The following article is the first of a two-part series. One month has passed since the Communication Workers Union (CWU) led by Dave Ward and Andy Furey succeeded in pushing through their pro-company “Business Recovery, Growth and Transformation Agreement” in a ballot whose results were announced July 11. The impact …
Read More »Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee meeting draws lessons of CWU Royal Mail betrayal and discusses fightback strategy
The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) met Sunday to discuss the lessons of the year-long dispute at Royal Mail. It was the first Zoom meeting held since the Communication Workers Union (CWU) pushed through its pro-company agreement in a ballot ending on July 11. A report was given on the …
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 »UK Postal Workers Call Off Strikes
The dispute saw over 115,000 workers take 18 days of strike action in the final quarter of 2022 OLI SCARFF Text size Postal workers at the UK’s Royal Mail on Tuesday accepted a new pay deal to end a costly series of strikes. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) held a …
Read More »Royal Mail strike action ends as postal workers vote overwhelmingly to accept pay deal
11 July 2023, 19:15 | Updated: 11 July 2023, 19:20 Royal Mail workers vote to accept pay deal ending long-running strike action. Picture: LBC / Alamy Royal Mail workers have voted overwhelmingly to accept a new pay deal, averting further strike action as part of the long-running dispute. Over 67 …
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 »Message of solidarity to UPS workers from Royal Mail workers in Britain
The Postal Workers Rank-and File-Committee (PWRFC) in Britain sends its warmest solidarity to our 340,000 brothers and sisters at UPS in America in your fight against brutal restructuring and a substandard pay contract. We are engaged in a similar battle against Royal Mail. Your determination has been demonstrated in …
Read More »Royal Mail workers speak: “Disgrace of a company and union leaders should hang their heads in shame and resign”
Postal workers have continued to write-in from across the UK, exposing punishing revisions to terms and conditions being imposed by Royal Mail with the complicity of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) leadership. Postal workers are demanding action against CWU leaders Dave Ward and Andy Furey for pulling the ballot of …
Read More »At latest Zoom meeting: Parcelforce, mail centre, delivery and international postal workers discuss way forward in Royal Mail dispute
The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee held its third meeting Sunday on its call, “Reject the Agreement, Renew the Strikes, Remove Ward and Furey.” Speakers addressed the Communication Workers Union (CWU)’s second postponement of the ballot on its sellout agreement with Royal Mail to prevent a crushing NO vote. The discussion …
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