Planning notice: CWU conference 22nd 26th April 2012
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13th April 2012
For immediate release
CWU conference - 22nd - 26th April
2012
The largest trade union for the communications sector - with
over 200,000 members in Royal Mail, the Post Office, BT, Openreach,
O2, Santander and other telecoms, mobile, post and financial
services companies - opens its annual conference next weekend,
Sunday 22nd April.
Motions condemning cuts to employment rights and health and
safety, as well as the use of medical assessment companies like
ATOS and government 'slave labour' schemes will be debated
on Sunday afternoon. Political issues, including Labour Party
democracy and funding will be voted on by hundreds of delegates on
Monday afternoon while emergency motions on Royal Mail
privatisation will also be debated during the annual conference in
Bournemouth.
Key speaker sessions include the following:
Sunday 14:00 - Jane Loftus,
CWU president, address to conference
Sunday afternoon - