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ROYAL MAIL TO RECRUIT NEW UK BOSS

🚨 ROYAL MAIL TO RECRUIT NEW UK BOSS 🚨

The article below published in The Times exposes Royal Mail’s plans to recruit a new UK director to work alongside Rico Back.

So a £6m golden hello, a £2.7m pay package and £2m of shares isn’t enough to convince the CEO to live and work in the UK – so we’ll get yet another overpaid executive in.

Remember though – no money for investment. No money for growth. No money for the shorter working week.

Read this and re-double your efforts to return a massive YES vote.

#WeRiseAgain 🦁

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TIMES

Troubled Royal Mail seeks UK boss to deliver turnaround

Royal Mail is recruiting a director to run its British operations as it heads for a showdown with postal workers and battles against slumping volumes in letters.

The 500-year-old former state-owned monopoly abolished the job a year ago when it ousted Sue Whalley, the chief executive of UK post and parcels, after a spell of dire trading. Finance director Stuart Simpson was handed the additional role of chief operating officer.

The board’s decision to appoint headhunters to fill the role again reflects consternation over its failure to get a grip on deteriorating performance in its UK business, which turns over £7.5bn and has 143,000 staff.

Royal Mail was ejected from the FTSE 100 in December and its shares are down 22% so far this year.

The new recruit will report to chief executive Rico Back, a Zurich-domiciled German who previously ran Royal Mail’s overseas interests.

Back has endured a tough time since taking the helm in June last year, incurring the wrath of investors over his £6m “golden hello”, despite being an internal appointee. Royal Mail declined to comment.

The Communication Workers Union is gearing up for a nationwide strike in the run-up to Christmas and opened a ballot on industrial action last week. Its 100,000 members are expected to strike over issues including employment terms and job security.

Adding to the company’s problems, letter volumes fell 8% in the year to March and UK operating profit was down a third to £332m. Royal Mail shares ended last week at 213.1p, valuing it at £2.1bn. They were priced at 330p in its 2013 privatisation.

Gerald Khoo, an analyst at the broker Liberum Capital, said last week that Royal Mail’s share price was “wholly unreflective of the structural challenges faced by the group that could lead to a long-term and irreversible squeeze of profit margins”. He advised investors to sell.

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RMG Slips, Trips and Falls Safety Week 7 – 12 October 2019

RMG Slips, Trips and Falls Safety Week 7 – 12 October 2019

The RMG SHE Central Team has advised that 7-12 October 2019 is Slips, Trips and Falls Safety Week.

Branches will know slip, trip and fall injuries are a significant problem in Royal Mail.  They continue to be one of the highest causes of injury and the highest reason for accident absence.

The Health, Safety & Environment Department would request that ASRs assist in promoting this week, including carrying out slip/trip activity in units during this week.

The RMG SHE Teams in the regions will be supporting this initiative, and attached to this LTB is a range of safety related material promoting activities during the week.

Thanks for your co-operation.

Yours sincerely

Dave Joyce
National Health, Safety & Environment Officer

19LTB565 RMG Slips Trips and Falls Safety Week 7 – 12 October 2019

ASR Tasks – Slips and Trips 2019

Slip Trip Plasma Screen slides

STF Huddle Fleet Slippery Surfaces & Obstructions

STF Huddle Indoor Slippery Surfaces & Obstructions

STF Huddle Obstructions

STF Huddle Slippery Surfaces

STF Huddle Steps

 

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National Climate Emergency Conference We Demand Education For The Future Saturday 12 October 10.00 – 5.00pm

National Climate Emergency Conference We Demand Education For The Future Saturday 12 October 10.00 – 5.00pm

The Greener Jobs Alliance (GJA) have informed us of this Climate Change 1-day Conference event taking place on Saturday 12 October 10.00 – 5.00pm at the National Education Union (NEU), Regent High School, Chalton Street London NW1 1RX.

