The nightmare that all Trade Unionists have campaigned against is finally approaching reality, and to put it another way, and in CWU DGS Tony Kearns’ words at the Retired Member’s Conference in January of this year: "This mob that we’ve got in now will make what Thatcher did to the working class of this country […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
The CWU is launching a major campaign of protecting and promoting workers rights in this country, by putting on a massive social event which takes place in Bournemouth’s International Conference Centre following Annual General Conference Under the banner headline of General Secretary Dave Ward’s speech at the anti-Trump demonstration earlier this year: "Let’s take back […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
UPDATE: 27th March The initiative below has been cancelled. Nigel Cotgrove, CWU’s national officer dealing with iPSL has issued this statement: "Following discussions at ACAS iPSL and the CWU have now agreed an amicable solution which resolves the immediate problem. We are still committed to keeping iPSL jobs in Bootle, and we will now be entering into talks […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
CWU Membership Survey The Union’s General Secretary, Dave Ward has written to all CWU members via their Union Branch asking for their views about the Union and on the way foward for the CWU given the ever changing political attacks this Union is facing in general and the serious issues which need addressing both in […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
Tories Run Protection Racket Against Women Fleeing Domestic Violence On this year’s International Women’s Day during which the House of Commons sat to listen to Chancellor Philip Hammond praised the fact that the day was also ‘Women’s Day’ as well as Budget Day, a little noticed bit of sexist legislation was enacted. You might ask […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
Openreach Announcement Video Message From Andy Kerr DGS (T&FS)
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
CWU Annual Conference 2017 Review Of Agenda Graham Wilson, retired member’s secretary has completed his review of the forthcoming CWU Annual Conference, and has picked out motions relevant to the Union’s Retired Members. They are summarised below. Motion 1 Personal Independence Payments 3 Protecting the NHS 4 Social Care Act 2014 […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
Gorton in Manchester is set for a new MP and it will be one of the North West’s current MEPs – Afzal Khan says the CWU. Campaigning on his behalf, Carl Webb, CWU North West Regional Secretary makes it clear why he fully supports Afzal, a Trade Union supporter and defender of worker’s rights he […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
Announcing specific areas of CWU activity designed to defend, improve, and promote members terms and condition covering all the Companies in which our members work, the Union’s Deputy General Sceretary for the Telecoms and Financial Services section of the Union; has issued a special video message to all CWU members working in these indistries. The […]
Posted: 1st January 2017