Sharpe's Opinion
Friday, 30th Oct, 2009
Royal Mail strikes will become permanent, says CWU
Well, they said something along those lines, anyway.
Comments
Patently — RM doesn’t have a statutory monopoly. A quick Wiki:
“2006: Royal Mail loses its monopoly when the regulator,[18] PostComm, opens up the Postal Market 3 years ahead of the rest of Europe.[19] Competitors can carry mail, and pass it to Royal Mail for delivery, a service known as Downstream access Also introduces Pricing in Proportion (PiP) for first and second class inland mail.”
Of course, the real issue is the fact that private competitors can skim profits off whilst RM still does the bulk of delivery.
Good. Then, we will have a decent imperative to remove RM’s statutory monopoly. RM can then stay on strike for ever, and someone efficient can deliver the mail instead.
It’s a clever system, called “competition”, or something.
patently
October 31, 2009 at 9:28 am