This one-day Conference is aimed at workers and students from across the world of education to discuss, in plenaries and workshops, how we can work together to bring about the change we so desperately need. Student strikes have inspired a generation of new activists and pushed the climate emergency to the top of the political agenda.

Speakers confirmed so far:

  • Kevin Courtney – NEU General Secretary School Climate Striker
  • Zamzam Ibrahim – President NUS
  • Amelia Womack – Deputy Leader of the Green Party
  • Professor Joy Carter – University of Winchester
  • Richard Dunne – Head teacher at Ashley Primary School
  • Henry Greenwood – Green School Project
  • Farhana Yamin – Extinction Rebellion
  • Suzanne Jeffery – Campaign against Climate Change

For tickets and further information:

www.climate_emergency.eventbrite.co.uk/

Description

Student strikes have pushed the climate emergency to the top of the political agenda. Join this one-day conference to explore what climate breakdown means for education, how we can re-shape the curriculum and how educators and students can come together to take action for climate justice.

With activists from the school strike movement, Kevin Courtney (General Secretary, National Education Union), Zamzam Ibrahim (President, National Union of Students), Farhana Yamin (international climate change lawyer, Extinction Rebellion activist), Amelia Womack (Deputy Leader of the Green Party), Professor Peter Piper (University of Sheffield), Labour for a Green New Deal and many more.

Workshops include: 

  • How to declare a climate emergency at your school or college
  • What does solidarity with school strikes look like?
  • Philosophy for children: Thinking together about climate justice
  • Voices above the coal: Using art to explore extractivism
  • Debunking denial: The science of climate change
  • Building in the workplace: Reps for environmental conditions
  • Heading for extinction? Presenting the reality to students
  • Deeper than oil: Climate change as an ideological issue
  • Campaigning for a Green New Deal
  • Practical steps to green your school or college

Organisers – Tower Hamlets & The City NEU 

Organiser of Education for the Future: Climate Emergency Conference

The NEU is the largest education union in Tower Hamlets, representing over 2,500 teachers and support staff. As well as offering support to individual members, they are well organised and aim to involve members in discussion, debate and campaigning.

Contact

Education for the Future: Climate Emergency Conference at:
Regent High School
Chalton Street
London
NW1 1RX

Date and Time
Saturday, 12 October 2019
10:00 – 17:00 BST

Location
Regent High School
Chalton Street
London
NW1 1RX
View Map

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event.

Yours sincerely

Dave Joyce
National Health, Safety & Environment Officer

19LTB563 National Climate Emergency Conference We Demand Education For The Future Saturday 12 October 10.00 – 5.00pm

 



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European Health and Safety Week 21 – 27 October 2019: Healthy Workplaces Manage Dangerous Substances

European Health and Safety Week 21 – 27 October 2019: Healthy Workplaces Manage Dangerous Substances

The Health, Safety & Environment Department is promoting and supporting European Health & Safety Week 21-27 October. The theme is Healthy Workplaces Manage Dangerous Substances.

Workers are exposed to dangerous substances in many European workplaces. Such exposures are more common than most people realise and, in fact, may occur in almost all workplaces. This presents major safety and health concerns.

A dangerous substance is any solid, liquid or gas that has the potential to cause damage to the safety or health of workers. Exposure can occur through inhalation, skin penetration or ingestion.

Workplace exposures to dangerous substances are linked to acute and long-term health issues, including:

  • respiratory diseases (e.g. asthma, rhinitis, asbestosis and silicosis)
  • harm to inner organs, including the brain and the nervous system
  • skin irritation and diseases
  • occupational cancers (e.g. leukaemia, lung cancer, mesothelioma and cancer of the nasal cavity).

In addition, the presence of dangerous substances can put workers at risk of fire, explosion, acute poisoning and suffocation.

EU-OSHA’s second European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER-2) reveals that dangerous substances are most prevalent in certain sectors, such as agriculture, manufacturing and construction.

