DEPUTIES are being lobbied against the OUR decision to dilute Guernsey Post’s monopoly.

However, initial reactions have been mixed.

The Guernsey branch of the Communication Workers Union has vowed to fight the regulator’s decision to open up the market by reducing Guernsey Post’s reserved area, and secretary George Jennings (pictured) is seeking political support.

‘The CWU does not intend to sit idly by while the jobs of our members and the services that we provide to the people of Guernsey are destroyed and we call upon the deputies of the island to act to curb this wanton destruction of an essential service,’ he said.

The regulator has announced Guernsey Post will see its monopoly on items costing less than £1.35 to post, reduced to cover only letters and large letters costing less than £1.

That was a compromise, after uproar during the consultation period over the initial suggestion it be reduced 65p.