North West Regional Women’s Officer Calls Out Sexism At Work Relating her own expereinces as working in a male dominated environment, our Regional Women’s Officer, Karen Bosson moved motion 46 this morning (24th April) at the Union’s annual conference being helds in Bounemouth. The motion which came from the NW Regional Women’s Committee, was seconded […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
The CWU Annual Conference 2017 opened this morning (Sunday 23rd April) in Bournemouth. Traditionally the Union’s General Secretary, Dave Ward, would attend conference and give an opening speech to the hundreds of delegates in attendance. However, this year Dave was unable to attend due to illness but nevertheless sent his message to conference via video […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
Graham Wilson North West Region Retired Members’ Secretary, gives his personal view of the Tory government and why we need a change urgently: Theresa May’s announcement calling a General Election for the 8th June is a welcome opportunity to get rid of this divisive government. Since 2010 everyone apart from the very rich have had […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
Back to the news item
Posted: 1st January 2017
Responding to the announcement today of an early snap General Election, CWU General Secretary Dave Ward said: "We welcome the opportunity to fight for a new political settlement. This is a chance the labour movement must seize to fight for fundamental change. Working people are under greater pressure than at any time in living memory. The […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
Members across BT have voted to accept the company’s ‘full and final’ pay offer of 2.6% – a settlement which is backdated to January, fully consolidated and above the relevant (December) Retail Price Index (RPI) inflation rate of 2.5%. The CWU-brokered deal – which had been unanimously recommended to members by the union’s BT Executive […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has today strongly condemned Royal Mail’s decision to close its current Defined Benefit pension scheme for future accrual in March 2018. The Union responded immediately with media interviews, one of which features Ray Ellis, Acting Deputy General Secretary (Postal); speaking on Sky News. Click his pic below to watch his […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
Regional Learning and Education Committee The CWU And Learning In The North West Here, Paul Newsham Chairperson of the North West Regional Learning and Education Committee, introduces the CWU learning role and discusses Trade Union Education aims: The CWU has set learning as one of the key purposes of the union. The aim is to […]
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
Women Of Today Event A Huge Success For the past three years the CWU’s Northwest Regional Women’s Committee (NWRWC) have hosted an event titled ‘Women of Today’. This year’s event was held on Thursday 26th January 2017 at the Mechanics Centre in Manchester and was attended by many CWU members and other activists from across […]
Posted: 1st January 2017