Author: CWUE5

Processing Report November 2019

Processing Report November 2019

 

 

National Issues

The Branch thank all you members who voted in theindustrial action ballot which returned an historic 97.1 % YES. Since the result there have been ongoing talks to try toresolve the issue. Reports from those talks suggest Royal Mail are not taking them seriously. They are saying they are prepared to enter meaningful talks if we withdraw the threat of industrial action over Christmas. The CWU registereddisagreement in May of this year and have wanted meaningful negotiations ever since. The CWU notifying for IA does not stop the two parties negotiating in meaningful talks.

At the time of writing Royal Mail have announced they are taking the CWU to the High Court for an injunction on our ballot.

The excerpt below is taken from the latest LTB update on the legal proceeding RM have taken against the CWU:

The purpose of this LTB is to confirm to CWU branches, representatives and members that Royal Mail has served notice of legal proceedings against the union. This morning the company is making a formal application to the High Court seeking an injunction to invalidate our national ballot and claim damages against the union. Royal Mail’s claim is essentially based on allegations that the union, its representatives and members, have interfered with the ballot process in contravention of the 2015 Trade Union Act. TheCWU completely rejects and denies this claim in the strongest terms and we will contest the claim at a High Court hearing on Tuesday, 12th November 2019.It will be clear to all our members and everybody connected with Royal Mail and this dispute, that the CEO and his Board will go to any lengths to deny the democratic mandate of our members to stand together and fight for their future and the very future of UK Postal Services. Instead the company are pressing on regardless with their asset stripping plans to set up a separate Parcels business and let thousands upon thousands of jobs wither on the vine. At the same time, the company refuses to engage in any meaningful discussions on their plans. We have made it clear that the union is available, including through the weekend, to meet Royal Mail anytime. The union will be setting out our position during the course of the day and providing further information to our members and to the media. Any enquiries on the above LTB should be addressed to gsoffice@cwu.org.

Yours sincerely

Dave Ward, Tony Kearns, Terry Pullinger.

 

 

Christmas 2019

Some weeks ago, we entered into negotiations to seek a Christmas 2019 agreement in line with previous years unfortunately we were unable to reach agreement on a few key points namely prescheduled overtime paid at scheduled attendance rate and the adherence to the EWTD rules over the Christmas pressure period. Subsequently the matter has entered the IR framework. Stages one and twodisagreements were held last week and the stage three is due to take place on Tuesday the 12th of November. We will update further in due course.

 

Parcel Sort Machine

The parcel sort machine is up and running and training is ongoing via workplace coaches. The installation PIR is scheduled for next week but the PIR for savings and duty structure changes, because of the build-up to Christmaspressure has been agreed to take place at some point in the new year.

 

 

WhatsApp Broadcast Group

We have set up a CWU Eastern No5 members WhatsApp Broadcast Group where we can forward CWU Communications onto members through WhatsApp. This has proven to be a good form of communication with a very positive response from the membership and has certainly helped forward information on national issues alongside the Website and Facebook.

The way a Broadcast Group works is where members receive WhatsApp messages from my phone, you will not beable to see who is in the group, you will not be able to message each other either. No phone numbers are shared.You can respond to a message, but it will come back to me only.

If you want to be in this group, then you will need:

 

The WhatsApp App on your phone. 

 

Save my number 07887985430 as Ernie Orviss. 

 

Send me a message me with your name requesting to be put in the group.

 

I will forward you some of the previous messages and put you in the group, so you will receive all future messages. 

 

 

 

 

 

Luke Smith

Sub Area Processing Representative

 

Date 7th November 2019

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More CWU media coverage 8/11/19

CWU comment in all these

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.standard.co.uk/business/royal-mail-takes-union-to-court-to-stop-christmas-postal-strike-a4282171.html%3famp

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/business/royal-mail-strike-ban-christmas-election-cwu-dates-ballot-a9195156.html%3famp

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/business/2019/nov/08/royal-mail-applies-for-high-court-injunction-in-attempt-to-stop-strike

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/posties-vow-to-fight-against-royal-mails-desperate-and-sinister-move-to-block-strike

#WeRiseAgain

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Royal Mail Dispute – Legal Proceedings

Royal Mail Dispute – Legal Proceedings

The purpose of this LTB is to confirm to CWU branches, representatives and members that Royal Mail has served notice of legal proceedings against the union. This morning the company is making a formal application to the High Court seeking an injunction to invalidate our national ballot and claim damages against the union. Royal Mail’s claim is essentially based on allegations that the union, its representatives and members, have interfered with the ballot process in contravention of the 2015 Trade Union Act.

The CWU completely rejects and denies this claim in the strongest terms and we will contest the claim at a High Court hearing on Tuesday, 12th November 2019.

It will be clear to all our members and everybody connected with Royal Mail and this dispute, that the CEO and his Board will go to any lengths to deny the democratic mandate of our members to stand together and fight for their future and the very future of UK Postal Services. Instead the company are pressing on regardless with their asset stripping plans to set up a separate Parcels business and let thousands upon thousands of jobs wither on the vine.

