A rank and file organisation to oppose the surrender to the market and downsizing by the CWU leadership is needed more than ever. more…
Postal conference saw speakers arguing that we needed to be prepared for a national strike, but delegates overwhelmingly backed an emergency motion from the leadership blocking an immediate ballot. more…
The second major emergency motion E3 at CWU conference called for the leadership to set a timetable for a national ballot by 2 July if Royal Mail had not agreed to negotiate with the union on its modernisation plans. more…
On Monday, the general conference was given a token 50 minutes to debate the CWU's relationship to Labour, pushing most motions out of time. more…
An emergency motion from Bristol branch for an active campaign against delivery of BNP election literature nearly won a majority despite opposition from leading officials. more…
Delegates voted unanimously to respond to BT Openreach’s threats to the jobs of up to 3000 workers by backing the union's long-standing “red line” on compulsory redundancies and supporting industrial action. more…
Postal workers face a two-pronged assault - part-privatisation and massive office closures and job losses. In the last few months, disputes have sprung up across the country in response, centred on the CWU London Division's massive vote for strikes. If these disputes are quickly turned into a national strike, we could defeat these attacks. more…
The Postal Executive’s “A Credible CWU Alternative” is the basis for an emergency motion to conference and will provide the basis for amendments to the Postal Services Bill and negotiations with the government. However this is not a step forward for postal workers but means unnecessary, damaging concessions and further attacks in the future. more…
Postal Workers should reject the leadership's current approach. We need a 180 degree turn around from the policy of accepting the market in the post, accepting efficiency cuts and closures, accepting workload-hiking efficiency. more…
A grassroots movement in our union of the rank and file and workplace strike committees could deliver the pressure on the national leadership to win, and if necessary take action. more…
It was right to stop funding Labour MPs and MEPs in March who don’t support CWU policy on privatisation, but not enough. more…
