Tag Archives: USO

Communications regulator Ofcom has announced “a package of reforms to the Universal Service Obligation” governing the delivery of mail to 32 million addresses across the UK. Ofcom’s announcement is the foundation for a Royal Mail pilot scheme being rolled out at 37 delivery offices with the full support of the …

One thing is clear from the “USO reform” pilots being rolled out by Royal Mail at 37 delivery offices across the UK: they are being imposed behind workers’ backs in a joint enterprise by the Communication Workers Union, Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group and the Labour government. The Universal Service Obligation …

The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) has drafted a model resolution (see below) for discussion and adoption at Royal Mail delivery offices and mail centres. The PWRFC is urging colleagues to convene workplace meetings to block the imposition of measures aimed at dismantling the Universal Service Obligation (USO) and destroying …

Postal workers at some of the 37 UK delivery offices targeted by the “USO reform” pilot scheme at Royal Mail have been speaking this past week about the trials to begin in February. Workers voiced opposition to the restructuring plan to impose gig economy working conditions and slash jobs, and …

The World Socialist Web Site has received emails from postal workers across Royal Mail Group in response to the article, “Communication Workers Union embraces Kretinsky’s takeover of Royal Mail.” CWU leaders Dave Ward and Martin Walsh have for months spun the private talks they have held with billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, …

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 …

Campaigns have been mounted at Royal Mail delivery offices and mail centres this week, distributing the statement by the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee: “Oppose Royal Mail’s Assault on the USO! Defeat CWU’s Collusion!” —Royal Mail’s submission to Ofcom states that 7,000-9,000 delivery routes will be axed and thousands of jobs …

Hundreds of copies of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) statement  “Oppose Royal Mail’s Assault on the USO! Defeat CWU’s Collusion!” have been distributed at Royal Mail delivery offices in Bradford, Keighley, Sheffield, Barnsley, Leicester, Glasgow and Manchester. The appeal to attend the PWRFC’s Zoom meeting this Sunday, April 28, …

Royal Mail has announced plans to end six-day-a-week mail deliveries. This is part of a worldwide offensive by post and logistic companies to slash thousands of jobs, spearheading a cost-cutting and profit-driven restructuring. The stampede by Royal Mail to ditch the Universal Service Obligation—a legal requirement meant to safeguard mail …

The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee invites workers across delivery offices, mail centres, Parcelforce and Fleet to attend an online meeting on April 28 to discuss a fightback against Royal Mail’s assault on the USO and the jobs and conditions of postal workers. Royal Mail has unveiled plans to dismantle six-day …