At the same time, the company refuses to engage in any meaningful discussions on their plans. We have made it clear that the union is available, including through the weekend, to meet Royal Mail anytime. The union will be setting out our position during the course of the day and providing further information to our members and to the media.

Any enquiries on the above LTB should be addressed to gsoffice@cwu.org.

Yours sincerely

 

Dave Ward
General Secretary

Tony Kearns
Senior Deputy General Secretary

Terry Pullinger
Deputy General Secretary (Postal) 

 

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Royal Mail Dispute – Legal Proceedings

To: All Branches

Dear Colleague

Royal Mail Dispute – Legal Proceedings

The purpose of this LTB is to confirm to CWU branches, representatives and members that Royal Mail has served notice of legal proceedings against the union. This morning the company is making a formal application to the High Court seeking an injunction to invalidate our national ballot and claim damages against the union. Royal Mail’s claim is essentially based on allegations that the union, its representatives and members, have interfered with the ballot process in contravention of the 2015 Trade Union Act.

The CWU completely rejects and denies this claim in the strongest terms and we will contest the claim at a High Court hearing on Tuesday, 12th November 2019.

It will be clear to all our members and everybody connected with Royal Mail and this dispute, that the CEO and his Board will go to any lengths to deny the democratic mandate of our members to stand together and fight for their future and the very future of UK Postal Services. Instead the company are pressing on regardless with their asset stripping plans to set up a separate Parcels business and let thousands upon thousands of jobs wither on the vine.

At the same time, the company refuses to engage in any meaningful discussions on their plans. We have made it clear that the union is available, including through the weekend, to meet Royal Mail anytime. The union will be setting out our position during the course of the day and providing further information to our members and to the media.

Any enquiries on the above LTB should be addressed to gsoffice@cwu.org. Yours sincerely

Dave Ward Tony Kearns Terry Pullinger

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CWU 2020 Diary

CWU 2020 Diary

The diaries are now in stock and readily available for dispatch.

Branches who have placed an order and have not received their diaries should advise Marcia Murray. If you have not ordered your diaries and would like to do so please complete the attached order form or drop Marcia an email stating the quantities, delivery address and whether payment is to be made through the Branch Rebate or by cheque.

The CWU pocket diary is priced at £1.75 each and we have a limited amount of A5 desk diaries priced at £2.60 each.

We also continue to offer branches bulk discount on pocket diary orders only on orders of 1,000 or more for £1.40 per diary.

All enquiries on this LTB should be addressed mmurray@cwu.org

Kind regards,

 

Chris Webb
Head of Communications, Engagement and Media

 

19LTB646-19 – CWU 2020 DIARY

Diary order form

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HSE(Northern Ireland) Annual Health and Safety At Work Statistics Report & Statement of Accounts 2018/19

HSE(Northern Ireland) Annual Health and Safety At Work Statistics Report & Statement of Accounts 2018/19

The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has published its latest Annual Report which shows an increase in fatal injuries at work but a decrease in major injuries for 2018/19, down by 28% to 325 compared to 453 in the previous year.

Fatal injuries during 2018/19 increased to 12 compared to 11 in 2017/18. Of the 12 fatal injuries, seven occurred in agriculture, three in construction, one in manufacturing and one in the local authority sector.

HSENI stated that “HSENI is disappointed that the number of workplace deaths had increased but welcomed the drop in major injuries which often have devastating life-changing outcomes for workers. HSENI restated its intention to work with industry to ensure the focus remains on ensuring the safety and health of workers and will continue to raise awareness of issues in the workplace associated with chronic ill-health and worker safety. HSENI remains focused on the important work of stopping unsafe working practices and making industries and Northern Ireland’s workplaces as safe and healthy as possible.”

The Annual Report highlights the work HSENI undertakes ranging from partnering with organisations to provide advice and raise health and safety awareness to its enforcement and inspection role. It is also worth noting that this is the first year of the HSENI Corporate Plan 2018-23, a Plan which sets out HSENI’s commitment to improving health and safety standards across all sectors in Northern Ireland.

During 2018/19, HSENI carried out 5,522 safety inspections of workplaces and served 222 formal enforcement notices where poor health and safety practices were found. It dealt with 844 complaints about alleged unsatisfactory working conditions and activities, prepared amendments to 19 Northern Ireland Statutory Rules, prepared eight sets of regulations (including five in relation to the UK’s Exit from the EU) and published two revised Approved Codes of Practice; organised six events on issues such as waste and recycling safety, asbestos management, construction health and safety and product safety; held or attended 61 promotional events including seminars, lectures, workshops and presentations, with 145 published materials; distributed over 13,595 free publications giving health and safety advice and dealt with 6,473 calls for information via its HSE(NI) Freephone Helpline and enabled website visitors to download over 113,605 publication files.

A Copy of the report, including a ‘Key facts and figures’ summary, is attached.

Yours sincerely

 

Dave Joyce
National Health, Safety & Environment Officer

19LTB645 HSENI Annual Health and Safety At Work Statistics Report 2018-19

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