However, workers in all sectors are potentially at risk of exposure to dangerous substances. In fact, overall, 38% of European enterprises report potentially dangerous chemical or biological substances in their workplaces. Therefore, it is vital that the risks are identified and managed.

An unacceptable number of workers are exposed to dangerous substances at work throughout Europe.

Dangerous substances cause a substantial proportion of occupational diseases, which have a negative impact on workers’ quality of life and ability to work, and in some cases can be fatal.

Despite this, there is a general lack of awareness of the nature and abundance of dangerous substances at work and the risks they pose, and there has been little or no progress in reducing workers’ exposure in recent years. According to the European Survey on Working Conditions, the proportion of workers that report being exposed to chemicals for at least a quarter of their working time has not changed since 2000, remaining at around 17%.

Workplace exposure to dangerous substances must be eliminated or at least effectively managed to ensure the safety and health of workers and the economic success of businesses and society in general.

For effective occupational safety and health management, everyone — employers, managers and workers — must be on board. This is particularly important when it comes to dangerous substances, as neglecting the risks will have serious direct consequences for worker health and business survival.

  • Employers are legally obliged to carry out risk assessments to identify all potential hazards associated with dangerous substances. They must ensure that risks are managed based on a hierarchy of prevention measures.
  • Managers should motivate workers to get involved. They should ensure that workers receive regular training and easy-to-use resources.
  • Workers should understand the potential risks, be well informed of any preventive measures, feel comfortable voicing concerns and be encouraged to actively participate in finding solutions. Union safety representatives play a key role in the workplace.

Establishing a prevention culture is key. Through strong leadership and commitment to occupational safety and health and the involvement of union safety representatives, you can create a working environment that encourages everyone to take safety and health seriously and cooperate in identifying and tackling risks.

A prevention culture must be created to successfully prevent the ill health, injuries and deaths caused by dangerous substances in all workplaces across Europe.

CWU posters will be distributed to Branches. Attached to this LTB is a pdf of the poster.

Yours sincerely

Dave Joyce
National Health, Safety & Environment Officer

19LTB562 European Health and Safety Week 21 – 27 October 2019 Healthy Workplaces Manage Dangerous Substances

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National Climate Emergency Conference We Demand Education For The Future Saturday 12 October 10.00 – 5.00pm

National Climate Emergency Conference We Demand Education For The Future Saturday 12 October 10.00 – 5.00pm

The Greener Jobs Alliance (GJA) have informed us of this Climate Change 1-day Conference event taking place on Saturday 12 October 10.00 – 5.00pm at the National Education Union (NEU), Regent High School, Chalton Street London NW1 1RX.

This one-day Conference is aimed at workers and students from across the world of education to discuss, in plenaries and workshops, how we can work together to bring about the change we so desperately need. Student strikes have inspired a generation of new activists and pushed the climate emergency to the top of the political agenda.

Speakers confirmed so far:

  • Kevin Courtney – NEU General Secretary School Climate Striker
  • Zamzam Ibrahim – President NUS
  • Amelia Womack – Deputy Leader of the Green Party
  • Professor Joy Carter – University of Winchester
  • Richard Dunne – Head teacher at Ashley Primary School
  • Henry Greenwood – Green School Project
  • Farhana Yamin – Extinction Rebellion
  • Suzanne Jeffery – Campaign against Climate Change

For tickets and further information:

www.climate_emergency.eventbrite.co.uk/

Description

Student strikes have pushed the climate emergency to the top of the political agenda. Join this one-day conference to explore what climate breakdown means for education, how we can re-shape the curriculum and how educators and students can come together to take action for climate justice.

With activists from the school strike movement, Kevin Courtney (General Secretary, National Education Union), Zamzam Ibrahim (President, National Union of Students), Farhana Yamin (international climate change lawyer, Extinction Rebellion activist), Amelia Womack (Deputy Leader of the Green Party), Professor Peter Piper (University of Sheffield), Labour for a Green New Deal and many more.

