Tag Archives: cwu

Communications regulator Ofcom has announced “a package of reforms to the Universal Service Obligation” governing the delivery of mail to 32 million addresses across the UK. Ofcom’s announcement is the foundation for a Royal Mail pilot scheme being rolled out at 37 delivery offices with the full support of the …

One thing is clear from the “USO reform” pilots being rolled out by Royal Mail at 37 delivery offices across the UK: they are being imposed behind workers’ backs in a joint enterprise by the Communication Workers Union, Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group and the Labour government. The Universal Service Obligation …

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 …

EFFORTS to overhaul Royal Mail must be accompanied by better working conditions for staff and improved service reliability, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) warned today. Regulator Ofcom has proposed plans to axe Saturday deliveries of second-class letters, reducing the service to alternate weekdays, a step it claims would save up to £425 million annually. Royal …

The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (UK)—PWRFC—held a meeting Sunday, “For a rank-and-file fightback against Kretinsky take-over and defence of the mail service.” The meeting addressed the regressive character of the two agreements drawn up between Britain’s Labour government and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) with billionaire Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group …

The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC)’s next online meeting is taking place today (Sunday, January 5) at 7pm. Register here to discuss the takeover and its implications and a strategy to fight it. A World Socialist Web Site reporting team campaigned on Friday at the Mount Pleasant mail centre in London for …

Postal workers have condemned the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and its endorsement of the Labour government’s rubber stamping of the £3.5 billion takeover of Royal Mail by billionaire Daniel Kretinsky. The WSWS article “The CWU’s ‘framework agreement’ backs Kretinsky’s Royal Mail takeover” subjected to close scrutiny the 12-page document drawn …

We are publishing the speech given by SEP National Committee member Tony Robson at the Seventh National Congress of the SEP (UK) on the work of the IWA-RFC in the UK. We are publishing the speech given by SEP National Committee member Tony Robson at the Seventh National Congress of …

Communication Workers Union (CWU) General Secretary Dave Ward has announced a “groundbreaking negotiators’ agreement” with billionaire Daniel Kretinsky and his private equity firm, EP Group. Ward claimed the £3.5 billion takeover of Royal Mail offers the “opportunity for a fresh start”. The Labour government announced its approval of the takeover …

ROYAL MAIL’S £10.5 million fine for missing its postal delivery targets in 2023/24 is the “direct result of the deliberate and sustained dismantling of postal services,” the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said today. Regulator Ofcom made the fine — which comes after it issued a £5.6 million penalty in November 2023 — after just under three-quarters …