Delivery Office Closures & Mergers – Non Disclosure Agreements (NDA) 

Delivery Office Closures & Mergers – Non Disclosure Agreements (NDA) 

The Outdoor Department was recently provided with a Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA) that some CWU representatives had been asked to sign during the course of discussions regarding Delivery Office closures/mergers. This was raised with Royal Mail and subsequently legal advice was sought by the department regarding the status and content of the document. Following the legal advice we requested some changes to the document which were subsequently agreed and incorporated into a revised NDA.

 

In line with standard protocol the revised NDA document was placed before the Postal Executive at its statutory meeting on the 1st December 2015 where it was unanimously rejected. In essence it was not the actual wording of the document that was rejected it was the principle of our representatives being required to sign a Non Disclosure Agreement that was rejected and as a consequence this now becomes the Policy of the Postal Executive and the Postal side of the CWU.

 

In line with this policy CWU representatives are now advised not to sign any Non Disclosure Agreements.

 

The department is aware that there is activity taking place regarding Delivery Office closures/mergers especially where SPDO’s are concerned and the influence that POL is having in this regard. However, regardless of the policy mentioned above which has been communicated to Royal Mail we have also informed them that we will continue to expect that the terms of the national agreement covering delivery office closures and mergers will continue to hold the field and be adhered to by all concerned.

 

Any enquiries to Bob Gibson’s Office, quoting reference 230.03

Email address: outdoorsecretary@cwu.org

 

Yours sincerely
Bob Gibson

CWU Assistant Secretary