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STAND UP TO RACISM AND FASCISM – NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION 21 MARCH 2015

TO:    ALL BRANCHES

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

STAND UP TO RACISM AND FASCISM – NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION 21 MARCH 2015

DETAILS AND REQUEST FOR STEWARDS

Further to LTB 147/15, issued earlier this week, arrangements have now been finalised for the above event.

Assembly will be outside the BBC in Portland Place, London W1 at 12 noon.  This is two minutes walk from Oxford Circus underground station. The march will progress down Regent Street and conclude with a rally in Trafalgar Square.

Coaches have been organised from a wide range of towns and cities.  The complete list together with local contacts can be found at http://uaf.org.uk/2015/02/stand-up-to-racism-and-fascism-21-march-2015-2/

Speakers include Owen Jones, Natalie Bennett, Jeremy Corbyn, and George Galloway. There  will also  be representatives from  Syriza, now the party of government in Greece,  as well as Weyman Bennett and Sabby Dhalu  from  Unite against Fascism and  many  community and  faith  groups. CWU will be represented by the General Secretary.

The union has  received a request  from Unite against Fascism,  one of the  key  organisations  behind this  event,  for  stewards to  help  marshal the  demonstration.

Branches and Regions are asked   to  make this  opportunity  known  to   their activists, and to  forward the  names of  anyone  inserted in helping  in this  way   to  info@uaf.org.uk,

Further information is available directly from UAF on 020 8971 7426. Branches and regions are thanked in anticipation for their assistance

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Simon Sapper

Assistant Secretary                        

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Election of CWU Regional Secretaries 2015

 

No. 151/15

Ref: TK/PM/80008

10th March 2015

 

To: All Branches 

 

 

 

Dear Colleague,

 

Election of CWU Regional Secretaries – 2015 

Further to LTB 090/15 dated 11th February 2015 at the close of nominations the following werereceived:

Eastern Region

 

Paul Moffat, Central Counties & Thames Valley​*ELECTED


Midland Region

 

Kate Hudson, South Midlands Postal​*ELECTED


North East Region

 

Paul Clays, York & District​*ELECTED

 

Northern Ireland Region

 

Lawrence Huston, Northern Ireland Telecoms​

Gabe McCurry, Northern Ireland Combined​*BALLOT REQUIRED

 


North West Region

 

Carl Webb, North Lancs & Cumbria ​*ELECTED

 

 

Scotland Region

 

John Brown, Glasgow District Amal

Tony Sneddon, Scotland No 5​*BALLOT REQUIRED

 

 

 

 

South East Region

 

Paul Carpenter, South East No 5​*ELECTED

 

 


South West Region

 

Kevin Beazer, Bristol & District Amal​*ELECTED

 

 

Wales & The Marches Region​

 

Gary Watkins, Gwent Amal​*ELECTED

 

​
London Region 

 

Khurram Khan, South West Middlesex Amal​

Ian Murphy, Harrow & District Amal​*BALLOT REQUIRED

 

 

Please note that the timetable for the ballots is as follows:

 

 

Dispatch ballot material from:​24th March 2015 

 

Close of ballot:​14th April 2015 (first post)                

 

 

 

Any enquiries regarding this LTB should be addressed to the Senior Deputy General Secretary’s Department on telephone number 0208 971 7237or email address sdgs@cwu.org.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

 

Tony Kearns​

Senior Deputy General Secretary

 

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 National Representative Positions NEC 2015

Dear Colleague

Election of:

• National Executive Council – 2015  

Postal Constituency Nominations

• Postal Executive Representatives – 2015  

Postal Grades Nominations

• Postal Executive Representatives – 2015  

Postal Technical Services Grade Nominations

Further to LTB 067/15 dated 2nd February 2015.   

Please find listed below the list of accepted nominations for the above Postal Constituency positions.

Please note that the list of nominations for the Telecom and Financial Services Constituency positions will be published on 13 March 2015. 

