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06 August 2008
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CWU condemns Royal Mail closure announcement as irresponsible
In reaction to Royal Mail’s announcement of major automated sorting centre closures affecting Liverpool, Oldham, Bolton, Stockport and Crewe, the CWU condemns the move as irresponsible.
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05 August 2008
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Justice for the Bristol Three.
Around 300 postal workers marched through Bristol yesterday demanding “justice for the innocent three” as the CWU stepped up its fight for the reinstatement of three victimised members.
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04 August 2008
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Agency staff suffer BT pay freeze
The Communication Workers Union has discovered today (Monday) that BT is blocking a pay rise for agency staff working for Kelly Services.
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31 July 2008
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CWU tells government: Post Office Card Account integral to future of Post Office
CWU has today (Thursday) written to James Purnell, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, warning him that unless the Post Office Card Account (POCA) contract is awarded to the Post Office a further 3,000 post offices could face closure.
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31 July 2008
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PAY DEALS ACCEPTED AT A&L
All three Bargaining Units in the Alliance & Leicester have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a two-stage pay increase for the July 2008 pay review. Members in all units voted by over 80 per cent in favour of the agreements.
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30 July 2008
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Disability Awareness Week (Daw) (13-17 October 2008)
The Equal Opportunities Department is pleased to advise its members that it is again committed to running the hugely successful Disability Awareness Week, which this year will kick off on the Monday 13th October 2008 and run through to Friday 17th October 2008.
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28 July 2008
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Slipping standards down to competition
In reaction to Postwatch's MORI poll into Royal Mail's perceived service standards, the CWU points to the impact of badly-managed competition.
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28 July 2008
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Blunt message to BT on performance
Progress in talks with BT over the unagreed implementation of a new performance and appraisal system may have taken some of the heat out of a simmering industrial relations crisis - but boiling point isn't far off if the company fails to address CWU concerns.
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26 July 2008
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Directors warned as corporate killing law implemented
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has issued a statement warning directors and senior managers that they will find themselves under “increasing scrutiny” if work-related deaths happen as a result of gross corporate failures, following the implementation of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.
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25 July 2008
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Financial transparency essential for sustainable future of mail services says CWU
CWU today (Friday) supports the Business and Enterprise Committee’s call for greater transparency in the financing of mail services.
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