Today (25th August 2017) the Communication Workers Union has become the first trade union to collaborate with PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide on the prevention of young suicides and on other mental health issues. Mental health wellbeing is a topic which the CWU have been championing for a number of years. CWU recognises the need […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
Brexit Poses Greatest Risk To Food Safety Via Future UK/US Trade Deal Chlorinated chicken, GMO food, meat that is packed with hormones and growth inducing chemicals, and baby foods containing known carcinogens – are all on it’s way to our supermarkets if the Tory Government have their way in any trade deal with America. Liam […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
The Communication Workers Union announced today that its democratically elected National Executive Council has voted to formally affiliate to Momentum. Momentum, which emerged out of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership campaign in 2015, organises around 150 local groups of Labour Party activists around the country, has over 200,000 registered supporters, and has recently adopted a new constitution […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
The CWU North West region are taking part in the Manchester Pride Parade this Saturday, 26th August. They have organised special CWU branded clothing, flags and rain macs (it is Manchester!) and as the theme is the Class of 2017 we also have some CWU mortarboards (just a bit of fun). The meeting place for […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
The Tories were caught out with regard to expenditure in the 2015 general election, and by and large got away with it! Now Channel 4 News breaks news on the latest illegality of a Government and political party that wishes to maintain power at all costs, even to the point of setting up their own […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
NW Retired Members Council Secretary: Jake Kharadi The North West has a very active Retired members section, which meets four times a year, usually in Manchester. The Council campaigns on issues that most affect pensioners. Prime amongst these are a substantial increase in the Basic State Pension, Social Care and the National Health Service, disability […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
North West NHS Faces Severe Life Endangering Cuts Says BMA The British Medical Association (BMA) is the voice of doctors and medical students in the UK. It is an apolitical professional organisation and independent trade union, representing doctors and medical students from all branches of medicine across the UK and supporting them to deliver the […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
Writing this weekend (13th August) in Labour List, an on-line political forum of blogs and news articles, the TUC’s head of EU and international relations, Owen Tudor commented on the current political in-fighting situation over the Customs Union and the UK leaving the EU. Philip Hammond, the chancellor, and Liam Fox, the international trade secretary, […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
Today (15th August) the Postal Executive of the CWU drew up a timetable for industrial action in the event that Royal Mail senior managers don’t now get round the table and talk with CWU officials regarding the issues embodied within the Four Pillars of Security campaign. To date none of Royal Mail senior officials have […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
The EU Referendum last year created a massive rift in the country, both in terms of opinions about the economics of leaving the EU and in regards to immigration and questions the whole fabric of UK society and the belief that we are a ‘tolerant’ society. With most of the claims made by the ‘Brexit’ […]
Posted: 1st January 2017