CWU conference 2024

[ad_1] FREE Royal Mail redeliveries should be reviewed after the company’s actions have left its six-day delivery service financially unviable, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) conference heard today. Deputy general secretary Martin Walsh told delegates in Bournemouth that the union has submitted its rejection of a three- or four-day letter delivery service to regulator Ofcom, which is looking at watering down…

[ad_1] ROYAL MAIL has been urged to waive its postal redirection service fees to women’s refuges. Communication Workers Union (CWU) delegates unanimously backed the move at the union’s conference in Bournemouth today. South Yorkshire delegate Louise James told delegates the voluntary sector should not be relied on to cover the redirection fees for domestic abuse survivors. “I…

[ad_1] WELLBEING: Royal Mail must update its dementia policy as the cost-of-living crisis fuels a record number of economically active older workers, CWU delegates have said. A motion passed at the union’s conference in Bournemouth today warned that the abolition of the default retirement age in 2011 combined with rising pension ages are leading to an increase in…

[ad_1] POSTAL workers are being treated in an awful way by “faceless HR staff who now run the company,” Communication Workers Union (CWU) delegates have said. An emergency motion warning of an “out of control and unaccountable” fifth column within Royal Mail was passed unanimously at the union’s annual conference in Bournemouth today. Plymouth and East Cornwall delegate Ralph Ferrett said: “Anyone…