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Welcome to CWU

Headline stories from around the CWU for May 2009 including the launch of the Keeping the Public Posted campaign, Tensions at Carphone Warehouse, BT pay talks on a knife edge, Airwave situation resolved, Royal Mail pay freeze unjustified, the Government reject the Compass Report, new backing for Post Bank proposals, more news from Project Holborn, a dispute at Global Services and improved rights for UK Workers.

See more at CWUTV.org.

The Royal Mail's not for sale! Sign the petition and send Peter Mandelson the message that you want to keep our post public. Sign the petition now - post.cwu.org/notforsale

You can follow the latest campaign news at post.cwu.org

1st July 2009 - Breaking News!
Britain Keeps the Post Public

The CWU welcomes Lord Mandelson's statement confirming that the Postal Services Bill will not be heard by Parliament. - www.cwu.org/news/archive/britain-keeps-the-post-public.html

See the campaigns section on the left panel for updates on our campaigns for a People's Bank for the post office, domestic legislation for agency workers, tighter laws on dangerous dogs and more.

About Us:
The Communication Workers Union is the biggest union for the communications industry in the UK with 250,000 members. We represent members in postal, administrative, financial and telephone companies including Royal Mail Group and BT, o2, Virgin Media, Orange, ComputaCenter and the Alliance and Leicester. Our members' expertise includes engineering, computing, clerical, mechanical, driving, retail, financial and manual skills.

The CWU's Statement of Values aims:

• To provide first class collective and individual representation for all CWU members;
• To achieve security of employment for all members;
• To offer individual membership services of the highest quality;
• To expand trade union membership throughout the communications industry;
• To promote, by industrial and political means, the success of the industries in which our members work;
• To campaign against all forms of discrimination;
• To further these objectives by promoting the influence of the union throughout the national and international community.

We also offer our members extra benefits, such as free legal advice, a free will-writing service, and discounted motor, home and travel insurance.

We are a campaigning union and work hard to get our voice - YOUR voice - heard on a variety of subjects such as fair pay, just terms and conditions, health and safety, equal opportunities and politics. We are affiliated to the TUC and UNI.

Our strength comes from working and campaigning together. Please join us if you haven't already.