General Secretary Dave Ward opened this year’s conference of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) highlighting the pressures workers are facing across the board. In a sign of the anger growing amongst workers as a result of these attacks, conference committed itself to fighting stance in defence of jobs and conditions, and to supporting Corbyn and his anti-austerity programme.
The annual conference of the CWU – the Communication Workers Union, primarly representing thousands of postal workers – took place at the end of April 2014. We publish here a report of the conference by Dave Rowe of Cardiff CWU (personal capacity), which highlights the dangers ahead for postal workers in the now-privatised Royal Mail.
Postal workers in the CWU trade union were due to take strike action next Monday, 4th November, over attacks on terms and conditions. Following negotiations between the CWU and Royal Mail, and the acceptance of an improved offer, the strike action has been postponed. We publish here an article, written before these latest developments, by a postal worker, which outlines the issues involved in the strike – issues that have still not been resolved with the – now privatised – Royal Mail.
Postal workers have given a resounding ‘NO’ vote to the government’s threats of Royal Mail privatisation. The Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) released the results of the consultative ballot on Wednesday 19th June, which also supported a pay claim, and the possibility of a boycott of competitors’ mail. Socialist Appeal supporters in the CWU report on this latest act of defiance and militancy by postal workers against attacks on their livelihoods and on the Royal Mail.