 

POSTAL CONSTITUENCY:  

NOMINATIONS FOR POSTAL CONSTITUENCY – CHAIR

Jane Loftus, Merseyside Amal (ELECTED)

NOMINATIONS FOR POSTAL CONSTITUENCY – VICE CHAIR

Steve Jones, London Postal Engineering (BALLOT REQUIRED)

Mick Kavanagh, South Midlands Postal 

Joe Malone, Scotland No 5  

 

NOMINATIONS FOR POSTAL CONSTITUENCY – NEC REPRESENTATIVE

Mahmood Ali Birmingham District Amal

Shelly Banbury Kent Invicta

Mark Baulch East London Postal

Tony Bouch Plymouth & East Cornwall Amal 

Phil Browne Newcastle Amal

Huw Davies London North Western C&C

Scott Haslam Leeds No 1 Amal

Andy Hopping South Central Postal

Mick Kavanagh South Midlands Postal

Carl Maden London South West Postal

Paddy Magill North Lancs & Cumbria

Joe Malone Scotland No. 5

Katrina Quirke South East Wales Amal

Davie Robertson Glasgow & District Amal

Lynn Simpson Gloucestershire Amal  

Ian Ward South East London Postal

Bobby Weatherall Northern Ireland Combined

David Wilshire Bristol & District Amal

NOMINATIONS FOR POSTAL CONSTITUENCY – POSTAL EXECUTIVE – POSTAL GRADES

Mahmood Ali Birmingham District Amal

Shelly Banbury Kent Invicta

Mark Baulch East London Postal

Tony Bouch Plymouth & East Cornwall Amal 

Phil Browne Newcastle Amal

Huw Davies London North Western C&C

Scott Haslam Leeds No 1 Amal

Andy Hopping South Central Postal

Mick Kavanagh South Midlands Postal

Carl Maden London South West Postal

Paddy Magill North Lancs & Cumbria

Joe Malone Scotland No. 5

Katrina Quirke South East Wales Amal

Davie Robertson Glasgow & District Amal

Lynn Simpson Gloucestershire Amal  

Ian Ward South East London Postal

Bobby Weatherall Northern Ireland Combined

David Wilshire Bristol & District Amal

NOMINATIONS FOR POSTAL CONSTITUENCY – POSTAL EXECUTIVE –

POSTAL AND TECHNICAL SERVICES GRADES

Steve Jones London Postal Engineering (ELECTED)

Alan Tate London Regional Transport (ELECTED)

Any enquiries regarding the above should be directed to the Senior Deputy General Secretary’s Department for the attention of Peter Metcalfe.

Yours sincerely

Tony Kearns

Senior Deputy General Secretary

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Election of:  CWU General Secretary • CWU Assistant Secretary (Postal) • CWU Assistant Secretary (TFS) 

To: The Branch Secretary

Dear Colleague

Election of: 

• CWU General Secretary 

• CWU Assistant Secretary (Postal) 

• CWU Assistant Secretary (TFS) 

Nominations for the above positions closed at 14:00 on 10th March 2015.

Please find below a list of accepted nominations and respective nominating branches.

CWU GENERAL SECRETARY 

Billy Hayes CWU Officers Branch (BALLOT REQUIRED)

NOMINATING BRANCHES

Algus National Glasgow & Motherwell

AT Coms Gloucestershire Amal

Birmingham Black Country & Worcester Great Western 

Bootle Financial Services Greater London Combined

Bournemouth & Dorset Hull & East Ridings Amal 

Bristol & District Amal Isle of Man Telecoms

Capital Leeds No. 1 Amal

Central & West Lancs Leicester & Midshires

Central Counties & Thames Valley Lincolnshire & South Yorks

Cleveland Amal Manchester Clerical

Cornwall Amal Manchester Combined Branch

Coventry Meridian

CWU Officers Mersey

East Midlands Merseyside Amal

Eastern 5 Merseyside & South West Lancs

Edinburgh Dundee & Borders Mid Wales The Marches & North Staffs

Essex Amal North Anglia

Billy Hayes Cont.

