Andy Furey Assistant Secretary has written to all CWU Postal branches giving an update to the current status of pay talks in the Post Office Crown Offices pay round for 2016: The CWU submitted a pay claim on 6th January for a one-year unconditional pay increase for Crown members of at least 1.9%, to achieve […]
Posted: 1st January 2016
The Communication Workers Union People’s Post Bus Tour will be in the North West on Tuesday 19th July as part of the trip around the UK to highlight the politically driven attacks on Crown Post Offices. It will arrive in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester at 12 noon and stay until 2pm – and then moves on […]
Posted: 1st January 2016
Government Plans To Spy On And Control Social Security Claimant’s Spending One of the most basic human rights is that of being able to spend our money on whatever we wish to without it being monitored, limited or controlled. Now in one step ahead of the likes of Tesco and Boots who have ‘loyalty cards’ […]
Posted: 1st January 2016
CWU Policy Paper In Response To Britain’s Housing Crisis Published In their press release issued Wednesday 13th July, The Communication Workers Union released a significant contribution to the housing debate in the form of a comprehensive policy paper from housing campaigner Alex Hilton. Hilton’s paper presents a fully costed comprehensive response to the housing crisis […]
Posted: 1st January 2016
Post Office Crown Office Network Franchising Update – CWU Statement The Post Office has today (5th July) announced the second “Tranche” of Crown Post Offices to be privatised to retail partners. In Tranche 2 there are 20 Crowns in total, impacting upon at least 150 jobs. This 20 is in addition to the 39 Crowns […]
Posted: 1st January 2016
Royal Mail is today launching its fourth annual Dog Awareness Week, which runs from 4 to 9 July 2016. The week aims to raise awareness of the issue of dog attacks on postmen and women and encourage responsible dog ownership. Royal Mail’s Dog Awareness Week is supported by the Communications Workers Union and a wide […]
Posted: 1st January 2016
CWU leaders have condemned “cynical game playing” by competitor telecoms companies seeking to use last week’s EU vote to push for the separation of Openreach from BT. In an article for this morning’s Times newspaper, technology editor Nic Fildes reported claims from Vodafone boss Jeroen Heoncamp that the leave vote provided “a great opportunity” to […]
Posted: 1st January 2016
CWU Press Statement Following The EU Referendum Result Following the EU Referendum result, the CWU has issued a statement to the media, reproduced below. The statement has been picked up and published by today’s (24th June 2016) edition of the Daily Mirror. In his letter to all union branches, Dave Ward General Secretary of the […]
Posted: 1st January 2016
If we leave the EU, the Conservatives have a blueprint for scrapping workers’ rights says Hannah Fearn of the Independent newspaper. Many of you will have forgotten about the Beecroft Report which advised the PM when in coalition with the Libdems to scrap most of workers employment rights. Written by multimillionaire venture capitalist and Tory […]
Posted: 1st January 2016
Dave Ward Urges Support For Mark Penfold: Edinburgh To London Charity Walk Writing in letter to branches (LTB379/16) CWU’s General Secretary, Dave Ward, is asking all CWU memebrs to support Mark on his fundraising walk to raise money for charity. CWU member Mark Penfold set off at the end of May on an epic fundraising […]
Posted: 1st January 2016