Election of National Delegations 2018

• Labour Party Conference – 2018

• TUC Conference – 2018

Further to LTB 303/18, dated 21st May 2018, please see below ballot results for the National Delegations which closed on the 8th June 2018.

Please note that due to technical problems relating to CWU HQ IT systems, it has not been possible before now to send this LTB to Branches.

LABOUR PARTY – Postal Constituency

Lay Members (5 Members to be elected)

Paul Braithwaite

North Lancs & Cumbria60,648 Kye Dudd

Bristol & District Amal72,760*ElectedPeter Firmin

London Phoenix33,566 Keith Hamilton

South Central Postal61,009*ElectedSajid Shaikh

Birmingham District Amal73,634*ElectedAlan Tate

London Regional MT85,900*ElectedMark Walsh

Greater Mersey & South West Lancs66,801*Elected

LABOUR PARTY – Telecom & Financial Services Constituency  

Lay Members (5 Members to be elected)

Craig Anderson

Scotland No 133,056*ElectedGraham Colk

South Wales29,317*ElectedKate Hankey

Capital35,009*ElectedBrian Kenny

Mersey37,634*ElectedJoyce Stevenson

Scotland No 136,520*ElectedAngela Teeling

Greater Mersey & South West Lancs22,374

TUC – Postal Constituency

Lay Members (5 Members to be elected)

Jim Mckechnie

Glasgow & District Amal74,678*ElectedTony Pedel

York & District Amal24,661 Sajid Shaikh

Birmingham District Amal56,555*ElectedAmarjite Singh

South East Wales Amal101,289*ElectedMark Walsh

Greater Mersey & South West Lancs61,170*ElectedRichard Wilkins

South Central Postal55,249 Mark Williams

South West Wales Amal47,929 Rob Wotherspoon

Bristol & District Amal87,092*Elected

TUC – TFS Constituency

Lay Members (5 Members to be elected)

Jonathan Bellshaw

Lincolnshire & South Yorks36,593*ElectedEugene Caparros

South Wales35,719*ElectedFiona Curtis

Northern Ireland Telecom29,302*ElectedDavid Kennedy

Northern Ireland Telecom22,165 Jacky Morrey

Mid Wales The Marches & Nth Staffs40,864*ElectedAngela Teeling

Greater Mersey & South West Lancs23,487*ElectedJeffrey Till

Greater London Combined19,843 

Please find attached a branch analysis of the ballot results.

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

Ballot Result LTB

TFS TUC Returns

Postal Labour Party Returns

Postal TUC Returns

TFS Labour Party Returns

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CWU/RM Joint Statement – Shorter Working Week Introduction October 2018 in Delivery Units

Dear Colleagues,

Branches and Representatives will be aware that contained within the 2018 Guiding Principles Agreement is reference to the reduction of the working week by one hour from October 2018, which for Delivery units was contained within both Sections 15.3 and 16.1.1. In order to ensure that the one hour reduction is introduced in Delivery Units we have now agreed a joint statement relating to this issue with Royal Mail which is attached.

In line with the above Royal Mail have used the data from IWT / PDA OA (Indoor Workload Tool / PDA Outdoor Actuals) nationally to provide centrally compiled data and to also ensure an element of joint control is in place ensuring that the one hour reduction is achieved in all units. As a result of the work relating to changes to start times for the enhanced LAT product the number of Delivery offices has been significantly mitigated, these Offices will also be able to use the introduction of the SWW to assist with the overall impact.

Where this is unable to be achieved, then both parties will agree the necessary actions required to ensure that the reduction in the working week is implemented.

As such, each Delivery Office has been placed into one of the three categories below using the centrally generated data showing how the one hour reduction should be achieved.

1. The Unit does not currently operate with Longs and Shorts within  the duty structure, as such the plan is for those units to remove on Monday by 15 minutes, Tuesday 30 minutes and Saturday 15 minutes.

2. The Unit currently has the opportunity to reduce indoor workload; as such the plan will be for units to remove 12 minutes a day which will be from the IPS/Prep plans.

3. The Unit does not fall into the above categories and will have a removal of 6 minutes from the Indoor plan and 6 minutes from the Outdoor plan per day.

