UPDATE ON DISPUTE
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Reminder – General Conference 2020 – Second Edition of the CWU Diversity Calendar
Reminder – General Conference 2020 – Second Edition of the CWU Diversity Calendar
Dear Colleagues
Further to LTB 713/19 – General Conference 2020 – Second Edition of the CWU Diversity Calendar issued on 18th December 2019, this is to remind Branches of the deadline to secure a sponsorship slot by Friday, 31st January 2020.
The LTB was issued to give Branches a special opportunity to again sponsor our CWU Diversity Calendar. This initiative was really well received last year and we expect a similar response this year.
Diversity Calendar Sponsorship
The Equality, Education & Development team are again producing the Diversity Calendar, which will focus on a number of special days in the union’s year and which celebrate our unity and our diversity.
Branches and regions are invited to support the production of this calendar through the opportunity to sponsor a month in the new calendar at the unchanged price of £75 per page. Participating Branches will be able to display their Branch logo, provide up to 50 words about their commitment to equality and their Branch contact details, which will be displayed on their page. All enquiries should be directed to Fevzi Hussein in the Equality, Education & Development department (fhussein@cwu.org). The deadline to secure a sponsorship slot is Friday 31stJanuary 2020 and pages will be strictly awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. If your Branch is interested please contact us as soon as possible, as we expect the twelve pages to be booked up fast. The calendar will be available at Conference.
If sponsors have a photograph you would like us to consider using please ensure it is appropriately themed and it should be a minimum of 1MB in memory size.
There are still a small number of sponsorship slots available.
It would be appreciated if all Regions/Branches can ensure that this LTB is brought to the attention of their Equality Leads, Women’s and BAME Officers.
Yours sincerely
Kate Hudson
Head of Equality, Education & Development
20LTB013 – Reminder – General Conference 2020 – Second Edition of the CWU Diversity Calendar
ELECTION OF CWU DELEGATES TO THE TUC EQUALITY CONFERENCES 2020
ELECTION OF CWU DELEGATES TO THE TUC EQUALITY CONFERENCES 2020
Please find attached the Regulations, Nomination Forms, and Candidate Consent and Biographical Details Form for the above conferences. The details of which are as follows:
TUC Womens Conference
Date: 4th – 6th March 2020
Venue: TUC Congress Centre, London
TUC Black Workers Conference
Date: 24th – 26th April 2020
Venue: TUC Congress Centre, London
TUC Disabled Workers Conference
Date: 21st – 22nd May 2020
Venue: BIC, Bournemouth
TUC LGBT Workers Conference
Date: 25th – 26th June 2020
Venue: TUC Congress Centre, London
The Timetable for the elections is as follows:
Nominations open: 10 January 2020
Nominations close: 24 January 2020 (14:00)
Dispatch ballot papers: 28 January 2020
Ballot closes: 11 February 2020 (14:00)
Reminders:
- All candidates for election to the TUC Womens Conference must be women.
- All nominees require the nomination of their own Branch.
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
CWU Young Workers Conference
CWU Young Workers Conference
The Young Workers Conference is taking place at the Marriott City Centre Hotel, 2 Lower Castle Street, Old Market, Bristol, BS1 3AD on Tuesday 21st January 2020.
The CWU have secured a number of bedrooms at the hotel at a rate of £138.00 per night bed and breakfast for Monday 20th January 2020. At present we still have rooms available on a first come first serve basis.
If your delegates/observers require accommodation for the conference or you are unsure whether accommodation has been reserved for your delegate(s)/observer(s) please contact Lauren Townsend at CWU Headquarters by email to ltownsend@cwu.org who will be able to assist with your request.
If the delegates/observers fancy meeting up with the Young Workers Committee and other delegates on the evening of Monday 20th, please meet in the bar area of the hotel at 7.00pm.
Any enquiries regarding this LTB should be addressed to Angela Niven by email to conferences@cwu.org
Yours sincerely,
A P Kearns
Senior Deputy General Secretary
Eastern No5 gets thanks for supporting local charities
Eastern No5 Branch Secretary & Political Officer Andy Beeby with letters of thanks from Peterborough Women’s Aid and Peterborough Foodbank for the Branches donations
LABOUR LEADERSHIP AND DEPUTY LEADERSHIP ELECTION PROCESS
LABOUR LEADERSHIP AND DEPUTY LEADERSHIP ELECTION PROCESS
Branches will be aware that the timetable for the Labour Leadership and Deputy Leadership elections was announced yesterday and this is as follows:
- 7-13 Jan – nominations from MPs and MEPs
- 15 Jan-14 Feb – CLPs (local parties) & unions can nominate candidates
- 20 Jan – freeze date for new members joining the party to be entitled to vote
- 21 Feb-2 April – voting period
- 4 April – result
You will also see from the timetable above that affiliated unions have the right to nominate candidates by 14th February 2020. The purpose of this LTB is to advise branches that we will be undertaking a democratic internal CWU process that will involve branches in confirming the candidates we will be nominating.
The detail of how this process will operate is currently under discussion and further information will follow by early next week at the latest. This will also include detailed information on the process for CWU individual members to vote in these elections as affiliated supporters. Any enquiries on the above LTB should be addressed to the General Secretary’s office gsoffice@cwu.org.
Yours sincerely
Dave Ward
General Secretary
20LTB008 Labour Leadership and Deputy Leadership Election Process
CWU Young Workers Conference – Online Registration
CWU Young Workers Conference – Online Registration
Further to LTB 862/19, Branches are reminded that the online registration for the above conference is open to register delegates/visitors to the above conference. The conference is taking place at the Marriott City Centre Hotel in Bristol on Tuesday 21stJanuary 2020.
The link to register is as follows: https://conference.cwu.org
As with previous conferences we ask that Branch Secretaries register their delegates/observers. If you experience any problems please contact eventsregistration@cwu.org
The closing date for registration will be Wednesday 15th January to enable CWU HQ to organise credentials for the event.
Attached is a list of branches with numbers of young workers in the branch. The delegation entitlement to the conference as agreed by the NEC is as follows:
| Number of Young Members | Delegate
entitlement |
| 1-249 | 1 |
| 250-499 | 2 |
| 500 and above | 3 |
Any enquiries regarding this LTB should be addressed to Angela Niven by email to conferences@cwu.org
Yours sincerely,
A P Kearns
Senior Deputy General Secretary
20LTB006 – CWU Young Workers Conference – Online Registration
Postal Conference 2020 – Submission of Motions
Postal Conference 2020 – Submission of Motions
Please find attached motion forms for Postal Conference 2020. The purpose of this Letter to Branches is to remind those Branches/Co-ordinating Committees who do not have access to an email facility that they must contact head office direct to request hard copies of the forms to be despatched to them. They should contact Angela Niven on 020 8971 7256.
We also take this opportunity to attach to this Letter to Branches the Motion Guide for submitting Motions to Postal Conference 2020.
Branches/Co-ordinating Committees are also reminded that the closing date for the submission of motions to Postal Conference is by midnight on Tuesday 18th February 2020, either by post to Angela Niven, CWU 150 the Broadway, Wimbledon London SW19 1RX or by email to postalmotions@cwu.org No motions will be accepted that go to any other e-mail address as the conference guide to motions refers.
Any queries regarding this Letter to Branches should be addressed to Angela Niven at Head Office or on 020 8971 7256.
Yours sincerely,
A P Kearns
Senior Deputy General Secretary
CWU Eastern No5 Branch 