Tag Archives: Communication Workers Union

CWU members at the Royal Mail are being asked whether they want to join in a summer of strikes that has seen industrial action on the railways, the courts and will see airport staff walkout Video Loading Video Unavailable The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Postal strike: ‘Big yes …

ATTEMPTS by bosses at Royal Mail to impose massive real-terms pay cuts on workers proves that they are “P&O in sheep’s clothing,” the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said today.  Deputy general secretary Terry Pullinger warned of a “major breakdown in trust” after management took the “ridiculous strategic decision” to boost wages by …

Post Office workers are to take national strike action May 3, in opposition to pay restraint imposed in line with the public sector policy dictated by the Johnson government. The one-day stoppage will close 114 Crown Post Offices (those run directly by the Post Office) around the country and there …

Speaking yesterday (28 March) at a Royal Society of Arts (RSA) CDC forum, pensions and financial inclusion minister Guy Opperman said he was keen to “capitalise on the enthusiasm” around CDC. Regulations which came into play under the Pension Schemes Act 2021 provide for single and connected employer schemes, which …

Royal Mail Group (RMG), the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Unite the Union have confirmed plans for a new collective pension scheme following a successful consultation process, with the scheme to be launched by the end of 2022 or early 2023. The positive outcome to the consultation, which was launched …

In the half year end results for Royal Mail, published today (18 November), the postal company outlined more information on its current scheme, which will contain both its long-awaited collective defined contribution (CDC) section and its defined benefit (DB) lump sum (DBLS) offering. Based on current expectations, Royal Mail said …

Postal workers could be utilised to check on the wellbeing of the elderly and to deliver prescriptions. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has reportedly proposed the idea to the loss-making Royal Mail to build on its advantage of “the fact we own trust on the doorstep”. Royal Mail’s 120,000 frontline …

  Talks between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union will end in job losses By a socialist postal worker 31 July 2020 The following comment article was submitted to the WSWS by a British postal worker. Talks between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) mark a new …

  Royal Mail workers in the UK face jobs massacre By Paul Lee 30 June 2020 Royal Mail has announced that 2,000 managers will be made redundant shortly. The restructuring that was promised after the previous CEO Rico Back was sacked has now begun. The cull in management is in …

  Walkout by sorting office workers at Barnsley Royal Mail after coronavirus outbreak By Thomas Scripps 23 June 2020 Royal Mail workers at the central post sorting office in Barnsley, South Yorkshire walked out yesterday after colleagues tested positive for coronavirus. Dozens of workers remained outside the building on Pitt …