Election of: Parcelforce Worldwide Area Health & Safety Representative/Substitute Area Health & Safety Representatives 2021

Further to LTB 048/21 dated 9^th February 2021, please find detailed below the results of the ballots.

AREA HEALTH & SAFETY REPRESENTATIVESNorth/Scotland & Northern IrelandPaul Devlin254*ElectedMalcolm Woods173Spoilt Ballot Papers0Total Ballot Papers Received427Total Ballot Papers Dispatched1565

SUBSTITUTE AREA HEALTH & SAFETY REPRESENTATIVESSouth West RegionGeoff Baggott111*ElectedDarryl Morrell30Barry Parker64Spoilt Ballot Papers3Total Ballot Papers Received208Total Ballot Papers Dispatched861

Any enquiries regarding this Letter to Branches should be addressed to the Senior Deputy General Secretary’s Department on telephone number 020 8971 7237, or email address sdgs@cwu.org.

Yours sincerely,

Tony Kearns

Senior Deputy General Secretary

LTB 108/21

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Election of: Parcelforce Worldwide Regional Organiser/ Parcelforce Worldwide Regional Organiser Substitute – 2021

Further to LTB 047/21 dated 9^th February 2021, please find detailed below the results of the ballots.

REGIONAL ORGANISERScotland/Northern Ireland/North East  RegionEamonn Cooke66John Meehan221*ElectedSpoilt Ballot Papers2Total Ballot Papers Received289Total Ballot Papers Dispatched822

REGIONAL ORGANISER SUBSTITUTESouth Central Wales & West RegionMartin Burgess139*ElectedBarry Parker58Spoilt Ballot Papers3Total Ballot Papers Received200Total Ballot Papers Dispatched824

Any enquiries regarding this LTB should be addressed to the Senior Deputy General Secretary’s Department, telephone number 020 8971 7237 or email address sdgs@cwu.org

Yours sincerely,

Tony Kearns

Senior Deputy General Secretary

LTB 107/21

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CAPITA TVL: MEMBERS ENDORSE 2020 PAY AGREEMENT

Further to LTB 060/21 dated 18th February 2021. I am pleased to advise Branches that our TVL members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the 2020 pay agreement covering Bristol, Darwen and the Field. The ballot result is as follows:YES VOTES28096%NO VOTES134%TURNOUT*45%

*Spoilt ballot papers – 2

Matthew Vallance, Managing Director, Customer Management Division, has been notified of the ballot result and we expect confirmation that arrears of pay backdated to 1st January 2020 and the pay increase will be made with March salaries. I have also written directly to our TVL members, informing them of the result.

    2020 PAY AGREEMENT – KEY FEATURES

• 2% Pay Increase: A 12 month pensionable pay increase of a minimum of 2% from 1st January 2020 for all members including special dispensation for four London based Enquiry Officers who earn over £28k inclusive of London Weighting

• Annual Leave: 1 extra day’s annual leave from 1st January 2021 (taking total leave to 28 days) for all members with over 5 years’ service meaning 536 people will immediately receive an extra day’s leave this year. This aspect of the agreement will benefit everyone in time

• Next pay review date – 1st January 2021.

My thanks go to members and Reps for their patience & support whilst the negotiations have taken place to reach the agreement on Pay 2020. We plan to submit our 2021 pay claim once we have seen the Capita Annual Report & Accounts which we are expecting to be published this month.

Yours sincerely

Andy Furey
Assistant Secretary

LTB 106/21 – Capita TVL – Members Endorse 2020 Pay Agreement

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Royal Mail Group – New Integrated Audits – Audit Team Consultation With CWU Area Health & Safety Representatives (ASRs):

Following the imminent Royal Mail Group re-organisation, with effect from the 29^th March 2021 the:

• Safety Health and Environment Management System (SHEMS) Audit,
• Operational Assurance visits and
• Security and Compliance Assurance Audits

will be combined into a single ‘Compliance and Sustainability Integrated Audit’.

These audits will be delivered by the new ‘Integrated Audit Team’ and all units will be audited once a year.

These new audits will assess the level of compliance with key policies and legal/regulatory requirements as detailed within the SHEMS (Safety, Health, Environment Management System), Security, Compliance and Ethics policies.

The Integrated Audit will be conducted on site and compliance will be assessed through a combination of:

• data analysis and validation;
• document review; and
• discussion and observation.

A full list of evidence requirements will be available on the SHE Management System. NB: An auditor will review electronic records (where available) from various systems, there will be no need to print out paper hard copies.

All units will receive an audit notification e-mail at least 5 working days prior to the audit taking place. The average audit should require 1 day on site. The relevant Trade Union Area Safety Representative (ASR) will be copied into the e-mail circulation. The auditor will then contact the unit manager to agree the exact date and time of the visit. The ASR can then contact either the unit manager or the auditor to confirm the arrangements in order to be consulted and give input.

Initial onsite feedback will be given to the unit managers and then an Action Plan will be issued via e-mail to the unit within five working days. Unit managers will be required to monitor and close out actions. Actions must be completed by the required date as set out in the Action Plan. Update reports on the audit actions will be given to the joint health and safety committee relevant to the Unit.

The audit will be transparent with an overall percentage score given for each audit. Audit results will be shared with ASRs by e-mail. Any issues and Audit Action Plan progress can be discussed at joint health and safety committee meetings at a Unit or Regional level basis.

