BUSINESS RECOVERY, TRANSFORMATION AND GROWTH NATIONAL AGREEMENT – MEMBERS MEETINGS AND REQUESTS FOR OFFICERS / POSTAL EXECUTIVE ATTENDANCE

Further to the national briefing held in Bristol last Friday (21 April), Branches and Representatives should note the Postal Executive is due to consider a ballot timetable at a meeting on 26 April 2023.

Once a ballot timetable is agreed there will only be a finite period of time for Branches to complete their own democratic process and hold membership meetings.

The Officers and Postal Executive recognise the importance of assisting Branches where required and are committed to attending as many meetings of members as possible.

To ensure that a coordinated approach is taken Branches should ensure that any requests for Officers or Postal Executive members to attend meetings is made via the Deputy General Secretary (Postal) Department (DGS[P]).

Branches should submit requests to both fkelk@cwu.org and acorbett@cwu.org.

Yours sincerely

Dave Ward                                       Andy Furey
General Secretary                          Acting Deputy General Secretary (Postal)

LTB 099-23 – BUSINESS RECOVERY, TRANSFORMATION AND GROWTH NATIONAL AGREEMENT – MEMBERS MEETINGS AND REQUESTS FOR OFFICERS POSTAL EXECUTIVE ATTENDANCE

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We will be launching a series of detailed communications and engagement sessions next week.

Here, we sat down with General Secretary Dave Ward and quickly walked through some of the key points of the agreement.

• pay
• job security
• allowances
• later starts
• flexibility
• conduct issues
• culture
• parcelforce
• and more

Please ask members to consider giving this podcast a listen ahead of more detailed and broken down comms next week.

What your action has achieved

The agreement in full

Face to Face Briefing for Area Delivery Representatives and Area Distribution Reps (With Central Collection Responsibilities) To Be Held on 25^th April 2023

Dear Colleagues,

Further to the National Briefing on 21^stApril 2023, please note that there will be a Briefing next week for all ADRs in order to discuss the proposed RMG/CWU Business Recovery Transformation & Growth Agreement.  

Please see the following details below:
Date:      Tuesday 25^thApril 2023
Time:      10.30am – 2:30pm
Venue:   Birmingham Branch Office,
CWU, 47 Summer Lane, Hockley, Birmingham B19 3TH

Please also note the following:

A reminder to Branches that they are responsible for the travel and other associated costs for this type of meeting and, where an ADR has responsibility for an area which covers more than one Branch, these costs should be shared proportionately. However, if a Branch has any particular financial difficulties for these specific briefings and a case for assistance is made to this department this will be given the fullest consideration. Any such requests should be made prior to the meeting taking place.

Any queries to the content of the above please contact the Outdoor Department reference 535, email address: njones@cwu.org

Yours sincerely,

Mark Baulch
CWU Assistant Secretary

LTB 097/23 – ADR Briefing – Birmingham 25.04.23

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Royal Mail Group: National Briefing – Friday 21^st April

A National Briefing will be held on Friday 21^st April 2023 to provide Branches with an update in regard to our negotiations with Royal Mail Group and next steps.

The Briefing will commence at 11:00and conclude no later than 15:00 at:

The Dolman Hall
Ashton Gate Stadium
Ashton Rd
Bristol
BS3 2EJ

Tea and coffee will be available from 10.30.

All Branches are requested to make this a priority engagement and attendance arrangements should be in accordance with normal protocols for National Briefings whilst ensuring the importance of our proportionality requirements.

Attached is a brief paper to illustrate the bus services that go near to the Stadium as well as the nearest railway station.  Branches should also note that Central Bristol has a clean air zone and the link below provides details of the applicable charges:

https://www.bristol.gov.uk/residents/streets-travel/bristols-caz/charges-and-vehicle-checker

Any enquiries in relation to this LTB should be addressed to the DGS(P) Department – fkelk@cwu.org or acorbett@cwu.org

Yours sincerely,

Andy Furey
A/Deputy General Secretary (Postal)

Dave Ward
General Secretary 

LTB 096/23 Royal Mail Group National Briefing – 21 April 23 – Travel

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CWU 2024 Diary

We are now taking orders for CWU 2024 diaries.  Please find attached an electronic diary order form.