Workshops include: 

  • How to declare a climate emergency at your school or college
  • What does solidarity with school strikes look like?
  • Philosophy for children: Thinking together about climate justice
  • Voices above the coal: Using art to explore extractivism
  • Debunking denial: The science of climate change
  • Building in the workplace: Reps for environmental conditions
  • Heading for extinction? Presenting the reality to students
  • Deeper than oil: Climate change as an ideological issue
  • Campaigning for a Green New Deal
  • Practical steps to green your school or college

Organisers – Tower Hamlets & The City NEU 

Organiser of Education for the Future: Climate Emergency Conference

The NEU is the largest education union in Tower Hamlets, representing over 2,500 teachers and support staff. As well as offering support to individual members, they are well organised and aim to involve members in discussion, debate and campaigning.

Contact

Education for the Future: Climate Emergency Conference at:
Regent High School
Chalton Street
London
NW1 1RX

Date and Time
Saturday, 12 October 2019
10:00 – 17:00 BST

Location
Regent High School
Chalton Street
London
NW1 1RX
View Map

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event.

Yours sincerely

Dave Joyce
National Health, Safety & Environment Officer

19LTB563 National Climate Emergency Conference We Demand Education For The Future Saturday 12 October 10.00 – 5.00pm

 



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World Sight Day – 10 October 2019

World Sight Day – 10 October 2019

We need more people to say ‘Yes I donate’ to cornea donation. That’s why NHS Blood and Transplant is using World Sight Day to raise awareness of cornea donation and encourage more people to sign up to donate after they die.

Corneal transplants help to restore the sight of patients across the UK every year and are only possible through the generosity of people who are willing to donate and help others. Almost anyone can donate their corneas. Age, poor eyesight or medical conditions, including cancer, are not necessarily a barrier to donation, and many people in their 70’s and 80’s have gone on to donate corneas.

This World Sight Day (October 10th) NHS Blood and Transplant is highlighting the life-changing impact of corneal transplants. Help encourage more people to talk about cornea donation with their families by sharing their social posts @NHSOrganDonor, or by using their digital assets here. Posters and leaflets are also available to order from nhsbtleaflets.co.uk.

There are downloadable cornea donation graphics here https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/how-you-can-help/get-involved/download-digital-materials/let-them-see-what-they-can-only-imagine/

I’ve also attached a pdf copy of the ‘Gift of Sight’ donor leaflet, which your members/ colleagues can order themselves via https://www.nhsbtleaflets.co.uk/Home.html (Gift of Sight materials).

Yours sincerely

Dave Joyce
National Health, Safety & Environment Officer

19LTB561 World Sight Day – 10 October 2019

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World Heart Day – 29 September 2019

World Heart Day – 29 September 2019

This Sunday, 29th September is World Heart Day and NHS Blood and Transplant will be raising awareness of the number of people on the heart transplant waiting list with their national press release (attached).

Across the UK, over 300 patients are waiting for a heart transplant and they are relying on an organ donor to save their life. NHS Blood and Transplant want to encourage families to talk about organ donation.

On World Heart Day itself, NHS Blood and Transplant will be highlighting the need for more paediatric donors, to highlight that it is particularly difficult to find a donor for children and babies in need of a heart. The size of the heart is important, meaning a donor of a similar size is needed. Hearts and lungs in particular need to be matched by size because of the limited space inside the chest, and also to ensure the two organs have comparable strength and do not overwhelm or under power each other.

These heart patients are relying on a person or family to say ‘yes’ to organ donation in order to save their life. NHS Blood and Transplant hope that by raising awareness families will talk about organ donation and share their decision to help save more lives.

NHS Blood and Transplant would really appreciate your support by sharing their social media posts and press items between now and Sunday 29 September using the hashtags #WorldHeartDay and #PassItOn.