We have agreed it should not be necessary for full scale revisions to ensure the reduction of the hour; however it is recognised that adjustments can be made based on local knowledge and through local variations to the working days across the week taking into account the variations in attendance patterns.

In the first instance, the centrally derived categorisation will be shared with RM Delivery Leader’s & CWU Divisional Representative’s. This data will then be jointly shared with the RM Operations Manager and CWU Area Delivery Reps in order to oversee the activity within their respective areas.

We have agreed that the process will commence as soon as possible and with a target completion date of Friday 29th June. The work needs to be concluded by this date in order to provide 3 months notice of any attendance time changes to individuals, which is in line with the National agreement in regards to the LAT product impact.

We have also agreed within the joint statement that there will be signed agreements in place for all units on what has been agreed and that these will be forwarded to the respective Operations Manager and Area Rep.

Where either party is unable to agree, the matter will be progressed and resolved by means of the IR Framework as soon as possible, as we want to ensure that all Units have plans in place to introduce the one hour reduction from October 2018 in order to achieve compliance with the Agreement, but more importantly we progress onto the wider discussions with Royal Mail on the New Delivery Agreement in line with section 19.3 of the Guiding Principles National Agreement including further reductions to the working week.

Any queries to the content of the above, please contact the Outdoor Department, reference 230.03, email address: outdoorsecretary@cwu.org.

Yours sincerely,

Mark Baulch
CWU Assistant Secretary

LTB 329 18 – CWU RM Joint Statement Shorter Working Week Introduction October 2018 MB (2)

RM_CWU Joint Statement_Shorter Working Week Introduction October 2018

BRANCH NAME CHANGE MIDLAND NO.7

Branches would wish to know that further to the statutory NEC meeting on 31st May 2018 it has been agreed that Midland No. 7 Branch change their name to North Staffordshire Postal Branch. The name change was agreed by the members of the branch at a General Meeting held on 20th December 2017.

The contact details for the Branch are now as follows:

Jason Cornwall

Branch Secretary

North Staffordshire Postal

CWU Union Room, Lindsay Street, Hanley, Stoke on Trent, ST1 4EP

Email: branch.secretary.mid7@gmail.com

Tel: 01782 285833

Any queries on the contents of this LTB should be sent to the General Secretary’s Office gsoffice@cwu.org.

Yours sincerely

Dave Ward

General Secretary

18LTB336 – BRANCH NAME CHANGE MIDLAND NO.7

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Stand up to Racism/Unite Against Fascism counter demonstration – Saturday 9th June

On Saturday 9th June Stand up to Racism/Unite against Fascism are organising a counter demonstration to oppose the march organised in support of jailed former English Defence League (EDL) leader, Tommy Robinson.

There is growing concern that Robinson’s case is being used to build a new UK Far Right movement and the CWU, which is affiliated to Stand up to Racism, supports the counter demonstration.

Details of the counter demonstration can be found on the link below and we encourage branches where possible to attend and advertise our opposition to the Robinson March and to all Far Right groups who will be in attendance:

https://www.facebook.com/events/253178521918366/

Any queries on the contents of this LTB should be sent to the General Secretary’s Office gsoffice@cwu.org.

Yours sincerely

Dave Ward

General Secretary

18LTB333 Stand up to Racism – counter demonstration

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Greener Jobs Alliance – Free Course For Trade Union Reps on ‘Air Pollution – A Trade Union Issue’ Friday 19th October 2018 from 1.00pm – 4.00pm

To: All Branches

Dear Colleagues,

Introduction

Air pollution in the UK is a public health emergency and has rightly in recent times become the centre of attention as the government’s own figures confirm that air pollution is responsible for 40,000 deaths in the UK each year and the World Health Organisation has called it a global health emergency. Workers are exposed to and create pollution to fulfil contractual obligations to employers. It is an occupational health issue that employers take little responsibility for. The ‘Greener Jobs Alliance’ and the ‘Hazards Campaign’ are offering this free half day courses for trade union representatives to look in detail at the issue and explores what can be done about it.  

The Greener Jobs Alliance

The Greener Jobs Alliance (GJA) has been formed as a partnership body inclusive of trade unions, student organisations, campaigning groups and a policy think tank. It campaigns around the issue of jobs and the skills needed to transition to a low-carbon economy. The founding members of the GJA are the University and College Union, Trades Union Congress, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, National Union of Students, People & Planet, and the Institute of Public Policy Research.

