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Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee resolution: It is time to declare our own red lines in the fight against Royal Mail and the CWU bureaucracy
Byadmin May 15, 2023

[ad_1] The following resolution was unanimously adopted by a meeting of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee on Sunday May 14. The vote followed a wide-ranging discussion among postal workers in attendance from across the UK, from delivery, processing, and Parcelforce. A report on the meeting will be published in the coming days. For more information…

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Royal Mail

Royal Mail boss Simon Thompson steps down following strikes
Byadmin May 12, 2023

[ad_1] MORE changes are needed at the top of Royal Mail, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said today after under-fire chief executive Simon Thompson finally confirmed rumours that he plans to step down. The former banker, who was accused of misleading MPs earlier this year when he denied that bosses were intrusively tracking workers’ productivity, will…

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Royal Mail

UK Royal Mail delivery workers explain why they are attending Sunday’s online meeting
Byadmin May 12, 2023

[ad_1] Royal Mail delivery workers have explained to WSWS why they are attending this Sunday’s Zoom meeting (May 14 at 7pm) called by the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee. The meeting will discuss “A Fighting Programme for Royal Mail Workers”. Postal workers can register for Sunday’s meeting here. London “The CWU has not pushed back the…

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Royal Mail

The corporatist record of the Communication Workers Union: 2007 to 2023
Byadmin May 10, 2023

[ad_1] Posed in the present fight against the Communication Workers Union’s pro-company agreement with Royal Mail Group (RMG) is a political reckoning with the union bureaucracy by the rank-and-file. At the start of last summer, after postal workers delivered massive strike mandates to fight Royal Mail’s attacks, the World Socialist Web Site warned that CWU…

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Royal Mail

Zoom meeting next Sunday May 17: A fighting programme for Royal Mail workers
Byadmin May 7, 2023

[ad_1] The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (UK) is holding a meeting next Sunday, May 14 at 7pm to discuss a fighting programme for Royal Mail workers to defeat the brutal dictates of Royal Mail Group and its stooges in the Communication Workers Union (CWU) bureaucracy. [Photo: WSWS] CWU General Secretary Dave Ward and the postal…

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Royal Mail

Rank-and-File delivery worker sets out case for No vote on CWU-Royal Mail agreement
Byadmin May 4, 2023

[ad_1] A Royal Mail worker [Photo by Maureen Barlin / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0] A member of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) has issued an appeal to Delivery workers on why they should reject the Communication Workers Union’s (CWU) pro-company agreement with Royal Mail. A founding member of the committee, he explains the detrimental impact…

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Royal Mail

CWU outlines Royal Mail ballot plans
Byadmin May 3, 2023

[ad_1] The CWU has laid out the timetable for the ballot on the Business Recovery, Transformation and Growth Agreement the union reached with Royal Mail. Ballot papers will be dispatched to members on 17 May, with the ballot closing and the announcement of the result set for 7 June. A series of briefings and…

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Royal Mail

UK: Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee’s call for No vote against CWU’s pro-company deal welcomed by Royal Mail workers
Byadmin May 1, 2023

[ad_1] The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee’s call to reject the rotten agreement between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail received a welcome response at sorting and delivery offices this past week. Hundreds of copies of the committee’s resolution were distributed as leaflets in Sheffield, Manchester, Bradford and London, encouraging widespread discussion. Postal workers…

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Royal Mail

CWU announces drawn-out ballot at Royal Mail to stifle opposition
Byadmin April 28, 2023

[ad_1] After five days of non-stop promotion of their sell-out deal with Royal Mail, CWU General Secretary Dave Ward and his deputy Andy Furey announced on Wednesday a postal ballot of members commencing May 17 and closing June 7. Ward, Furey and the CWU’s Postal Executive are fully aware that such is the outpouring of…

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Royal Mail

Behind the lies: What’s in the CWU-Royal Mail agreement?
Byadmin April 26, 2023

[ad_1] The World Socialist Web Site is summarising key aspects of the Communication Workers Union’s (CWU) deal with Royal Mail. We invite postal workers to send in your response. How will the agreement impact your work and family lives? The agreement is filled with corporate jargon but outlines major attacks in virtually every paragraph. It…

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