North East South East Anglia

North East Coastal Amal South East Central 

North Wales & Chester Combined South Wales 

Northern Ireland Telecom South Yorkshire

Portsmouth West Sussex & IOW Tyne & Wear Clerical

Scotland No. 1 West Yorkshire

Shropshire & Mid Wales Worcester & Hereford Amal

Somerset, Devon & Cornwall York & District Amal 

Dave Ward CWU Officers Branch (BALLOT REQUIRED)

NOMINATING BRANCHES

Birmingham District Amal North Wales & The Marches

Bradford & District North West Central Amal

Cheshire No. 1 North West No. 1

Clyde Valley Amal Northern Home Counties Postal

Colchester & District Northern Ireland Combined

Croydon & Sutton Amal Northern Ireland East

CWU Officers Northern Ireland West

Darwen Capita Nottingham & District Amal

Doncaster & District Plymouth & East Cornwall Amal

East London Postal Portsmouth & District

Eastern No. 3 Romford Amal

Eastern No. 6 Scotland MT

Grampian & Shetland Scotland No. 2

Greater Manchester Scotland No. 5

Guernsey South & East Thames Amal

I.P.S.L. South Central Postal

Kent Invicta Branch South East London Postal & Counters

Kingston Area South London, Surrey & North Hampshire

London 7 South Midlands Postal

London North Western C&C South West Middx Amal 

London Parcels & Stations Amal South West No. 7

London Postal Engineering South West Wales Amal

London RMT South Yorkshire & District Amal

London South West Postal Southdowns Weald & Rother

London West End Amal Suffolk Amal 

Midland No. 1 Wessex South Central

Midland No. 7 West London 

Mount Pleasant International West London Postal 

Newcastle Amal Western Counties 

North Lancs & Cumbria Wolverhampton & District Amal

North/North West London

CWU ASSISTANT SECRETARY (POSTAL)

Terry Pullinger CWU Officers Branch (ELECTED)

NOMINATING BRANCHES 

Bournemouth & Dorset North Lancs & Cumbria

Bradford & District North Wales & The Marches 

Bristol & District Amal North West Central Amal

Cleveland Amal North West No. 1

Clyde Valley Amal Northern Home Counties Postal 

Cornwall Amal Northern Ireland Combined

Croydon & Sutton Amal Northern Ireland West

CWU Officers Nottingham & District Amal

Doncaster & District Plymouth & East Cornwall Amal

Eastern No. 4 Portsmouth & Dist Postal 

Eastern No. 5 Romford Amal

Eastern No. 6 Scotland MT

Essex Amal Scotland No. 2

Glasgow & Dist Scotland No. 5

Gloucestershire Amal Somerset, Devon & Cornwall

Grampian & Shetland South & East Thames Amal

Greater Manchester South Central Postal

Gwent Amal South East London Postal & Counters

Harrow & Dist South East No. 5

Hull & East Riding Amal South East Wales Amal

Kent Invicta South Midlands Postal 

Kingston Area South Wales

Leeds No. 1 Amal South West Middlesex Amal

Leicestershire South West No. 7

London North Western C&C South West Wales Amal

London Postal Engineering South Yorkshire & District Amal

London RMT Southdowns Weald & Rother

Merseyside & South West Lancs Suffolk Amal

Merseyside Amal West London Postal 

Midland No. 1 Western Counties

Midland No. 7 Wolverhampton & District Amal

Mount Pleasant International Worcester & Hereford Amal

Newcastle Amal York & District 

North East Coastal Amal

CWU ASSISTANT SECRETARY POSTAL (TFS)

Sally Bridge CWU Officers Branch (ELECTED)

NOMINATING BRANCHES 

Birmingham Black Country & Worcester Mid Wales The Marches & North Staffs

Bootle Financial Services Midland No. 1

Capital North Anglia

CWU Officers North East

East Midlands North Wales & Chester Combined

Edinburgh Dundee & Borders Northern Ireland Telecom

Glasgow & Motherwell Portsmouth, West Sussex & IOW

Great Western Scotland No. 1

Isle of Man Telecoms Somerset, Devon & Cornwall

Leicester & Midshires South East Central

Lincolnshire & South Yorks South Wales 

Manchester Clerical South Yorkshire

Meridian Tyne & Wear Clerical

Mersey West Yorkshire

Any enquiries regarding the above should be directed to the Senior Deputy General Secretary’s Department for the attention of Peter Metcalfe.

