Fines for the most serious speeding offences have risen in order to better reflect the gravity with which the courts view them. Previously, the minimum penalty you could have expected to receive for speeding is a £100 fine and 3 penalty points added to your licence, but from April 24 2017, magistrates in England and […]
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The CWU Black Workers Conference, along with the Union’s General Conference, when it showed racism the red card, have made it clear that in today’s society, racism in all its forms should not be tolerated. This ugly evil flew out of the Pandora’s Box of the EU Referendum and has multiplied in size ever since. […]
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Austerity as everyone should be aware is indeed also a gender issue, not only for working, unemployed, and homeless women, but also for their female family members. With the massive increase in the number of people having to use food banks, including Nurses and other public sector workers, the public generally think of foodstuffs only […]
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The Naylor Report – Asset Stripping of NHS Property and Land Given today is the 69th birthday of the NHS, it is worth reporting once again on an act of terrorism performed against the NHS by this Tory government: Speaking to Andrew Neil during the general election campaign, Theresa May made it clear that she […]
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North West Youth Officers Elli Long and Chris Egan are amongst several young workers and CWU Reps traveling around the region to promote both the CWU and in particular the Union’s 4 Pillars Of Security campaign. Pictures from the event were posted on various Twitter accounts by youth members and the Region’s Secretary, Carl Webb. […]
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Post Office Pay Negotiations 2017/18 Update The CWU were due to meet the Post Office again on Wednesday 28th June. Earlier this week, the Post Office cancelled this meeting on the basis they have scheduled a meeting of their Group Executive Industrial Relations Steering Group (GEIRSG) on 4th July to consider further the Postal Executive’s […]
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This week is the CWU and Royal Mail sponsored Dog Awareness Week. In order to highlight the issue of dangerous dogs and the fact that over 14,000 incidents of dog attacks on our postwomen and postmen occur every year, one of the Branch members from Greater Mersey Amal (Grt Mersey and S West Lancs Amal) […]
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PAY AND FOUR PILLARS AGREEMENT – NATIONAL BALLOT RESULT The result of the Ballot, as certified by the independent Scrutineer: Number of Votes % of Valid Vote YES 56,177 90.1% NO 6,167 9.9% A resounding […]
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Communication Workers Union National Health & Safety Officer, Dave Joyce, has written directly to the Prime Minister with regard to the disaster in which a confirmed number of 82 people were killed. Grenfell Tower, situated in the richest borough of the country, that of Kensington and Chelsea; was enveloped in a blaze which went from […]
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Time To Choose Your Side, says CWU National Officer Davie Robertson in a special video message to all CWU members employed by Parcelforce. In his message Davie makes it clear that the campaign by the Union entitled, The Four Pillars of Security; has everything to do with the working lives of our Parcelforce colleagues as […]
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