Yours sincerely

Dave Joyce
National Health, Safety & Environment Officer

19LTB560 World Heart Day – 29 September 2019

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CWU Retired Members Conference – Online Registration

CWU Retired Members Conference – Online Registration

Further to LTB 518/19 Branches are reminded that the online registration is open to register their delegates and observers to the Retired Members Conference taking place at the Birmingham Branch Office, Summer Lane, Birmingham on Wednesday 23rd October 2019.   The link to access the webpage is as follows or this can be copied into the search browser:

https://conference.cwu.org

Registration for the conference will close on Thursday 10th October 2019.

Branches only with Retired members sections are entitled to send delegates to this conference.

The entitlement for each Branch was circulated in the previous Letter to Branches.   Branches need to have a delegate at the conference to be able to move a motion.

Please note that once a delegate has been registered using the online registration an agenda, when prepared, will be sent via the branch office to the individual(s). The agenda will also be published on the website nearer the date.

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

19LTB559 – CWU Retired Members Conference – Online Registration



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TRADES UNION CONGRESS 2019: CWU DELEGATION REPORT 

TRADES UNION CONGRESS 2019: CWU DELEGATION REPORT 

The 2019 Trades Union Congress took place from Sunday 8thSeptember to Wednesday 11th September 2019.

All unions were entitled to submit two motions to the agenda. The CWU National Executive Council agreed the following motions:-

Motion 1: New Deal for Workers Campaign

Congress agrees it has never been more important in our recent history for the trade union movement to come together and deliver a bold new deal for workers.

The world of work today is a harsher and more pressurised environment than at any time in living memory – in or out of the EU new technology and the intensification of work only threatens to make this worse.

We cannot wait for political change and must mobilise to challenge unacceptable insecurity, in-work poverty and the growing pressure workers are under.

While we recognise the work that has been done on a TUC New Deal Charter, we need a major public campaign, starting now, and we call upon the TUC to re-evaluate its priorities accordingly.

Congress agrees the General Council must now implement the following in support of a New Deal:

  • a national day of action in the first half of 2020, with a range of options on action for unions to choose from;
  • a major effort to engage union members and all workers through social media and workplace meetings in the run-up to a day of action;
  • a New Deal campaign group to be established, meeting monthly from October, with representation from each affiliate;
  • co-ordinating co-operation between unions at a sectoral level on common bargaining agendas; and
  • organising a summit in the first half of 2020 to agree a charter to promote co-operation on recruiting the millions of unorganised workers in the UK and ending inter-union competition.

Communication Workers Union

Motion 2: Demands for the future world of work

In recognising the scale of the problems in today’s world of work and the challenges workers and society face from automation, the use of data and the introduction of new technology and AI, Congress agrees that now is the time for the union movement to be advancing a serious set of demands on behalf of workers to redress the balance of forces in the economy and entrenched inequality in society.

The scale of the challenges workers face must be matched by the scale of our ambitions and Congress agrees that our demands for the future should include the following:

  1. a standard four day working week for all workers, with no loss of pay by 2025;
  2. worker ownership funds to transfer a stake of private companies into the hands of workers;
  3. through collective bargaining workers’ control over the introduction of technology in the workplace that impacts on job numbers or surveillance/monitoring of staff;
  4. a slowdown in the intensification of work and a reversal of the trend for ever longer working lives in terms of both occupational and the state pension age;
  5. legal minimum standards on pension income to provide a decent standard of living, promoted in a similar to the Living Wage; and
  6. maximum pay ratios of 20:1 for all employers.

Communication Workers Union

 

The CWU was also entitled to submit two amendments. These were as follows:-

  1. Amendment to Motion P39 – Mental health in low-paid employment (USDAW)

To be inserted at the end of the original motion (2 additional bullet points)

iv. organise a one day conference, and set up a cross-union working group, on mental health as instructed by Congress in proposition 63 in 2018; and

v. campaign for workplace and work-related suicide to be categories recognised in legislation and recorded in government statistics.

