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The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is conducting an online vote of postal workers between August 6 and 26 on “Rebuilding Royal Mail Parts 1 and 2”. These are the packages drawn up between CWU leaders Dave Ward and Martin Walsh and billionaire Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group—now sole owners of Royal …

The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) calls for an emphatic No vote in the upcoming ballot from August 6 to 26 on “Rebuilding Royal Mail Parts 1 and 2.” These agreements are not about rebuilding anything for us or service users. They are about increasing Royal Mail’s profits at our …

Regulator Ofcom has confirmed that UK’s Royal Mail can scrap Saturday delivery of Second Class letters, reducing this service to alternate weekdays. The changes will take effect from July 28. Under the guise of “USO reform”, Ofcom’s measures will downgrade the Universal Service Obligation, which mandates six-day-a-week letter deliveries to …

Pushing through “USO reform” following the takeover of Royal Mail and parent company International Distribution Services (IDS) by billionaire Daniel Křetínský’s EP Group has hit major problems. This presents fresh possibilities for postal workers to oppose the brutal restructuring agenda—resistance blocked until now by the collusion of the Communication Workers …

ROYAL Mail has been accused of ignoring a growing crisis in Shetland, with postal staff leaving “in droves” due to low pay and extremely pressured working conditions. A quarter of postie jobs in Shetland are vacant, with four workers quitting in April alone. That has meant some remaining staff are …

The following letter was sent by the UK Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee to Pauline, whose husband, Des, died on April 23 after suffering a catastrophic heart attack. Des Beach [Photo by Des Beach] The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) sends our deepest sympathy to Pauline and family on hearing of …

The following notice submitted by the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (UK) is advance notice for a Zoom meeting being held Sunday April 27, 7pm. Register here to attend. Two years after the sellout national agreement enforced by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) in July 2023, Royal Mail workers face a …

THE Communication Workers Union (CWU) called for immediate intervention after the Post Office announced plans to offload its 108 directly owned branches. CWU general secretary Dave Ward called the announcement that will put about 1,000 jobs at risk “full privatisation of the Post Office via the back door.” In 2008, the …

The Post Office has said it plans to hand its 108 remaining crown branches to franchisees by the autumn. Source link

The CWU Live event last Thursday marked a new low point for the Communication Workers Union (CWU) leadership and its standing among members. The online event coincided with the announcement the previous day that Royal Mail’s takeover by billionaire Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group had passed its final regulatory hurdle, clearing …