Mail)

Wednesday 24th June – 11.00am Summer Lane in Birmingham and 12.30 Dresden Place in Coventry

Thursday 25th June – 10.30am Abington Street in Northampton and 2.00pm Clock Tower in Leicester

Friday 26th June – 10.30am Old Market Square in Nottingham

Saturday 27th June – 10.45am Spot Centre in Derby