The speech delivered by Communication Workers Union (CWU) deputy general secretary Martin Walsh at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) annual conference over the dire situation facing Royal Mail workers was entirely two-faced and underlined the cynical nature of the yearly coming-together of the union bureaucracy. Walsh managed to cram in …
Read More »CWU’s Martin Walsh caught in a lie over support for Royal Mail ending six-day letter delivery
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) posted a video from Deputy General Secretary (Postal) Martin Walsh on its Facebook page and X account on Saturday claiming to refute “the idea the union supports a cut in the USO [Universal Service Obligation].” Walsh’s one-minute video did nothing of the sort. It served …
Read More »Reject CWU’s repackaged sell-out at Royal Mail Fleet
In a three-sentence statement released May 2, the Communications Workers Union (CWU) Postal Executive announced it had reached an agreement with Royal Mail for members in Fleet, the company’s maintenance division. Fleet employs around 1,000 vehicle technicians at a network of 110 workshops across the UK. The statement read: “BREAKING: …
Read More »Royal Mail workers speak: “We have been sold down the river: walks impossible, terms and conditions evaporating”
The World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) is publishing the second of two batches of write-ins received from Royal Mail workers across the UK in response to its interview with Ian, a member of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC): “Royal Mail delivery worker explains ‘The Communication Workers Union is facilitating …
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