We continue to offer branches personalised diaries at no extra cost.  Branches can personalise an area on the front cover of the CWU pocket diary and also have the option to have a personalised page (printed on one side only) which will be inserted near the front of the pocket diary.

The CWU pocket diary is priced at £2.00 and the A5 desk diary is priced at £4.00. 

We continue to offer branches bulk discount on pocket diaries on orders of 1,000 or more for £1.50 per diary.

Branches ordering unaltered diaries should return their completed order form by no later than Friday 22^ndSeptember. 

Personalised branch diary orders only

Branch personalised diary orders must be returned by no later than Friday 19^th May. On receipt of your order form you will be emailed the appropriate template(s), please ensure to include your email address as this is where your template(s) will be sent with further information. 

Please complete your template(s) as soon as possible and note the return deadline is

Friday 9^th June. Due to strict deadlines any orders or proofs received after the dates provided may not be processed. 

If you would like to use your 2023 diary template(s) and there are no changes, please advise Marcia Murray.

Orders will be based on the following:

Minimum order to personalise front cover: 250 units

Minimum order to insert page: 500 units

Minimum order to personalise front cover and insert page: 500 units                                                  

All completed order forms and enquiries on this LTB should be sent to Marcia Murray by email to mmurray@cwu.org

The diaries will be dispatched from w/c Monday 25^th September 2023.

Kind regards,

Chris Webb
Head of Communications, Engagement and Media

LTB 095/23 – CWU 2024 DIARY

Att: DIARY ORDER FORM

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ELECTION OF:

• ROYAL MAIL DIVISIONAL REPRESENTATIVES 2023 – NORTH EAST & SOUTH WEST / SOUTH WALES DIVISIONS

Branches in the respective Royal Mail Divisions may be aware that Bob McGuire & Gary Hodgkinson (North East Division) and Les Evans (South West/South Wales Division) have left employment with Royal Mail.

Nominations are therefore invited from Branches within the two relevant divisions above for the vacant positions of Royal Mail Divisional Representatives as follows:

North East – 2 Divisional Representatives

South West/South Wales – 1 Divisional Representative

The successful candidates will take up office at the conclusion of the election period and the term of office for these positions will be until 28 February 2024.

Nomination forms are attached to this LTB and completed forms must be signed by the Branch Secretary and Branch Chair or accredited deputies and the nominee and should be returned by email to elections@cwu.org  to be received by 2^nd May 2023 (14:00).   

The timetable for the election is as follows:

Nominations Open:                      14 April 2023

Nominations Close:                       2 May 2023 (14:00)

Ballot Papers dispatched:            10 May 2023

Ballot Close:                                    31 May 2023 (first post)

If ballots are required for the positions of RM Divisional Representative they will be conducted on an individual member ballot basis and the ballots will be run in accordance with the CWU guidelines for Senior Regional/Field Official elections, which are attached for your information.

Any enquiries regarding this LTB should be addressed to the Senior Deputy General Secretary’s Department on telephone number 0208 971 7237 or email address sdgs@cwu.org.

Yours sincerely,

Tony Kearns
Senior Deputy General Secretary

LTB 094/23 – Election of Royal Mail Divisional Representatives 2023 – North East & South West / South Wales Divisions

Att: Regulations 2023

Att: Div Rep Nomination Form

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Re: National Agreement on Royal Mail Property and Facilities Solutions Limited (RMPFSL) Overtime Holiday Pay Agreement – Ballot Results

We are pleased to advise Branches of the following result in the above ballot:

YES:                                                         893

NO:                                                            0

SPOILT PAPERS:                                     0

Total papers received:                       52

Ballot papers despatched:                93

We will write to the businesses accordingly in order for arrangements to be made for payments to commence.

In closing we wish to thank branches for their attention in this matter.

Any enquiries to this LTB please contact: The PTCS Department reference 312, email address: hmaughan@cwu.org or The Outdoor Department reference 120.12, email address njones@cwu.org

Yours sincerely,

Carl Maden  
Assistant Secretary

Mark Baulch
Assistant Secretary

LTB 093/23 – National Agreement on RMPFSL – Overtime Holiday Pay Agreement – Ballot Results

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