Executive council vacancy
22nd August 2012
A vacancy has arisen on the CWU's Telecoms and Financial
Services Executive Council (TFSE). Nominations are being sought
from branches in this industrial sector to fill the vacancy, which
will be put to a ballot of members in this sector in September.
The vacancy has arisen following the current postholder standing
down. For this reason, the vacancy is specific to Virgin Media and
the eligible candidate must be from one of the following:
- Virgin Media
- FUJITSU (Virgin Media contract)
- McNicholas & cOMMEX 2000 (Virgin Media
contract)
A copy of the Election Regulations is available here.
Nomination forms can be obtained on written request from the
Senior Deputy General Secretary Department, by emailing sdgs@cwu.org or writing to: SDGS, 150 The
Broadway, Wimbledon, SW19 1RX.
The TFSE is the lay body which oversees the industrial work of
the CWU in telecoms and financial services. It is made up of 16
members, elected biannually, and is responsible for occupational
and conditions of service issues for all telecommunications,
information technology, financial service and related employers
where the CWU is recognised.
The NEC has agreed the election timetable which is as follows:
Nominations Open: 22 August 2012
Nominations Close: 5 September 2012
(14.00)
Accept Nominations: 10 September 2012
(14.00)
Ballot Papers Despatched: 14 September 2012
Ballot Closes: 28 September
2012 (first post)
Result Announced: 28 September
2012
In order to protect the integrity of this national election and
to ensure the union is legally compliant with the relevant
legislation covering such an election, election prize draws should
not be conducted under any circumstances unless written
authorisation has been given by the Senior Deputy General
Secretary.
Any enquiries should be addressed to Senior Deputy General
Secretary Department, CWU HQ, for the attention of Peter Metcalfe,
Telephone: 020 8971 7368, Email: pmetcalfe@cwu.org.
