CWU

Attacks on working conditions at Royal Mail

Royal Mail postal workers lost out on hundreds of pounds due to privatisation last week—and now top bosses want to give them another kicking.

Reports round up: March to remember rail strike martyrs in Llanelli

A postal workers’ union leader has responded after a series of unofficial strikes over workplace bullying and harassment at a number of Royal Mail workplaces.

Union leaders are wrong to make concessions that weaken Corbyn

CWU union leader Dave Ward has spoken out in defence of Jeremy Corbyn. Others are demanding he concedes over the definition of antisemitism.

Unofficial post strikes deliver results

Some 150 postal workers staged an unofficial strike at a Royal Mail delivery office In Grimsby, Lincolnshire, last Thursday.

Unofficial strike against work plan and ‘bullying’

Postal workers at a Royal Mail delivery office in Plymouth staged an unofficial strike for a full day last Saturday. They didn’t return until they reached a deal on Monday.

Reports round up: Protest for fair tips at TGI Fridays

Swansea postal workers ballot

Postal workers strike back against bullying management

29 June 2018
Postal workers at a Royal Mail delivery office in Ferndale, South Wales, staged an unofficial strike on Tuesday and Wednesday over problems with management.

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

10 May 2018
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

08 May 2018
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

24 April 2018
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

22 April 2018
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

17 April 2018
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?

20 March 2018
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.