Yours sincerely

Tony Kearns

Senior Deputy General Secretary

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Romec members future is in the balance!

​Greater Manchester Branch               London Postal Engineering Branch  

 

Dear Colleagues

Romec members future is in the balance!

You are no doubt aware that a decision on the future of Romec is imminent. We understand that a decision is likely to be made later this month! A review of Romec is looking at 2 options – either outsourcing to a company called Cofely or bringing it back into Royal Mail. 

We believe that the decision has all but been made and our members willbe thrown to the ‘Wolves’

We believe that it is essential that we build a groundswell of support for our Romec members that will help ensure that Royal Mail do the right thing and bring Romec back in house. To this end we are asking all Postal Branches to sign up to the following ‘statement’ and consider circulating it to your members. Please let us have your views and support as soon as possible, we aim to circulate supporting Branches in the very near future.

CWU says NO to the Outsourcing of Romec

• Royal Mail is reviewing the future of Romec, a subsidiary which employs 2,000 CWU members in Cleaning, Engineering and Admin grades, who maintain Royal Mail buildings. 
• Royal Mail has told the union that its ‘preferred option’ is to hand over Romec – and everyone who works in Romec – to a company called Cofely, part of a huge multi-national conglomerate 
• If this happens our members will become employees of Cofely– without even the limited protection of TUPE laws. Their only other alternative would be to resign without compensation. 
• The CWU is arguing for Romec to be brought back under full Royal Mail control – as BT has done very successfully with its engineering and cleaning services. We believe this would give RM the best service while protecting the jobs, pay and other terms of our members – but we fear that Royal Mail has already made up its mind to get rid of Romec.
• Romec members are loyal to Royal Mail – many of them have long service – but it seems this loyalty is one way and the business wants to cast them aside. 
• Romec Cleaners are our lowest paid members – their basic pay is 2p an hour less than the national living wage. The terms for Cleaners in outside industry are so bad that this puts them in the top 10% for Cleaners wages. We believe their pay, and other terms and conditions will come under immediate attack if they are outsourced.
• The Agenda for Growth agreement gives our members in Royal Mail protection against outsourcing – but Romec isn’t covered by this because it’s a subsidiary company. The CWU can’t accept that Royal Mail can treat our members in Romecdifferently to how they have agreed, in a legally binding agreement, to treat our members in Royal Mail. 
• The whole RM membership must back our Romecmembers with the full strength of the union – an injury to one is an injury to all!

 

Please email your support to:

John Humphries branchsec@btconnect.com  ​​​Jim Mc Nicholls​mailhost@cwu-gmr.com

​London Postal Engineering Branch​​​​Greater Manchester Branch

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UN Anti-Racism Day demonstration

No. 147/15

Ref:   GS15.24

Date: 9th March 2015

 

TO: ​ALL BRANCHES

 

Dear Colleague

 

UN Anti-Racism Day demonstration

 

 

Attached is a leaflet from Stand Up to Racism supporting the national demonstration called for UN Anti-Racism Day on Saturday 21st March 2015. 

 

This event is supported by the CWU, TUC, and numerous other organisations.  Branches are encouraged to send contingents.

 

Any further enquiries regarding this LTB should be addressed to the General Secretary’s Office at gsoffice@cwu.org quoting the reference GS15.24/LTB 147/15.

 

Yours sincerely

 

W HAYES

General Secretary

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Revised Revision Process – 6 Phase Sign Off Document

 

 

 


No. 142/15
Ref: 230.05
Date: 9th March 2015

 

To: Branches with POSTAL Members

 

 

 

Dear Colleague,

 

Revised Revision Process – 6 Phase Sign Off Document

 

Following points raised regarding H&S involvement in the revised revision process at the recent National Delivery Revision Briefings, and in consultation with the CWU Walk Design Group we have now agreed changes with Royal Mail to the Delivery Revision 6 Phase Sign Off document that confirms H&S involvement. 

