4 April 2018

BT can afford more - reject pensions offer

Only the threat of industrial action will force the employer back - as we are seeing in the universities due to the UCU strike

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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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6 December 2017

BT pensions review - oppose the attacks on the pension schemes

A 60-day consultation is taking place to make changes to several BT pension schemes

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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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18 October 2017

Unite local government sector plans strike ballot

A Unite national meeting for delegates representing workers in local government unanimously voted for a motion proposed by Socialist Party member Danny Hoggan from Greenwich calling on the union to ballot all members in local government on taking industrial action to achieve a 5% pay claim

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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

Tories weak: time for the TUC to act

Trade unions will converge on Brighton this week for this year's annual TUC Congress at the end of a summer which has seen a wave of strikes

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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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30 August 2017

BT attack on pension benefits

For the second time in nine years BT is seeking to attack the pension benefits of its workers

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14 June 2017

NSSN conference: workers' action to kick out the Tories

For the first time in the eight years that I have been a representative and activist with the Communication Workers Union (CWU), there is a Labour leader who is unapologetic in his support of trade unionism, writes Carl Harper, CWU shop steward (personal capacity).

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31 May 2017

Union stops finance for anti-Corbyn Labour MP

The Communication Workers Union has withdrawn campaign funding from the right-wing Labour MP Jess Phillips

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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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