Yours sincerely

Dave Joyce
National Health, Safety & Environment Officer

LTB 105/21 – Royal Mail Group – New Integrated Audits – Audit Team Consultation With CWU Area Health & Safety Representatives (ASRs)

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Coronavirus/Covid-19 Pandemic – PPE and Face Masks – Presentation By Dave Joyce National Health, Safety & Environment Officer on 4 March 2021 at the CWU ‘Reasonable Adjustments & PPE/Pandemic Webinar’ Organised by the CWU Equality, Education & Development Department

At the request of a number of participants in the recent CWU ‘Reasonable Adjustments & PPE/Pandemic Webinar’ organised by the CWU Equality, Education & Development Department, please find attached a copy of the PowerPoint presentation slides which covered:

• The pandemic timeline
• PPE shortages, costs and spend
• CWU strategy for tackling Covid-19 in the workplace
• Workforce testing and vaccination priority for CWU members
• Methods of virus spread – aerosols, droplets & contact
• Masks – they are effective and they work
• Masks reduce and work as a control for airborne transmission
• BMJ Report by Nicholas R Jones & others – indoor risks, space, number of people, ventilation, time exposed

Attachment: PowerPoint Slide Presentation by Dave Joyce

Yours sincerely

Dave Joyce
National Health, Safety & Environment Officer

LTB 104/21 – PPE and Face Masks – Presentation By Dave Joyce at the CWU Reasonable Adjustments & PPE Pandemic Webinar

Att: Coronavirus-Covid-19 Pandemic PPE Face Masks Presentation Dave Joyce 0…

Att: Doc1

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Dangerous Dogs – Royal Mail Customer On-Line Re-Delivery Requests – Terms & Conditions Tick Box Question Added For Customers Regarding Dog Control During Re-Delivery:

I’m pleased to report to Branches that having raised the above matter with the Royal Mail National Field Operations Director, a CWU suggestion has been acknowledged as a very good idea and the matter has been referred to those concerned within the business. As a result, a change will be made to the Royal Mail customer’s on-line re-delivery request form which will in future, from a date to be determined, include a question/tick-box for customers when they complete the request form for a parcel re-delivery, that if they are a dog owner, they agree that they will keep their dog(s) under control and will ensure the dog(s) is/are secured during the time they open their door for their parcel re-delivery.

I would like to place on record my thanks to Christian Kerr CWU ASR Durham for this suggestion.

Attachment: Confirmation from the RM Field Operations Director.

Yours sincerely

Dave Joyce
National Health, Safety & Environment Officer

LTB 103/21 – RMG Customer On-Line Re-Delivery Requests – Terms & Conditions Tick Box Question Added For Customers Regarding Dog Control During Re-Delivery

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Coronavirus/Covid-19 – Rapid Workforce Testing Pilots Update – Letter To Members and Testing Video:

This is an update further to LTB 54/21 – which updated Branches on the Coronavirus/Covid-19 – Rapid Workforce Testing pilots, Pilot 1 Sheffield CDO, Pilot 2 Birmingham MC & DO and the launch of Pilot 3 across 100 Workplaces (listed in LTB 54/21) in CM, SS, CO, IP and NR postcode areas plus St. Albans DO, commencing 15 March.

Firstly, for your information, Royal Mail HQ and CWU HQ have produced a joint letter to all members (copy attached). The letter which will go out to all employees in Pilots 2 and 3 is designed to encourage maximum support and participation in the Covid-19 Rapid Testing Pilots/trial offices.

Secondly, Royal Mail Group has produced and released their own official video featuring Dr. Corinne Parsons entitled ‘Covid-19 How to Perform a Rapid Self-Test’ which any interested CWU Representative can access and view at this link: https://vimeo.com/519053773/93f13cd040.

The video accurately demonstrates the Lateral Flow Device (LFD) Test Kits being used in Royal Mail Group.

Yours sincerely

Dave Joyce
National Health, Safety & Environment Officer

LTB 102/21 – Coronavirus Covid-19 – Rapid Workforce Testing Pilots Update – Letter To Members and Testing Video

Att 1: Hometest Pilot Letter

Att 2: Document1

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Election of: Parcelforce Worldwide Regional Chair – Northern Region – 2021

Further to LTB 071/21 dated 24^th February 2021, at the close of nominations on the 11^th March 2021 the following was received:Vicky TunerLeeds No 1 Amal*ELECTED

Any enquiries regarding this LTB should be addressed to the Senior Deputy General Secretary’s Department, telephone number 020 8971 7237 or email address sdgs@cwu.org

Yours sincerely,

Tony Kearns

Senior Deputy General Secretary

LTB 101/21

Online Equality Event – Friday 26th March, 09:30 to 16:00

I hope you are all enjoying the diverse range of activities that the Equality, Education & Development department have been organising throughout the month of March. Please remember to click on this link for updates and to register for the remaining events.

The conclusion of our programme will see a full days Online Equality Event, which will bring together the work which has taken place throughout the month and includes a session with Dave Ward, General Secretary. We are hoping to make the day as engaging and interactive as possible and in many sessions
there will be an opportunity for Q&A.

A final Agenda for the event will be circulated in due course, all Branch Equality Officers, Regional Equality Leads and any representative’s or members with an interest in Equality are invited to attend.

Please register for the event using the following link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMud-CtrzkrG9Xdg8djHSs9Xmp5Ck7RR3el

Brief outlines of some of the sessions are set out below.

Show Racism the Red Card – a completely new session has been designed especially for this event and will focus on micro-aggressions and social media racism.

Mental Health Risk Assessments – CWU Representatives will host a session underlining the practical importance of risk assessments.

The changing landscape of International LGBT+ rights – we explore the progress and pitfalls in global LGBT+ rights.

I look forward to seeing you on the day.

Any queries in relation to this LTB should be directed to equality&education@cwu.org

Your sincerely,

Kate Hudson
Head of Equality, Education & Development

LTB 099/21 – Equality Online Event