Last Saturday campaigners from the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) spoke with workers outside the Woodseats delivery office, Sheffield, distributing copies of the WSWS article, “Communication Workers Union’s Martin Walsh opposes call for rank-and-file fightback at Royal Mail.” The article was a reply to Communication Workers Union (CWU) Deputy General …
Read More »The crisis at Royal Mail: postal workers need a rank-and-file strategy to fightback
A mobilisation of postal workers is posed directly against Royal Mail’s new owners, billionaire Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group and renewed job losses, terms and conditions driven into the floor and the collapsing of the mail service. This struggle requires a political fight against Communication Workers Union (CWU) leaders Dave Ward …
Read More »Communication Worker Union’s Martin Walsh opposes call for rank-and-file fightback at Royal Mail
The call by the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) to make 2026 the year of a fightback by Royal Mail workers has provoked an attempted push back by Communication Worker Union (CWU) postal deputy general secretary Martin Walsh on social media. This took place on the Royal Mail Chat.co.uk forum …
Read More »Reject CWU’s Royal Mail letter writing stunt
The Communication Workers Union’s (CWU) letter-writing campaign urging postal workers to contact their Member of Parliament (MP) for urgent action to “Protect Postal Services” is a political fraud from top to bottom. It claims Royal Mail workers can “Have your Say”, when in fact it is based on adding a …
Read More »Royal Mail worker speaks against CWU’s collusion with USO reform pilots: “We will not accept this lying down”
A postal worker at one of the 35 delivery offices piloting USO “reform” spoke with the World Socialist Web Site this week. Their name and location have been withheld to prevent victimisation. The pilot scheme was drawn up by Royal Mail and Communication Workers Union (CWU) deputy assistant general secretary …
Read More »Royal Mail workers challenge CWU’s claim of a “no strings” pay deal with billionaire Kretinsky
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 …
Read More »Ofcom’s “investigation” into Royal Mail: A cover for sabotaging the Universal Service Obligation
On May 23, regulator Ofcom announced an investigation into Royal Mail’s continued failure to meet statutory delivery targets for First and Second Class mail during 2024/25. These Quality of Service (QoS) targets have been ignored for years. Postal workers won’t be taken in. They have demanded action against the management …
Read More »Organise rank-and-file resistance to the CWU’s pact with Kretinsky at Royal Mail
The May 16 Communication Workers Union (CWU) Letter to Branches is another PR exercise defending backroom deals with Royal Mail and billionaire Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group, which completed its £3.6 billion buyout on April 30. Signed by CWU Deputy General Secretary Martin Walsh and National Executive Chair Mick Kavanagh, the …
Read More »CWU update on USO pilots: defending profits to sacrifice jobs, workers conditions and the mail service
A Communication Workers Union (CWU) Letter to Branches (LTB) titled “USO Update on Pilot Sites” is the latest self-serving justification by CWU top officials for trialling Royal Mail’s plans to overhaul the mail service, implement mass job cuts, and hike up workloads. Signed by CWU Deputy General Secretary (postal) Martin …
Read More »Postal worker exposes underhand dismantling of the USO: “Royal Mail, Ofcom and the CWU are involved in a major cover-up”
The following report has been submitted by a postal worker in Northern Ireland in support of the campaign by the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) to oppose the imposition of “USO reform pilots” at 37 delivery offices across Royal Mail between February and May. Terms of Reference for the pilots …
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