International Workers Memorial Day takes place annually around the world on April 28 every year. On this day, the CWU along with other Unions across the World remember those workers, especially CWU members, who have died at work. Trade unionists around … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2016
The Post Office has today announced its plans for a further franchising programme, which follows quickly on from the last round of franchises under the Crown Transformation Programme. This development will obviously be devastating news for our members. The details … Continue reading
AGREEMENT BETWEEN ROYAL MAIL AND THE UNITE AND COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS’ UNIONS ON THE FUTURE PROVISION OF FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO ROYAL MAIL Background In 2014 the two shareholders of Romec, Royal Mail and Cofely, conducted a review and concluded that … Continue reading
Cervical Cancer Prevention Week (CCPW) is a European wide initiative lead by the European Cervical Cancer Association and in the UK by Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust. The Health Safety and Environment Department are once again supporting and working with the … Continue reading
Future Divisional Meeting Structure Discussion Document Background It has been recognised over a period of time that the Divisional Committee Meetings have become staid, less of a priority and more of an information download from the Divisional … Continue reading
CWU general secretary, Dave Ward, today attacked the Government’s attempt to rob people of their basic workplace rights, and called on it to scrap the Trade Union Bill. Dave was speaking as the Bill was debated at its second reading … Continue reading
Royal Mail Group have issued their first ever guide providing information for managers and employees on what to do and where to seek help if they are concerned that a colleague is at risk of suicidal feelings or committing suicide. … Continue reading
To: All CWU Members NW Central Amalgamated Branch Date: 8th January 2016 Dear Colleague RE: BRANCH ELECTIONS 2016 – RESULTS Listed below are the results of the recent Branch Elections:- Assistant Branch Secretary LEWIS, Dave 194 … Continue reading
Fantastic effort from CWU Members at North West RDC. £551.00 plus essential supplies collected for Cumbria Floods … Continue reading
As you may or may not know, we have over the last few weeks been in the process of migrating the website to new web hosts. During this time we have been experiencing some problems and are working to correct … Continue reading