Tag Archives: Communication Workers Union

The video interview with victimised Royal Mail delivery worker Des Beach conducted by the World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) and posted on the site last Friday evening has attracted a wide audience. On YouTube the video has received 1,800 views. The widespread interest comes despite Facebook deleting the video within …

In this video, Des Beach, a Royal Mail delivery worker from County Durham, England with 31-years’ service, speaks about his unfair dismissal with Tony Robson from the World Socialist Web Site (WSWS). An earlier interview with Des, published by WSWS on October 17, received a large readership among Royal Mail …

Des, a long-serving delivery worker for Royal Mail in Chester-Le-Street County Durham, in the north-east of England, spoke with the World Socialist Web Site about his victimisation. He was sacked by the company on trumped-up charges last year and abandoned by the Communication Workers Union (CWU). The Postal Workers Rank-and-File …

The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee calls for a Yes vote in the ballot on political funding in the Communication Workers Union (CWU). Our call is against the campaign by CWU General Secretary Dave Ward and his cronies on the executive to promote Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party as a friend …

The World Socialist Web Site had the following conversation with a Royal Mail delivery worker in Scotland who is a member of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC). Their name has been withheld to protect against victimisation. The discussion focussed on the experience of postal workers on the ground and …

The speech delivered by Communication Workers Union (CWU) deputy general secretary Martin Walsh at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) annual conference over the dire situation facing Royal Mail workers was entirely two-faced and underlined the cynical nature of the yearly coming-together of the union bureaucracy. Walsh managed to cram in …

CWU deputy general secretary postal Martin Walsh added: "This news is welcomed. The new Collective Pension Plan will allow all Royal Mail members to … Source link

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) held a CWU Live YouTube show last Thursday on Parcelforce, the parcel delivery arm of Royal Mail that employs around 6,500 workers across 54 depots in the UK. The CWU billed the event as “PARCELFORCE FENDING OFF THE GIG ECONOMY. READY TO FIGHT?!” promising a …

The Zoom meeting of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) was held on Sunday to discuss its call to In the weeks prior to the online event hundreds of copies of the statement were distributed at delivery offices and mail centres. World Socialist Web Site reporter Tony Robson opened the …

Royal Mail has announced plans to end six-day-a-week mail deliveries. This is part of a worldwide offensive by post and logistic companies to slash thousands of jobs, spearheading a cost-cutting and profit-driven restructuring. The stampede by Royal Mail to ditch the Universal Service Obligation—a legal requirement meant to safeguard mail …