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Martin Walsh, postal deputy general secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), has claimed a consultative ballot of members at the 35 delivery units used as the testing ground for Royal Mail’s Optimised Delivery Model (ODM) has endorsed the union leadership’s version of the restructuring agenda. Walsh declared an “overwhelming” …

We call on our colleagues to reject the whitewash being prepared by Communication Workers Union (CWU) General Secretary Dave Ward and his deputy Martin Walsh through the parliamentary committee headed by Labour MP Liam Byrne into the crisis at Royal Mail. The surprise within ruling circles over the collapse of …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …