Special message from CWU Eastern No5 Area Processing Rep Ernie Orviss

The Branch have completed over 30 gate meetings during the last two weeks telling members face to face the reason we are balloting you for industrial action. By now you would of decided which way you are going to vote. Yes, if you want to fight to keep Royal Mail as a whole company, fight to protect the USO serving our country for over 500 years and fight to protect your jobs, terms and conditions or No, if you want to allow Rico Back to break Royal Mail up, attack your terms and conditions, attempt to reduce the USO, causing thousands of job losses. We have told you how important it is to use your vote.

The last Tory government changed the trade union law including the way we ballot our members. The law was changed so that now trade unions don’t just need a majority of those that voted to deliver a yes vote they now need over 50% of tho members balloted entitled to vote.

I will give you an example of what this means. If only 49% of members balloted voted and everyone of them voted yes to industrial action, this would not be enough for a yes vote because effectively the 51% that didn’t vote would have their votes classed as No votes.

If the membership of this union decide they don’t want to make a stand against the attacks they currently face, I want it to be a decision they make, not some faceless minister in government.

So whatever way you decide to vote later this week please make sure we have democracy that is delivered by postal workers not by some restrictive law that was brought in to stop workers standing up for themselves.

So remember, please use your vote and obviously VOTE YES TO INDUSTRIAL ACTION.

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CWU GS Dave Ward speaking at Labour Conference on the Royal Mail Dispute.

Our GS Dave Ward speaking at Labour Conference on the Royal Mail Dispute. Fantastic reception from the delegates

#WeRiseAgain

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ROYAL MAIL GROUP DISPUTE – FACEBOOK LIVE – TOMORROW AT 8PM

ROYAL MAIL GROUP DISPUTE – FACEBOOK LIVE – TOMORROW AT 8PM

Colleagues,

From Wednesday ballot papers will start to land with our members in Royal Mail and Parcelforce. We have held over 1,000 membership meetings, sent several home mailings out and engaged like never before online.

Tomorrow (Tuesday 24th) at 8pmwe will host a Ballot-Eve event live on the CWU Facebook Page.

You do not need a Facebook account to watch this event – simply visit www.facebook.com/thecommunicationsunion at 8pm tomorrow.

We ask you to get this information out to members in your offices to ensure that as wide as possible an audience gets to see what will be (if we can pull it off) a spectacular event.

Join us. 8pm tomorrow. Be there.

#WeRiseAgain

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It’s time to decide #WeRiseAgain

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EXCLUSIVE Unite Assistant General Secretary Steve Turner gives solidarity to CWU members and announces managers are nearing an industrial ballot themselves #LAB19

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Eastern No5 #WeRiseAgain

Peterborough Deliveries is the final gate meeting of the campaign leading into the ballot. The whole of the PE area covered in two weeks. PE Deliveries and the whole of Eastern No5 Branch will definitely be voting YES!! #WeRiseAgain

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Dispute Relating to the Royal Mail Group Proposal to Create Parcelforce Ltd a Separate Legal Trading Company within Royal Mail Group

Dispute Relating to the Royal Mail Group Proposal to Create Parcelforce Ltd a Separate Legal Trading Company within Royal Mail Group

Branches will be aware that the External Mediator, John Purcell received the CWU submission pack in relation to the above dispute involving Parcelforce early on Thursday morning, 19th September 2019.

We know that all Branches, Parcelforce Regional Organisers and Unit Representatives are well versed in the specific issues of both the Parcelforce and Royal Mail Group disputes. We are also aware that extensive effort is going in to arranging and holding gate meetings around the country to ensure that our members have a full understanding of the issues and why it is vital that they VOTE YES when they receive their ballot papers.

As you will be aware due to the legalities around the ballot arrangements our Parcelforce members will be receiving ballot papers for both the Parcelforce and RMG disputes.

It is therefore imperative that additional efforts are made at every opportunity to ensure that our Parcelforce members are aware that both of the ballot papers that they will receive hold equal status and they are encouraged to VOTE YES on each of the papers and return them both.

Attached is some further material that we would ask you to circulate that reiterates the Union’s specific demands in both disputes. The posters should be used for noticeboards and we would encourage every unit to ensure that these are displayed.

We hope that the attached will be of assistance to you when addressing your Parcelforce members and we would also request that the attached information is handed out at gate meetings and used for photo opportunities and social media.

We would like to place on record our thanks to everyone who has held what have been truly inspirational gate meetings and ask that you make every effort to keep up the good work and ensure that the excellent engagement that has been taking place with members continues at every opportunity.

The Royal Mail Group mediation has commenced today and the Parcelforce specific External Mediation is scheduled to commence on Thursday 26th September 2019 and we will report developments as they occur.

Any enquiries in relation to the content of this LTB should be addressed to the DGS(P) Department or Davie Robertson, Assistant Secretary.

Yours sincerely,

Terry Pullinger – DGS(P)

Davie Robertson – Assistant Secretary

Carl Maden – Assistant Secretary (Acting)

LTB 551-19 Dispute Relating to the Royal Mail Group Proposal to Create Parcelforce Ltd

Attachment 1 to LTB 551-19 – 06301 RM disputeSpecific-demandsPFW-UPDATE

Attachment 2 to LTB 551-19 – 06300 RM dispute Specific demands RM – A4

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2019 Dispute Relating to Honouring and Deploying the Four Pillars of Security & Pay/Guiding Principles National Agreement between the CWU and RMG

2019 Dispute Relating to Honouring and Deploying the Four Pillars of Security & Pay/Guiding Principles National Agreement between the CWU and RMG

Branches will be aware that the External Mediator, Professor Roy Lewis was provided with the CWU submission pack on Tuesday afternoon.

We know that all Branches and Field Officials are well versed in the specific issues of dispute as are our members.

The gate meetings that are being held are an inspiration to us all and I would like to thank everyone who has made the effort to hold these events.

Please see attached further material that we would ask you to circulate which reiterates the Union’s specific demands in this dispute. The poster should be used for noticeboards and we would encourage every unit to ensure this is displayed. The poster can also be handed out at gate meetings and used for photo opportunities and social media.

We are meeting Royal Mail Group at External Mediation today and will report developments as they occur.

Any enquiries in relation to the content of this LTB should be addressed to the DGS(P) Department.

Yours sincerely,

Terry Pullinger
Deputy General Secretary Postal

19LTB550

Attachment to LTB550-19 – 06300 RM dispute Specific demands RM – A4