CWU

Unions need to build real fight to stop 13,000 job cuts at BT

BT, Britain’s largest telecoms company, has announced that it is slashing 13,000 jobs in an effort to boost profits. This is on top of 4,000 job cuts last year.

Reports round-up: Waste disposal walkout, Sam Hallam case and more

Plus strike ballot in Carlisle tyre factor, and Virgin Media sack call centre workers

Jeremy Corbyn’s plans get the stamp of approval from CWU union

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn attacked the Tories’ immigration policies in a speech to the CWU union conference in Bournemouth on Monday. And he said Labour would welcome migrants.

CWU conference shows anti-racist fight is about more than Windrush scandal

Delegates at the CWU union conference have slammed the Tories for their racist treatment of Windrush Generation migrants.

Reports round-up: Pay walkout hits Waltham Forest school

Plus: Pay walkout hits Waltham Forest school, Orion workers celebrate as they win all demands and Barnsley strikes against academy bosses

Are Royal Mail workers voting for a pension scheme that won’t exist?

The government could block attempts to introduce a new Royal Mail pension scheme that postal workers’ union leaders are promoting to their members

Blizzard of attacks from Royal Mail in Scotland

13 March 2018
Postal workers in Fife, Scotland, are considering a strike after bosses threatened to dock their pay

No guarantee on Royal Mail pensions says Tory minister

13 March 2018
Tory minister Guy Opperman said last week that CWU union leaders and Royal Mail bosses have a “long way to go” before they can implement a pensions agreement

Vote to reject Royal Mail deal, strikes can win more

27 February 2018
Reps from the postal workers’ CWU union began meeting for regional briefings last week to discuss a deal to end a national dispute

Protest demands a halt to Leeds delivery office closure

20 February 2018
Royal Mail workers in Leeds protested last Saturday against the closure of their delivery office

Post workers have pushed Royal Mail bosses back - now they deserve more

13 February 2018
Postal workers’ union leaders are set to hold meetings with reps in locations across Britain over the next few weeks.

Royal Mail workers deserve more than the new deal

06 February 2018
CWU postal workers’ union leaders and Royal Mail bosses have drawn up a deal to end a long-running dispute that almost led to national strikes.

Don’t accept a deal for worse pensions and pay in Royal Mail

30 January 2018
Postal workers’ union leaders and Royal Mail bosses have reached an agreement to end a major dispute and are calling on workers to back it.

Is a risky pension scheme in the Royal Mail pipeline?

23 January 2018
Postal workers’ CWU union leaders could draw up a deal with Royal Mail bosses this week that would leave thousands of workers with a worse pension scheme.

Massive vote for strikes by postal workers has forced concessions from Royal Mail

16 January 2018

New developments in the Royal Mail dispute

09 January 2018
Postal workers’ union leaders have suggested they could soon reach an agreement with bosses

Unofficial walkouts by CWU union members hit mail centres

02 January 2018
Postal workers walked out unofficially last month in Inverclyde in Scotland and St Austell in Cornwall to defend workers targeted by management.

Reports round up: Walkouts can deliver better deal for Royal Mail workers

12 December 2017
Details of talks between postal workers’ union officials and Royal Mail management show bosses have made big concessions in a dispute over pay, pensions and conditions.

Don’t let Royal Mail stop the fight

05 December 2017
Postal workers’ union leaders looked set to announce at least parts of a possible agreement with Royal Mail bosses on Tuesday of this week. The CWU union has been in negotiation with bosses in a dispute over pensions, pay and conditions.