Day One Afternoon Session These pages bring you the best of the debates and policy making from the Union’s General Conference, being held this year at the Bournemouth International Conference Centre in, of course; Bournemouth. The wordings of the motions plus key speakers in the debates follow on subsequent pages, and will be added to […]
Posted: 1st April 2018
The scandelous and racist way in which those who came to this country from the Commonwealth following invites by the British Government dating back to the years after the second world war, in order to help rebuild the country and especially the newly formed NHS, is of serious concern to the Union. During Conference 2018, […]
Posted: 1st April 2018
Greater Mersey Amal Branch Area Safety Rep, Jamie McGovern reports from this year’s Health & Safety Fringe meeting held at lunch time on Monday of this week on the final Day of CWU’s Annual General Conference. With numbers attending almost eclipsing the number of Branch delegates attending the T&FS Conference Health & Safety section debates […]
Posted: 1st April 2018
CWU have submitted a formal pay claim letter, which was endorsed by the Postal Executive earlier this week, to Paula Vennells, Post Office Group Chief Executive. The pay claim letter can be downloaded here Writing to all CWU Post Office Branches, Andy Fury said: Our claim is both reasonable and affordable due to the improving […]
Posted: 1st April 2018
In a week when the racism of the Home Office and of the Tory government beacme all too evident with scandalous treatment of the ‘Windrush’ immigrants of the 1950s, and their children; Conference delegates listened intently to the guest speaker from the national campaign Show Racism The Red Card, which whilst it is football based; […]
Posted: 1st April 2018
For the second year running, the leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn has addressed the CWU Annual Conference. To a tumult ious welcome, followed by several ‘group’ photos with the President, Vice President and General Secretary and the whole of the Conference delegates; Jeremy’s speech was met with a standing ovation. Jeremy Corbyn made […]
Posted: 1st April 2018
Posted: 1st April 2018
Posted: 1st April 2018
Elli Long, North West Young Workers Secretary and Greater Mersey And SW Lancs Amal Branch young workers officer reports from the Forum held on 10th April in Manchester: On 10th April, I went along to the North West retired members forum in Manchester. I was representing the branch and the North West young workers committee. Some […]
Posted: 1st April 2018
Despite the rain and the cold, CWU retired members attended their NW Forum today held in the Machanics Institute in Manchester. With guest speakers, Margaret Greenwood, Labour’s shadow Work and Pensions minister and Wirral West MP, Tony Kearns CWU’s DGS and Jan Shortt General Secretary of the National Pensioner’s Convention, not to mention the couple […]
Posted: 1st April 2018