National Gate Meeting Day Announced By CWU Monday 11th September As part of its Four Pillars campaign, the CWU have designated Monday 11th September as National Gate Meeting Day. The CWU’s news section of their website announced this: ‘We are asking for every single office in the UK to hold a members meeting. We know […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
Systemic Failure In Responding To Survivors Of Domestic Violence Says New Report Survivors of domestic abuse are being repeatedly turned away from refuges because they do not meet the criteria to fund their space. Women’s Aid has been working with these women and their children to make sure no woman is turned away. The No […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
Monday 11th September As part of its Four Pillars campaign, the CWU have designated Monday 11th September as National Gate Meeting Day. The CWU’s news section of their website announced this: ‘We are asking for every single office in the UK to hold a members meeting. We know this will be logistically difficult but please […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
Writing to all CWU branches via a letter to branches, Dave Ward, General Secretary explains why the CWU supports the Momentum campaign group: As branches will be aware, Momentum grew out of Jeremy Corbyn’s first campaign for the Labour leadership in 2015, to capitalise on the support this generated and its success in reaching out […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
The Labour Party conference this year will be dominated no doubt by the issue of leaving the EU, with the biggest single issue being that of freedom of movement and remaining in the Single Market. With the labour party manifesto having previously promised an end to freedom of movement, the motion below is being promoted […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
Posted: 1st January 2017
Tomorrow (6th September) the Communication Workers Union will serve notice on Royal Mail regarding the union’s intention to ballot its members for industrial action. The dispute relates to the employment, standard of living and retirement security of its postal members and the future strategic direction of the Royal Mail Group. Commenting on the decision, Terry Pullinger, […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
Despite the claims that the UK abides by the United Nations International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which it signed up to in 1976, and specifically the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to which it was one of the first countries to sign up to in 2007; UK courts cannot […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
Terry Pullinger speaks to all Postal Members via video with details of the campaign and applauds all those members who have voluntarily signed the petition to Royal Mail which puts paid to the claims they have made about CWU members responses to them supporting their stance on the issues. Clearly CWU members are NOT backing […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
PAY AND FOUR PILLARS AGREEMENT – NATIONAL BALLOT RESULT The result of the Ballot, as certified by the independent Scrutineer: Number of Votes % of Valid Vote YES 56,177 90.1% NO 6,167 9.9% A resounding […]
Posted: 1st January 2017