  1. Amendment to Motion P58: Trade unionism and collectivism in the curriculum (ASLEF)  

 

 

To follow paragraph 5, insert a new paragraph as follows:

 

Congress also recognises that some unions are currently providing speakers on trade unionism to schools and colleges and calls on the TUC to support this by co-ordinating activity at a regional level, producing a briefing for speakers and helping secure speaking slots.

 

The CWU also submitted the following emergency motion:-

 

EMERGENCY MOTION

CWU – Royal Mail Dispute

Congress notes the CWU announced a ballot timetable for strike action in Royal Mail on 22/8/2019 and is holding meetings around the country in the second major national dispute in two years.

In 2017, CWU members delivered an 89% yes vote on a 74% turnout, smashing the legal threshold – we believe this will happen again.

Royal Mail has replaced its senior management team and it is clear that it plans to de-recognise the union’s influence; break current agreements; reduce the vital 6-day USO and good jobs, terms and conditions; and break up this excellent public service the People’s Post.

It has unilaterally announced moves heralding the break-up of the company, starting with Parcelforce, and a new strategy for parcels that will render the core 6-day service unsustainable and leave 20,000 jobs at risk, as well as introducing operational change without agreement, which will leave thousands of jobs under threat.

It has done nothing to tackle a bullying culture that is endemic in Royal Mail, is introducing technology in a way that leaves staff being tagged like criminals and wants to move away from the legal protections agreed with the CWU in 2012 that have prevented it joining the race to the bottom with destructive asset-stripping and insecure employment models.

This dispute is the direct result of liberalisation and privatisation and Congress expresses its full solidarity with CWU members in defence of their jobs, agreements and the very future of a vital public service.

#WeRiseAgain

Communication Workers Union

COMMUNICATION WORKERS UNION

2019 TRADES UNION CONGRESS – BRIGHTON

MINUTES OF THE TUC DELEGATION MEETING

HELD IN THE NOBLESSE ROOM, JURY’S INN HOTEL, KINGS ROAD, BRIGHTON

ON SUNDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER AT 11.30AM

PRESENT: Jane Loftus (Chair), Dave Ward (General Secretary), Tony Kearns (SDGS), Andy Kerr (DGS T&FS), Terry Pullinger (DGS Postal), Maria Exall (ex officio), Tony Bouch, Stuart Davidson, Tracey Fussey, Tony Gilkes, Becca Hufton, Kirsty Lenham, Ali Moosa, Jacky Moorey, Michelle Reid-Hay, Amarjite Singh, Angela Teeling, Mark Walsh, Richard Wilkins and Rob Wotherspoon

 

IN ATTENDANCE: Lionel Sampson, Bill Taylor, Andrew Towers, Chris Webb, Kate Hudson, Janina Dunn, Meta Bovell and Dave Chapple

1 WELCOME – INTRODUCTIONS & APOLOGIESThe Chair welcomed all CWU delegates to the meeting in particular those who were attending the TUC Congress for the first time and asked the delegation to introduce themselves to the meeting.

2 GENERAL SECRETARY OVERVIEW

The General Secretary welcomed all delegates and said that this year’s Congress was probably the most important TUC for many years, especially the debate around Brexit and that the CWU will be pushing for the 1st May 2020 as the first day of action and new policies on a new deal for workers.

The General Secretary reminded the delegation that we are in dispute with Royal Mail and he asked that they assist in any way they could this week to help achieve a yes vote.

3 EXPLANATION OF TUC DOCUMENTS

The Head of Research provided an explanation of the TUC pack provided at the meeting which included: 

    • General Council Report 2019
    • Final Agenda 2019
    • General Purposes Committee Report and Composite

Motions and General Council Statements 2019

    • Consolidated Motions and Composite Motions 2019

The SDGS gave a brief explanation of the TUC Programme of Business.

