[ad_1] Attend the next meeting of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee on Sunday, September 24 at 7pm. Register here. Communication Workers Union (CWU) General Secretary Dave Ward’s interview on CWU Live was a fresh barrage of pro-company propaganda. The nearly hour-long event was an exercise in evasions and lies on behalf of the CWU bureaucracy,…
[ad_1] The Communication Workers Union (CWU) announced in a September 5 letter to branches its full participation in regulator Ofcom’s review and consultation into the Universal Obligation Service (USO). Ofcom’s position is no mystery regarding the shelving Royal Mail’s statutory obligation to deliver letters to 32 million households across the UK, six days a week…
[ad_1] Bustling shops, pubs, libraries and banks can all help knit together a thriving community and prevent loneliness by getting people out and about and talking to each other. But nearly 20,000 of these vital hubs have closed since before the pandemic. Whether we are shopping online or using self-scan tills at the supermarket, there…
[ad_1] The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) met Sunday to discuss the lessons of the year-long dispute at Royal Mail. It was the first Zoom meeting held since the Communication Workers Union (CWU) pushed through its pro-company agreement in a ballot ending on July 11. A report was given on the looming contract fight by…
[ad_1] Dear brothers and sisters, A No vote is essential to defeat the “Business Recovery, Growth and Transformation Agreement” negotiated behind our backs by Communication Workers Union (CWU) officials Dave Ward and Andy Furey in alliance with Royal Mail. The agreement rubber-stamps all the brutal revisions to terms and conditions imposed by Royal Mail over…
[ad_1] The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) held its latest Zoom meeting Sunday as balloting opened on the Communication Workers Union’s (CWU) pro-company deal with Royal Mail. Delivery, mail centre and Parcelforce workers attended from around the UK. Tony Robson, a writer for the World Socialist Web Site (WSWS), gave the opening report calling for…
[ad_1] The World Socialist Web Site continues to be sent comments by Royal Mail workers ahead of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) ballot finally arranged for June 22-July 11. Postal workers are being told by the union to vote for a sellout cutting their wages in real terms, ripping up their working conditions and lowering…
[ad_1] Reports from postal workers across the UK show the real face of what is happening at Royal Mail regarding cost-cutting revisions, with mail deliveries failing daily by up to 50-80 percent and increased workloads described as “crippling”. Workers are demanding action against Communication Workers Union (CWU) leaders Dave Ward and Andy Furey for overruling…
[ad_1] We urge Royal Mail workers to contact the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee to coordinate the fightback against the Communication Workers Union’s move to sell-out their year long struggle. The committee’s next online Zoom meeting is on Sunday June 11, 7pm. Register here to attend. On June 1, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) claimed to have reached an agreement…
[ad_1] The World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) is publishing a further round-up of comments received from UK postal workers condemning the Communication Workers Union (CWU) sellout deal with Royal Mail. After closed door talks with the company since Tuesday, the CWU issued a statement today announcing, “The employer has accepted the need for a joint…