Day two of Labour’s Conference in Liverpool saw commitments given via reports on the Economic Policy Commission, International Policies Commission, and Workplace 2020. The Tories have no answers to the challenges we face other than taking the country backwards. Working people deserve better than Tory failure. Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell MP, set out how […]
Posted: 1st January 2016
Driving whilst under the influence of alcohol kills! That is the warning in the message of a TV advertising campaign featuring blunt talking from Helen Mirren being run by american beer company Budweiser and Uber. The latter of whom is even offering a free taxi ride over the Christmas period for it’s new customers only. […]
Posted: 1st January 2016
The CWU’s industrial action in defence of local Crown Post Offices has gathered pace in terms of media coverage, and non so pertinent as that of a Liverpool Post Office Counter Clerk whose personal story of working for the PO has hit the headlines following her sending an open letter to her employers and asking […]
Posted: 1st January 2016
The European Court of Justice is one of the key reasons why the Government want to exit from the EU. Once again British people have had to resort to this court in order to protect itself against it’s own Government! This time the UK’s journalist’s Trade Union, the NUJ; has tackled the Government and won! […]
Posted: 1st January 2016
Ray Ellis, Assistant Secretary has written to all CWU Branches via LTB740/2016 outlining the dispute in Accrington Delivery Office, caused by the bullying and harassment implemented by local management: "CWU members at Accrington Delivery Office took a second day of strike action on Saturday 17th December as a result of the failure of Royal Mail […]
Posted: 1st January 2016
The General Secretary and Deputy General Secretary (Postal) of the CWU have today (14th December) made contact with and sent a written proposal to senior members of the Post Office Board in order to find a way forward and resolve all issues relating to the current dispute with the company. In addition, the content of […]
Posted: 1st January 2016
Following successful strike action on Saturday 3rd December it appears that the Post Office are still refusing to enter into negotiations with the CWU, and as a result further industrial action has been announced by the Union today. On Saturday, the senior managers who were dispatched to work in the Crown Office Network on the […]
Posted: 1st January 2016
The CWU North West Region are holding their ‘Women of Today’ event on the 26th January 2017 in Manchester. This is our third NW WoT event and this will be our biggest and best! Click the pic to download the flyer! The details of the event are as follows: DATE Thursday 26th January 2017 […]
Posted: 1st January 2016
Posted: 1st January 2016
Writing on Twitter, CWU General Secretary publishes a letter a 10 year old has written to Margot James MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, about the Post Office dispute. The Union’s campaign which highlights the closure programme that the Post Office Board is pursueing includes industrial action and publicity […]
Posted: 1st January 2016