  1. CWU POLICY POSITION ON MOTIONS AND AMENDMENTS

  3. The SDGS went through the CWU policy position on motions and amendments.

 Policy Recommendations for the Delegation Meeting

Motion

 

 Subject Submitted By CWU Conference Policy Decision
SECTION 1: THE ECONOMY
1 Industrial strategy: delivering real change Unite

 

 S
2 Save Our Steel Community

 

 S
Composite 01 Real jobs & apprenticeships 03 UCU

Amend SoR

Amend CoP

 S
4 Skills and re-training Community S
Composite 02 Climate crisis and a just transition 05 Unite

Amend Prospect

07 UCU

Amend NEU

Amend ASLEF

Amend AUE

 S
6 Securing UK green jobs GMB O
8 Public ownership of energy Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union S
Composite 03 Buses a green transport system 09 ASLEF

Amend TSSA

10 TSSA

 S
11 UK Ship Register Nautilus International S
12 Artists’ studios and the community Artists’ Union England S
SECTION 2: BREXIT
Composite 04 Brexit 13 Musicians’ Union

Amend RCM

14 TSSA

 S

 

15 NHS and future trade deals British Dietetic Association S
SECTION 3: RESPECT AND A VOICE AT WORK
Composite 05 Sectoral collective bargaining 16 National Education Union

Amend UNISON

Amend Usdaw

Amend PCS

 S
17 A new framework for collective bargaining Aegis S
18 Christmas and New Year working USDAW S
19 Demands for the future world of work CWU Move
Composite 06 Collective voice l intelligence and new technology 20 Prospect

Amend Community

Amend FDA

21 Accord

 S
Composite 07 New deal for workers 22 CWU

Amend UNITE

Amend GMB

 Move
23 Industrial action ballots PCS S
Composite 08 Free our unions 24 Fire Brigades Union

Amend UNITE

Amend NASUWT

Amend POA

Amend TSSA

25 BFAWU

 S
26

 

 Safety of rail workers RMT S
27 EU copyright directive Equity S
28 The inclusion of freelance workers in TUC policy Musicians’ union S
29 Ending exploitation of seafarers RMT S
30 Threat to British seafarers Nautilus International O
Composite 09 Flexible working 31 FDA

Amend CSP

Amend Community

 S

 

32 Outsourcing the finance sector Aegis S
33 Are our staff wearing the appropriate footwear The college of podiatry S
34 Equality 2020 Unite S
35 Class inequality Equity S
36 Widening access to the airline pilot profession BALPA S
37 Smashing the gender pay gap: a vague sense of shame is not enough Unison S
Composite 10 ILO convention on workplace sexual harassment 38 CSP

Amend NASUWT

Amend UCU

 S
Composite 11 Mental health and wellbeing 39 Usdaw

Amend CWU

Amend Equity

Amen CSP

40 PFA

 S
41 Tackling racist ideologies Educational Institute of Scotland S
42 Period poverty TUC women’s conference S
43 End discrimination in state reciprocal pension arrangements TUC black workers conference S
44 Homophobic and transphobic hate crime TUC lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender+ conference

 

 S
SECTION 4: GOOD SERVICES
Composite 12 Privatised public services: bring them in 45 Unison

Amend UNITE

Amend PCS

 S
46 NHS and workforce funding Chartered society of physiotherapy S
47 Suspend charging for NHS maternity care RCM S
48 Wholly owned subsidiaries Society of Radiographers S
49 Financial incentive to undergo NHS treatment   S
50 Healthy start scheme British Dietetic Association S
51 Bullying and harassment College of Podiatry S
52 Better and active safeguards for whistle-blowers in the NHS and public services Hospital consultants and specialists association S
53 Perinatal mental health services RCM S
54 Transforming social care GMB S
55 National independent living support service TUC disabled workers conference S
56 Poverty and privatisation damage children’s education NEU S
57 Curriculum narrowing NASUWT S
Composite 13 Trade unionism and collectivism in the curriculum ASLEF

