T he company behind Royal Mail has appointed its next boss from its rapidly growing Dutch subsidiary following a bruising time for the logistics giant. International Distributions Services (IDS) said that Martin Seidenberg will become chief executive of the group. Since 2020 he has run GLS – an Amsterdam-based parcel …
Read More »CWU betrayal at Royal Mail: Draw the lessons and organise the fightback
Share your views on this statement and the CWU’s betrayal of the year-long battle of Royal Mail workers. Submit your response in the form at the bottom of this page. Your anonymity will be protected. Dear brothers and sisters, Dave Ward, Andy Furey and the postal executive of the Communication …
Read More »Royal Mail workers indict CWU leadership for rotten sellout of their year-long fight
What is your view on the ballot outcome and the CWU’s betrayal of the year-long struggle of postal workers? Submit your response in the form below the article. In the aftermath of ballot results announced Tuesday to accept the Communication Workers Union’s (CWU) national agreement with Royal Mail, the World …
Read More »CWU imposes historic betrayal of postal workers as Royal Mail agreement accepted
Communication Workers Union (CWU) officials have announced that their pro-company Business Recovery, Transformation and Growth Agreement with Royal Mail has been accepted by members, in a result that thousands of postal workers have branded a betrayal. In a brief video livestream at 4.30pm this afternoon, CWU General Secretary Dave Ward …
Read More »Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee outlines fightback strategy on eve of ballot result on CWU-Royal Mail agreement
The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) met Sunday on the eve of ballot results being announced over the sell-out deal negotiated by Communication Workers Union (CWU) leaders Dave Ward and Andy Furey with Royal Mail. The national ballot closes at 12pm Tuesday. A statement produced by the Postal Workers Rank-and-File …
Read More »Communication Workers Union whitewashes Royal Mail health and safety violations at Warrington “Super Hub”
Do you have information to report about health and safety breaches at the new Super Hubs or other Royal Mail facilities? Please submit using the form below. Your identity will be protected. Royal Mail has flouted its basic statutory duties under Health and Safety laws at its parcels “Super Hub” …
Read More »CWU instructs reps to enforce Royal Mail’s brutal revisions: the IR Framework in action
Before a single vote has been counted on whether to accept the “Business Recovery, Transformation and Growth Agreement” between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU), the union’s postal executive is working to enforce the company’s brutal revisions to jobs, terms and conditions. In a letter to members on …
Read More »Communication Workers Union stalls “rule 13” industrial action in Shropshire against revisions
Royal Mail workers in Shropshire, England have voted for local industrial action against revisions that have hiked up workloads and led to systematic failures of the USO. But a postal worker has told the World Socialist Web Site that the Communication Workers Union CWU is stalling their action. Members of …
Read More »Royal Mail slammed for prioritising drone trials over supporting posties
TRADE unionists slammed Royal Mail bosses today for focussing on “trialling drones, rather than supporting posties” during a Scottish Parliament committee hearing. Royal Mail’s director of operations development, Ricky McAulay, has come under fire for his appearance at the economy and fair work committee this week. Communications Workers’ Union (CWU) Scotland secretary …
Read More »Ward and Furey’s live Q&A: Browbeating by the Communication Workers Union to impose a betrayal
The online meeting held Thursday evening by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) with its membership at Royal Mail was nothing more than a browbeating exercise by union leaders Dave Ward and Andy Furey, trying to force members to accept their surrender terms to end the bitter year-long dispute. It was …
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