Tag Archives: Communication Workers Union

Postal workers have continued to speak up against the “USO reform” pilots being rolled out by Royal Mail at 37 delivery offices across the UK from February to May with the full collaboration of the Communication Workers Union (CWU). The Universal Service Obligation (USO) is the statutory requirement for Royal …

Ofcom’s announcement on January 30 confirming “a package of reforms to the Universal Service Obligation” (USO) has been embraced by the Communication Workers Union (CWU). General Secretary Dave Ward issued a press release confirming the CWU’s support for the regulator Ofcom’s reduction of mail services while retaining daily parcel delivery …

Postal workers at some of the 37 UK delivery offices targeted by the “USO reform” pilot scheme at Royal Mail have been speaking this past week about the trials to begin in February. Workers voiced opposition to the restructuring plan to impose gig economy working conditions and slash jobs, and …

Postal workers have called on the Government to investigate Royal Mail senior leadership over the “fake deliveries” scandal. The Telegraph reported earlier this week that postmen and women claimed Royal Mail managers were telling them to record some parcel deliveries as “inaccessible”, even if they never attempted to deliver the …

Communication Workers Union (CWU) leaders Dave Ward and Martin Walsh issued a statement Wednesday calling on postal workers to get behind their “engagement plan” and establish a “favourable outcome” in Royal Mail’s takeover by billionaire Daniel Kretinsky. Ward and Walsh described the £3.5 billion takeover by Kretinsky’s EP Group in …

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 …