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The '''National Federation of SubPostmasters''' (NFSP) is a national trade union with both commercial trading and charitable arms |
The '''National Federation of SubPostmasters''' (NFSP) is a national s a national trade union with both commercial trading and charitable arms. It is one of two unions which represent [[subpostoffice|subpostmasters]] in the [[United Kingdom]],the other been the CWU Postmasters Branch. |
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The NFSP holds an annual conference |
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It claims to be the only organisation recognised by the [[Post Office Ltd.|Post Office]] to represent subpostmasters. However a freedom of information request <ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/recognition_for_collective_barga#incoming-346511 | title= |
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Recognition for Collective Bargaining | date=2012-12-13}} </ref> Post Office Limited stated that “...the Post Office Ltd cannot recognise the National Federation of Sub Postmasters for [[collective bargaining|collective bargaining]] purposes.” Which can be considered a primary function of any union |
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Questions of the unions independence from Post Office Limited has been in question and freedom of information requests <ref>{{cite news| url=http://http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/payments_to_nfsp#incoming-330729 | title=Payments to NFSP | date=2012-10-17}} </ref> have revealed significant sums of money been paid to the NFSP by Post Office Limited. In particular funds to support the Network Transformation program road shows. While the NFSP support the NT program a BIS committee report<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmbis/678/678.pdf | title=The Government responds to the BIS Select Committee inquiry into NT | date=2012-11-16}}</ref> has highlighted a number of flaws in the program which are detrimental to both the subpostmasters and the general public as such the independence of there support should be questioned |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[http://www.nfsp.org.uk NFSP website] |
*[http://www.nfsp.org.uk NFSP website] |
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*[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmbis/678/678.pdf} |
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[[Category:Trade unions in the United Kingdom]] |
[[Category:Trade unions in the United Kingdom]] |
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Revision as of 09:44, 15 February 2013
National Federation of SubPostmasters | |
| Founded | 1897 |
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| Website | www |
The National Federation of SubPostmasters (NFSP) is a national s a national trade union with both commercial trading and charitable arms. It is one of two unions which represent subpostmasters in the United Kingdom,the other been the CWU Postmasters Branch.
The NFSP holds an annual conference
It claims to be the only organisation recognised by the Post Office to represent subpostmasters. However a freedom of information request [1] Post Office Limited stated that “...the Post Office Ltd cannot recognise the National Federation of Sub Postmasters for collective bargaining purposes.” Which can be considered a primary function of any union
Questions of the unions independence from Post Office Limited has been in question and freedom of information requests [2] have revealed significant sums of money been paid to the NFSP by Post Office Limited. In particular funds to support the Network Transformation program road shows. While the NFSP support the NT program a BIS committee report[3] has highlighted a number of flaws in the program which are detrimental to both the subpostmasters and the general public as such the independence of there support should be questioned
References
- ^ "Recognition for Collective Bargaining". 2012-12-13.
- ^ "Payments to NFSP". 2012-10-17.
{{cite news}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "The Government responds to the BIS Select Committee inquiry into NT" (PDF). 2012-11-16.
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