CWU H&S Representatives should be involved throughout the revision process and will now be required to sign off Phases 1, 3, 4 and 6. However this does not mean that day to day H&S issues which should be dealt with on a day to day basis become entangled in the revision process. This is not to say that revisions should be deployed in unsafe environments but we should retain a distinction between what are normal day to day issues that H&S Representatives have a responsibility to deal with and those that are specifically aligned to the delivery revision.

It is important that CWU Representatives responsible for IR issues and those responsible for H&S issues retain a collaborative approach to the deployment of ongoing delivery revision activity to ensure we are deploying revisions that are sound, reliable, workable and safe for our members.

Any enquiries to Bob Gibson’s Office, quoting reference 230.05

Email address: hnutley@cwu.org or mstewart@cwu.org

 

 

Yours sincerely

Bob Gibson

CWU Assistant Secretary – Outdoor

 

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Other Time off – Management Support Booklet

TO ALL BRANCHES WITH POSTAL MEMBERS

 

 

Dear Colleague

 

RE: Other Time off – Management Support Booklet

 

Branches and Representatives will wish to be aware of the attached booklet which Royal Mail is issuing this week to support managers in responding to requests for “Other Time Off”.

This is a Royal Mail document but the union has been consulted on the content. We continue to have some reservations on the wording of the “bereavement” bullet point on page 3 but it should be emphasised that if there is any conflict with the relevant Royal Mail policy statement(s) the policy statement continues to hold the field.

Overall I think the general tone of the booklet is positive but if any problems are experienced these should be reported to my department.

Any enquiries should be addressed to Ray Ellis’s department, quoting reference PTC/RE/dj/402. Email address: rellis@cwu.org

 

Yours sincerely

Ray Ellis,

Assistant Secretary

Click on the link below to view

other time off

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National Representative Positions – Vacant Positions (2015) – Election Results 

 

 

 

 

To: All Branches  

 

 

 

Dear Colleague

 

National Representative Positions – Vacant Positions (2015) – Election Results

 

Further to LTB 107/15 dated 18th February 2015, please see below ballot results for the Advisory Committee Positions and TUC Equality Conference listed below.

 

1.​CWU Equal Opportunities Advisory Committees

 

• CWU Race Advisory Committee
• CWU Lesbian and Gay Bisexual and Transgender Advisory Committee
• CWU Disability Advisory Committee

 

2.​CWU Delegates to TUC Equality Conference (s) – 2015   

 

• TUC Women’s Conference

 

 

RACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

 

Postal Constituency 1 Lay Member to be elected) 

 

Adam Alarakhia ​15,987

Mark Bastiani ​25,973​

Jaykumar Bhundia ​1,433

Asghar Khan ​36,114​*Elected

Dennis Smith ​11,681

 

T&FS Constituency (1 Lay Member to be elected) 

 

Sonia Campbell ​7,373

Peter Pascall ​14,380​*Elected

 

 

LGBT ADVISORY COMMITTEE

 

POSTAL CONSTITUENCY (2 LAY MEMBERSTO BE ELECTED)

 

Jaykumar Bhundia ​22,631

Theresa Clark ​55,958​*Elected

Merlin Reader ​45,113​*Elected

Wojciech Trafidlo ​32,291​

 

DISABILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

 

Postal Constituency (1 Lay Member to be elected) 

 

Mark Bastiani ​16,755

Anthony Cartwright ​2,125

Amanda Dewdney​4,746

Leif Findlay ​6,587

Des Gibbons ​19,944​*Elected

Annemarie McCall ​17,711

Tony Pedel ​13,612

Lee Starr-Elliott ​7,990

 

 

TUC WOMEN’S CONFERENCE  

 

T&FS Constituency (1 Lay Member to be elected)

 

VICKI CORNELIUS​6,800

Maureen Kane​12,930​*Elected

JEAN SHARROCKS ​3,986

 

 

Any enquiries regarding this LTB should be addressed to the Senior Deputy General Secretary’s Department on telephone number 0208 971 7237 or email addresssdgs@cwu.org.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

Tony Kearns

Senior Deputy General Secretary

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