Amend CWU

Amend UCU

 S
59 Pupil violence and indiscipline 59 NASUWT

Amend NEU

60 AEP

 S
61 Resourcing pupils with additional support needs (ASN/SEN) Educational institute of Scotland S
62 Relationships education National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) S
63 Small and rural schools NAHT

 

 S
Composite 14 Public service pensions 64 PCS

Amend FBU

Amend SoR

 S
65 Rebuilding local government UNISON S
66 Grenfell Tower – never again FBU

 

 

 S
67 Manifesto for justice FDA S
Composite 15 Public inquiry into TR; stop government recidivism on rehabilitation 68 Napo

69 Napo

 S
Composite 16 Over-75s’ TV licences and BBC funding 70 Prospect

71 NUJ

 S
SECTION 5: WINNING MORE FOR WORKERS
72 ILO Campaigning NUJ S
73 Justice for Columbia POA S
74 Cuba and the US blockade POA S
75 Palestine – supporting rights to self-determination Artists’ Union England S
76 Role and remit of TUC young workers forum TUC Young Workers Conference S
77 Trades councils’ participation in Congress TUC Trades Councils Conference S
General Council Statement

 

Brexit

 

S

 

General Council Report – Page 75 – Paragraph 6.12 – Amarjite Singh to speak

The above policy was agreed.
 

5 CWU MOTIONS AND AMENDMENTS – SPEAKERS

The following CWU commitments and interventions were agreed:

PROPOSITION TITLE SPEAKER
1 Industrial Strategy Delivering Real Change Rob Wotherspoon
6 Securing UK Green Jobs Tony Kearns
8 Public Ownership of Energy Mark Walsh
Comp 05 Sectoral Collective Bargaining Maria Exall
19 Demands for the Future World of Work Dave Ward
Comp 06 Collective Voice Intelligence and New Technology Andy Kerr
Comp 07 New Deal for Workers Dave Ward
Motion 23 Industrial Action Ballots Tony Bouch
34 Equality 2020 Jacky Morrey
37 Smashing the Gender Pay Gap Michelle Reid-Hay
Comp 10 ILO Convention on Workplace Sexual Harassment Becca Hufton
Comp 11 Mental Health and Wellbeing Tony Kearns
42 Period Poverty Tracey Fussey

 
PROPOSITION TITLE SPEAKER
Comp 12 Privatised Public Services: Bring Them In Mark Walsh
57 Curriculum Narrowing Angela Teeling
Comp 13 Trade Unionism and Collectivism in Curriculum Jane Loftus
62 Relationships education Maria Exall
77 Trades Council Participation in Congress Amarjite Singh
General Council Statement  

Brexit

  

Tony Kearns
General Council Report Page 75

Paragraph 6.12

 Amarjite Singh

 

  • The General Secretary gave an update on the TUC General Council statement on Brexit.

6 FRINGE MEETINGS AND RECEPTIONS

The delegation was advised of a number of fringe meetings involving, or of special interest to the CWU.

7 DELEGATION SEATING ARRANGEMENTS

 The Chair confirmed that the Congress seating plan was contained on page 29 of the Congress Guide. CWU would be situated in Block A, rows – F 1 -12 and G 1 -10.

8 CWU COMMUNICATIONS

The Head of Communications advised delegates that they should email Karl Stewart with any speeches. He also asked delegates to promote the Royal Mail dispute via social media in an effort to assist the union in obtaining a large yes vote and that Tuesday 10thSeptember was National Gate meeting day and the senior officers and President would all be attending gate meetings in and around Brighton before the start of Congress and encouraged delegates to visit the CWU stall to record messages of support for our members in dispute.

9 ABSENCES DURING CONGRESS

The Chair asked the delegation to confirm to the SDGS or the Chair if they would be absent during Congress, or if they were required to leave Congress early.

11 ANY OTHER BUSINESS 

There being no further business the meeting closed at 13.27.

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

Yours sincerely

 

Dave Ward

General Secretary 
19LTB558 – Trades Unions Congress 2019 – CWU Delegation report

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