The strike was solid on Merseyside and we were joined by CWU retired members, GMB members and the media inc Liverpool Echo and BBC Radio Merseyside. So plenty of publicity. Many Labour NW MPs, MEPs and Cllrs tweeted their support, including Labour’s Metro Mayoral candidate Steve Rotheram MP. The Liverpool Echo covered the strike in […]
Posted: 1st January 2016
Use #PeoplesPost on Monday On Monday, our Post Office members will take strike action in defence of their jobs, pensions and the Great British Post Office. Picket line protests will be held across the UK with this activity culminating in a major rally in London. CWU HQ are calling on all participating in publicity events […]
Posted: 1st January 2016
Thousands of Post Office staff will walk out on strike on 31 October 2016 in a dispute over jobs, pensions and closures. This will be the second day of strike action by Communication Workers Union members in a dispute over job losses, the closure of the DB pension scheme, and the closure and privatisation of Crown […]
Posted: 1st January 2016
Disability Conference Wednesday 12th October Leicester 2016 CWU North West Regional Committee Equality Chairperson , Jacqui Stewart from Lancs & Cumbria Branch; reports on the union’s Disability Conference 2016 This was the second mid-week conference and yet again we had a great attendance with 89 delegates, 34 observers, 11 members of the Disability Advisory Committee, […]
Posted: 1st January 2016
With racial hate crime increasing since the vote to leave the EU, there is a need more than ever for education and anti-racist campaigns involving the public – adults and children. Show Racism the Red Card is the UK’s anti-racism educational charity that was established in January 1996. The charity aims to combat racism through […]
Posted: 1st January 2016
The first shares allocated to CWU members under the privatisation sale of Royal Mail are able to be sold on the open market from 15th October 2016. CWU’s Terry Pullinger, Deputy General Secretary (Postal) has written to all union branches as a result of enquiries from some members at branch level regarding the sale and […]
Posted: 1st January 2016
The Communication Workers Union has called on the government to intervene to reverse the Post Office’s proposals to close its healthy Defined Benefit (DB) pension scheme following the approval of the closure plans by the scheme Trustees – in a five to four vote – yesterday (Tuesday 11 October). The scheme, which is in surplus, […]
Posted: 1st January 2016
Clive Lewis Labour Party’s shadow secretary for business, energy and industrial strategy, and Labour MP for Norwich South has written this week in The Huffington Post regarding the sale of Royal Mail. In the short blog posting he points out that: "Royal Mail is 500 years old this year, an anniversary marked with some fanfare […]
Posted: 1st January 2016
Today on the fourth and final day of Labour Party Conference 2016, and following his re-election as leader of the party on Saturday, Jeremy Corbyn took the stage at confernece this afternoon to a rapturous applause. Watch his full speech here now! Source: Labour / YouTube
Posted: 1st January 2016
The fourth and final day of the Labour Party Conference held in Liverpool this week, has seen fervent and sometimes emotional debates being held on Home Affairs, including policy issues on Justice For Workers, Child Refugees, and on Voter Engagement and Youth Affairs. This morning speakers and presentations were given on these key areas of […]
Posted: 1st January 2016