CWU is “dismayed” at the decision of telecoms giant BT to relocate work from Blackburn to Accrington affecting 100 call centre staff with half of those involved at risk of redundancy. The telecoms company announced on Wednesday 3rd August that it was carrying out a reorganisation of work to take effect from November 2016 which […]
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The CWU, which represents the largest number of dog attack victims in the UK, has today expressed its condolences and deepest sympathies to the friends and family of the latest dog attack fatality in Huddersfield, which came just week after one of its members was savaged and severely injured in a dog attack in the […]
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A new report issued last week to Parliament, details the conduct of false claims and incorrect information which was at the core of the EU Referendum campaign; along with the complaints received. It found that the Brexit campaign not only exaggerated, misrepresented facts and even lied in their campaign literature and posters, whilst the Remain […]
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A secret plan by the Government to resurrect their failed attempt at openly harvesting everyone’s NHS medical records and construct a giant database enabling any organisation to buy these records containing private and sensitive medical records of every single person in the UK, has been buried within a review document, Caldecott Report; and made public […]
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Following the announcement earlier of Andy Burnham’s success as being chosen as the official Labour candidate for the Mayor of Greater Manchester, today it was announced that the candidate for Mayor of Merseyside is Steve Rotheram. As readers of this website will know, the candidates supported by the CWU North West Regional Committee were Steve […]
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The Communication Workers Union announced at a meeting in London of some 200 Branch Officers from around the country that the Union was nominating Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour leadership election. Dave Ward, CWU general secretary, said: "We are announcing today the CWU’s support for Jeremy Corbyn and confirming that we are nominating him for […]
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The CWU North West Region Committee have discussed all of the candidates standing in the Greater Manchester and Merseyside mayoral contests, and has decided to support Tony Banks and Steve Rotherham respectively. Here, NW Regional Secretary Carl Webb gives a brief statement in support of both candidates:
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The union has already issued, in conjunction with other leading affiliated unions, two statements supporting Jeremy Corbyn MP, leader of the Labour Party. The CWU’s NEC met today (30th June) and unanimously agreed the following statement be published and sent to Jeremy Corbyn MP. “We supported you in your election as the democratically elected leader […]
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Ofcom Consultation: Strengthening Openreach’s Strategic And Operational Independence CWU has issued a press release today in response to Ofcom’s consultation published today on the future governance of Openreach. The report believes that BT Group has retained control over Openreach’s strategic decision making and therefore Ofcom has concluded that there requires key changes in the way […]
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