Greene Stamps

Now that good old Vince Cable has successfully stiffed the taxpayer for a decent chunk of Royal Mail's cash value, the company boss has been setting out her priorities for the race to the bottom. Predictably, given the privatised company's likely treatment of its workers, Moya Greene was mainly concerned with finding ways of curtailing their ability to take industrial action. Green told ITV News, "I just think we need to look at alternative ways to resolve disputes," since job security, reasonable conditions and a decent wage are self-evidently out of the question. The fiendish Communication Workers Union has already balloted for a strike, and is apparently hoping to disrupt deliveries in the run-up to Christmas. Since it will affect people other than those who will lose their postal service altogether when Greene and her chums get around to closing offices and raising prices, this is clearly unacceptable.