7 February 2018

Royal Mail forced back under threat of action

The CWU executive committee has agreed a national agreement with Royal Mail Group (RMG) which will now go to members to vote on. Overall, it represents a major climb-down by management and should be viewed as a victory against them.

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18 October 2017

Royal Mail bosses block strike - back postal workers

72,877 CWU members had voted to strike over pensions, pay and other issues

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11 October 2017

CWU fights court attempt to stop national strike

Royal Mail has desperately tried to stop the strike planned for 19 October.

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4 October 2017

Set for national strike action

The CWU announced a huge vote for action

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27 September 2017

Escalate summer strike wave into coordinated action to defeat the pay cap

The demonstration outside Tory party conference in Manchester on 1 October is the first main mobilisation since the TUC congress

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27 September 2017

CWU strike ballot to win 'Four Pillars'

On 6 September, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) served notice to Royal Mail for a strike ballot

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20 September 2017

CWU strike ballot - why I'm voting Yes

We are demanding pay, terms and conditions which reflect the service we provide

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13 September 2017

CWU members prepare for industrial action at Royal Mail

After months of unsatisfactory talks, the union leadership has decided to ballot for strikes over the company's attacks

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6 September 2017

Bosses' pensions robbery

Pensions are back in the headlines with the news that FTSE 350 companies' pension deficits are equivalent to 70% of their annual profits

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17 May 2017

Support Corbyn's call to renationalise Royal Mail

Privatising Royal Mail was a privatisation too far for Margaret Thatcher. So how did it come to pass that 499 years of public ownership ended in 2015 with the remaining 30% of shares being floated on the London Stock Exchange, following the majority being sold two years earlier?

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10 May 2017

CWU walkout wins large concessions

In the face of militant action, Royal Mail lifted the suspensions of two reps

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9 May 2017

Royal Mail walkout over suspension of union reps

CWU members took action across nine Royal Mail offices

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26 April 2017

Workplace news in brief

Short reports on some of the latest trade union struggles including the CWU conference latest and a London security strike.

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19 April 2017

Fightback against Royal Mail pension attack needed

This year's CWU conference takes place while Royal Mail attacks pensions

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24 March 2017

Doncaster: snap strike by posties pushes bully bosses back

"Yesterday we were under their spell, today they're under ours"

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22 February 2017

Obituary: John Pickett - 1954-2017

John Pickett, Socialist Party comrade and postal worker, has died very suddenly at the age of 63. I first met John in the early 1980s, just after he returned to Portsmouth after being at college in Stoke.

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1 February 2017

Victory: removed Royal Mail workers reinstated

Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) Eastern 5 branch are celebrating a victory over Royal Mail in a battle over trade union solidarity.

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11 January 2017

Sham Royal Mail pensions consultation - action needed

Royal Mail has announced a 'formal consultation' on the pension plans of its workers, following a national statement with 'proposals' sent to workers' home addresses.

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14 September 2016

Thousands of Post Office workers to strike against job losses

Thousands of Communication Workers Union members working in the Post Office strike on 15 September

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7 September 2016

Royal Mail wildcat strike against bullying bosses

The burden of creating profits to pay faceless shareholders of a privatised Royal Mail continues to be laid at the feet of the workers. Under pressure managers regularly resort to bullying and harassment in order to achieve the savings.

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