Painting a picture of the reality that faces the public and especially those who have retired, CWU’s Tony Kearns made it clear when speaking on Motion 7 at the Retired Members Conference this month; that pensioners need now to fight back against a Tory Government that is hell bent upon demolishing not only the triple […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
Posted: 1st January 2017
In his letter to CWU branches with postal members (LTB28/2017) Deputy General Secretary (Postal) Terry Pullinger discusses the launch of the Union’s latest campaign as a resultof serious concerns that Royal Mail is embarking on a disasterous path for it’s pension scheme. The campaign, entitled ‘The Four Pillars Of Security’ is detailed in the LTB, […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
On thursday19th January, delegates attending the CWU Retired Members Conference 2017 held in Manchester were given a shock when Phil Duffy rose to take the rostrum and warned the conference that, "There is a clear and present danger of the Tory party abolishing the ‘triple lock’ which guarantees benefits for pensioners. Free prescriptions, bus travel […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
Posted: 1st January 2017
CWU members in O2 are facing a difficult future due to the company’s latest downsizing initiative which begins this month. However, in a “thoughtless and cruel” scene which could have been taken from the pages of ‘Scrooge’. as chief executive Mark Evans delivered a video message to staff in which he revealed the company would […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
CWU Lodges Formal Complaint Over Scandalous BBC Treatment Of Workers Four Manchester based CWU members are amongst 40 long-term BBC employees who are being forced into reduncdancy as a result of the BBC handing over the contract to IBM who are outsourcing the work off-shore. CWU HQ website reports on the details: The continued failure […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
The Post Office has today announced that it is to close and franchise a further 37 of its flagship Crown office branches, with a loss of an estimated 300 staff, and cut 127 Financial Specialist roles across its network. On top of the sixty two branches announced for closure and franchise in 2016, the 400 […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
CWU Tells Royal Mail: ‘Take Executive Action On Our Pensions And We’ll Ballot’ Royal Mail bosses were warned this week that any unagreed pension changes will spark a national strike ballot, following the company’s announcement of a formal consultation. The union’s Deputy General Secretary Terry Pullinger reminded the business that CWU already has a “robust […]
Posted: 1st January 2017
The aftnernoon seission at the Labour Party Annual Conference 2016 inlcuded two presentations – Reports given to conference on Wales presented by Carwyn Jones, First Minister for Wales and Dave Anderson, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Here you can watch the full presentations: Rt Hon Carwyn Jones AM First Minister Of Wales David […]
Posted: 1st January 2016