The Course

Attending this course will help you to:

• Examine why air pollution is both a workplace issue and a public health one

• Find out about air pollution busting Citizen Science techniques

• Create action plans to deal with workplace exposures

• Create action plans to meaningfully engage in air pollution with local councils

• Share experience, knowledge and ideas

The Venue

University and College Union

3rd Floor, Alpha Tower

Suffolk Street Queensway

Birmingham

B1 1TT

Registration

Registration is required.

Please confirm your attendance by email to: janet@gmhazards.org.uk

For further information please contact Janet Newsham on Tel: 0161 6367558

Unions and the Environment

Unions have a strong voice protecting the environment in their workplaces and local communities, and there’s an ideal opportunity to check out some of the resources and support available. The CWU supports encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the protection of the environment and is working with the ‘Greener Jobs Alliance’ and ‘Hazards’.

Yours sincerely

Dave Joyce
National Health, Safety & Environment Officer

18LTB332 Greener Jobs Alliance – Free Course For Trade Union Reps on ‘Air Pollution – A Trade Union Issue’ Friday 19th October 2018 from 1.00pm – 4.00pm

Greener Jobs Alliance – Birmingham

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Safe & Well – May 2018

To: All Branches

Dear Colleagues,

Please see attached the May edition of Safe and Well newsletter with contributions from our USRs and field teams. This edition has a focus on summer – reminder of dog danger in the summer months, able to stay stable, things that almost went bump and some guest appearances via Wired to help with the voltage detector rollout.

Yours sincerely

Dave Joyce
National Health, Safety & Environment Officer

18LTB330 Safe & Well – May 2018

Safe and Well Issue 58 May 2018

Toolbox Talk – Long Ladders

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RM/CWU Dog Awareness Week 25th – 30th June 2018 – Request For Case Study Volunteers:

To: All Branches

Dear Colleagues,

The attached slide has been appearing on the RMTV plasma screens in Royal Mail Offices over the last month and Jointly RM and CWU are continuing to seek support from dog attack victim members to participate in Dog Awareness Week 2018 as case study volunteers.

If any ASR’s have any dog attack victim members who would be willing to volunteer as a case study for local press and media enquiries and interviews during Dog Awareness Week, to support our joint campaign, please could they either fill in the attached word form and return it to Nick Burns (details below) or simply advise their local SHE Advisor of the details so they can do the same.

Return case study volunteers names to Nick Burns RMG SHE Engagement Manager Tel: 07801091380 Email:nicholas.burns@royalmail.com

Many Thanks.

Yours sincerely

Dave Joyce
National Health, Safety & Environment Officer

18LTB327 RMCWU Dog Awareness Week 25th – 30th June 2018 – Request For Case Study Volunteers

Dog Case Studies 2018

May Request for dog attack cases

CWU Digital Photography Competition 2018

The CWU has again decided to run a digital photography competition as part of our informal learning project. This competition is open to all CWU members and their families. Last year’s winner was, Tim El Shawk who is a member of the Gloucestershire Amal Branch.

Our Learning Reps have enabled hundreds of our members to undertake Digital Photography courses. The opportunities offered by mobile and smart phones mean that many of our members have a digital camera in their pocket to record the world around them. This is an exciting opportunity for our members to share their skills and abilities and I encourage members and their families to take part.

If members are interested in learning more about digital photography they can access a free online course on CWU Left Click www.cwu.org/leftclick

The winning entries will be judged to be the most visually appealing interpretations of the brief, capturing on camera the spirit of the chosen theme and their overall impact and composition. Digital manipulation is acceptable but not necessary. To assist our judges please add a short explanation of how and why the photo was taken.

You can enter up to one photo in each of the following categories

1. Rising

2. In Numbers

3. In Letters

4. It’s in our Nature

The overall winner of the competition will win a £200 gift voucher.

Entries should be sent via email to learn@cwu.org by midnight on the 30th September 2018. Entrants must supply their name, Branch and email address. We regret that we are unable to accept postal entries.

