CWU Young Workers Conference – Online Registration

The online registration system for registering delegates and observers to the above conference is now open.   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:

As with previous conferences we ask that Branch Secretaries register their delegates/observers to the above conference.   Branch Secretaries have been provided with a password for their branch.    If you experience any problems please contact eventsregistration@cwu.org

The link to access the webpage is as follows or this can be copied into the search browser:   https://conference.cwu.org

Please note that once a delegate has been registered correctly using the online registration system an agenda will be sent via the branch office, if time permits. There will also be a small amount of spare agendas available on a first come first served basis on the day of the conference.

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

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Copy of 30 Under Count – 24th October 2019

PARCELFORCE – UNDERPINNING INCENTIVE PAYMENT

Branches and representatives will be aware that in June 2012 a new National incentive scheme was agreed, LTB 455/12 refers.

Consistent with the aforementioned agreement and arrangements in previous years Parcelforce have confirmed that the £100 lump sum (pro-rata for part time workers) for 2019 will be paid in December salaries to eligible employees.

Branches and representatives are requested to ensure that our members are made aware of this LTB and that it is given full publicity.

Any enquiries in relation to this LTB should be addressed to Davie Robertson, Assistant Secretary, email: kgray@cwu.org quoting reference 106A.10

Yours sincerely

Davie Robertson
Assistant Secretary

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CWU APPEAL AGAINST HIGH COURT DECISION

The purpose of this LTB is to notify Branches that we are appealing against the decision of the High Court to award Royal Mail an injunction to invalidate our strike ballot.

The appeal will take place on Thursday 28^thNovember 2019.

Further information will follow in due course.

In the meantime, any enquiries should be directed to Senior Deputy General Secretary’s Department sdgs@cwu.org.

Yours sincerely

Dave Ward – General Secretary               

Tony Kearns – Senior Deputy General Secretary                                    

Terry Pullinger – Deputy General Secretary (Postal)

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General election – Labour manifesto and CWU candidates 

As you will have seen, the Labour manifesto was published last week setting out its policy platform for the general election. The manifesto has commitments on a number of key policy areas for the union that we have been working on and that we have pushed with Labour including:

• Re-nationalising Royal Mail at the earliest opportunity and re-uniting it with the Post Office in public ownership;
• Ending Crown post office closures and setting up a new publicly owned Post Bank through the Post Office network;
• Massive investment in rolling out full fibre broadband and bringing broadband relevant parts of BT into public ownership;
• A wide range of new trade union and individual employment rights including sectoral collective bargaining, new access/recognition rights and banning exploitative insecure employment practices;
• Delivering a 32 hour/4 day shorter working week within a decade;
• Legislating to allow the CDC scheme agreed with Royal Mail to be introduced;
• Introducing inclusive ownership funds to give employees a 10% stake in companies they work for; and
• An ambitious plan to cut carbon emissions and deliver a Green New Deal.

Alongside these commitments, Labour has made a series of announcements on issues from the NHS and housing, to the triple lock on the state pension and free school meals, that would benefit our members and reflect policies that have been passed at CWU conference.

As a result of the above, we believe Labour is going into the election with the strongest commitments we have ever had from a political party on our industries and our members’ priorities and it is extremely important that branches and reps communicate this to members and make the case for a Labour government. A briefing outlining what is at stake is attached to this LTB and we are asking branches to share key messages with members, particularly on our industries and how a Labour government would support our industrial agenda.

Together with these policies, branches will also be aware that we have more CWU members and trade unionists standing as Labour candidates in target seats than we have ever had before, including:

• Tahir Ali (Birmingham Hall Green) – Engineering and Health & Safety Rep, Birmingham Mail Centre
• Gareth Eales (Northampton South) – Area Processing Rep, South Midlands Mail Centre
• Jennifer Forbes (Truro and Falmouth) – former BT engineer, branch Chair and member of the Young Workers Committee
• Hugh Gaffney (Coatbridge, Bellshill and Chryston) – former Parcelforce driver and rep, Scottish Political Secretary, elected as an MP in 2017
• Paul Joyce (Daventry) – Health & Safety Rep, South Midlands Postal
• Matt Kerr (Glasgow South West) – former postman, rep and Scottish Political Secretary
• Jackie Schneider (Wimbledon) – CWU member, teacher and NEU activist
• Chris Webb (Blackpool North and Cleveleys) – former postman and CWU activist in the North West Region

Working to support CWU members to be Labour candidates has been a major priority in our political work in recent years and it is important that members are aware of the number of their fellow members we have standing as Labour candidates and the work we have done to ensure it is a party that speaks for them. Having got our members selected it is vital that we get behind and support them and we would urge branches to get involved in local campaigning in the above seats wherever possible. Any queries on how to do so should be directed to the relevant Regional Secretary.

As is clear from the above, there is a huge amount at stake for the CWU in the general election and we will therefore be writing to members setting out what Labour is offering for our industries and in other areas over the next week. Any queries on the contents of this LTB should be addressed to gsoffice@cwu.org.

Yours sincerely,

Dave Ward

General Secretary 

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General election – what’s at stake

Complaints/NDC – Dedicated phone line – 0208 971 7660

I write to advise branches that there is now a dedicated phone line at CWU headquarters for members, reps and branches to call in relation to complaints and the NDC (National Disputes Committee). This number is 0208 971 7660.

This number will lead to a voicemail message informing the caller that they should leave a message and someone will return their call as soon as possible. There will also be signposts for new complaints to the CWU website to view the complaints procedure, download a complaints form and guidelines.

I would like to take this opportunity to remind Branches of the protocol surrounding complaints.

In the first instance attempts should be made locally to respond to and address complaints, especially if they are industrially related. If the complaint cannot be resolved at a local level then it should be forwarded to gs-rule14@cwu.org.

All complaints should and will be pursued by the Complaints Procedure within new National Rule 14 which will be to resolve any issues/complaints informally. Complaints will not be automatically referred to the National Disputes Committee.

More information on National Rule 14 and the Complaints Procedure can be found here:

https://www.cwu.org/about-the-cwu/union-matters/cwu-complaints-procedure/

Any queries on this LTB should be addressed to gs-rule14@cwu.org.

Yours sincerely,

Tony Rupa
National Disputes Committee Officer

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