The CWU has issued it’s full and unequivocal response to the government-commissioned Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices, placing the Union at the forefront of the fight back against Tory double-speak on worker’s rights. In writing to all Branches via LTB396/17, General Secretary Dave Ward reaffirms the CWU’s key strategy of calling for a new […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
Taylor Review On Working Practices In 2017 – Just Another Review? Matthew Taylor’s review on today’s work design and the need to make changes, or not, has been widely anticipated and especially by Trade Unions. Pressure from Labour MPs in Parliament, the TUC and Trade Unions about the so-called ‘Gig economy’, zero-hour contracts, and low […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
We were there Saturday 3rd June! Greater Merseyside & S West Lancs (now Greater Mersey Amal) Branch Assistant Secretary (T&FS) Angela Teeling reports from the front-line against the fascist and racist group calling themselves the ‘English Defence League’ who turned out more like a back street kick-around group of boys than a team in the […]
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
The issue of employment rights and the way workers are treated in Royal Mail and Parcelforce came up in the group discussions at the North West Regional Conference earlier this year, and reported in detail by this website. Now a report from a Merseyside MP from Birkenhead, Frank Field on the self-employed workers on contract […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
That is the headline on this month’s UnionLine magazine cover – although we must be vigilant, it continues. Linking such optimism on the general election results, virtually a hung Parliament if it were not for the £1 billion bribe to the DUP; the Union’s legal advice line editorial may make some think they are in […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
On the 69th Birthday of the founding of the NHS, this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (5th July) saw Jeremy Corbyn attacking the Tory’s and the PM in particular for their hypocrisy and lies about austerity; crushing their stance that austerity is forced upon them by Labour’s financial mishandling of the economy some 7 […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
Instead of watching the usual diet of reality TV and soaps that seem to be the only offerings from UK TV channels these days, get yourself some culture and politics in the form a live televised rock concert you can watch on your PC, Tablet and even your mobile phone! Over the past six months, […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
If you’ve seen one trade unionist feature social media, it’s probably been Dave Ward, the 58-year-old boss of the Communication Workers’ Union. That is the opening line of a New Statesman article taking a look at CWU General Secretary, Dave Ward and in particular his support for Jeremy Corbyn. Referring to Dave’s use of social […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
Fines for the most serious speeding offences have risen in order to better reflect the gravity with which the courts view them. Previously, the minimum penalty you could have expected to receive for speeding is a £100 fine and 3 penalty points added to your licence, but from April 24 2017, magistrates in England and […]
Posted: 1st January 2017