Terms & Conditions and a promotional poster are attached. If you have any queries please contact Simon Massen at smassen@cwu.org

Yours sincerely,

Trish Lavelle

Head of Education and Training

18LTB 326 – CWU Digital Photography Competition 2018

T&Cs – Digital Photography Competition 2018

Flyer – Digital Photography Competition 2018

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CWU Health, Safety & Environment Department Response to “Government Deregulation Agenda Inquiry” – Health and Safety Legislation and Enforcement:

To: All Branches

Dear Colleagues,

The House of Commons Regulatory Reform Select Committee is carrying out an inquiry into the effectiveness of the Tory Government’s deregulation agenda.

The scope of the Select Committee of MPs Inquiry will be to consider the Government’s approach to reducing the burden on business and civil society of regulation, by examining the volume and breadth of regulations and burdens on business, the effectiveness of the regulatory framework within Government and the use of post-implementation reviews.

In line with well-established Conference Policy, the Health, Safety and Environment Department has submitted a response to the Inquiry’s public consultation process, specifically on the ‘negative’ effects and impact of the deregulation agenda on health and safety at work and in general in the UK which prioritises business interests and profits over worker and public safety.

Our response concludes by making a number of recommendations, key to which is our call for an end to health and safety deregulation and instead that health and safety law enforcement is regenerated and reinforced as well as refocusing attention on industries like communications which were wrongly categorised as ‘low risk’ by the government as well as providing fit for purpose protection for vulnerable workers in the modern day, increasingly fragmented workplace. Additionally the CWU is calling for the current regulatory approach that put business interests and profits before worker and public safety to be ended and that Trade Unions Safety Reps are given new strengthened rights and powers and provided with increased involvement in health and safety decisions, including powers to stop work that presents an immediate danger.

In March 2016 the then Business Minister Sajid Javid told British Business Bosses that the government remains more committed than ever to ‘cutting regulation and red tape’ and reducing overall levels of regulation, telling the Bosses and Industry Moguls that the Tories had already cut £10 billion pounds worth of regulation ‘red tape’ but regulation remains too high and that the Tory Government is going to reduce the regulatory burden still further by cutting the cost of regulation by another £10 billion, as well as weakening the way statutory regulators enforce regulatory rules. He announced that in future, for every £1 pound of regulatory burden the government created, £3 pounds worth had to be removed!

In June 2017, the Grenfell Tower fire disaster occurred killing 71 people. Survivors stated that their repeated concerns about the risk of fire at the building in the months before the fatal blaze were simply “brushed away” by Kensington and Chelsea council officials. The Grenfell Tenants Action Group warned of “dangerous living conditions” and said: “It’s a terrifying thought but only a catastrophic event will expose the ineptitude and incompetence of the Council.

Following the blaze Tory Prime Minister Theresa May said “there would be a thorough fire-safety regulation review of all buildings similar to Grenfell Tower”.

In December 2017, Dame Judith Hackitt, former Chair of the UK Health and Safety Executive, and now the Chair of the independent review into building regulations and fire safety said she was “shocked” by some of the practices she had seen, calling for better enforcement to “hold to account those who try to cut corners.” In her interim investigation report she stated that “A universal shift is required to significantly improve fire safety. The current system is not fit for purpose and government must address the ‘shortcomings’ identified.”

A copy of the CWU Health, Safety & Environment Department’s submission to the Government Deregulation Agenda Inquiry is attached.

Yours sincerely

Dave Joyce
National Health, Safety & Environment Officer

18LTB325 CWU Health, Safety & Environment Department Response to Government Deregulation Agenda Inquiry – Health and Safety Legislation and Enforcement

CWU HSE Dept Response to Government Deregulation Agenda Inquiry – Health and Safety Legislation and Enforcement

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CWU Accounts 2017

Further to LTB 195/18 dated 5th April 2018, LTB 236/18 dated 19th April and LTB 254/18 dated 1st May 2018.

Please find attached the details of the monies that make up Branch Funds.

The attached document lists each Branch with the brought forward balance from 2016 and the closing balance for 2017. This demonstrates the movement in each account for the financial year 2017.

Additionally please find attached the Financial Statement required by Section 32A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 as amended, for the period 1st January – 31st December 2017.

Please can you ensure that this information is brought to the attention of the members of your 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

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2017 Branch Funds Year End Figures

Statement 32A 2017 FINAL (signed)

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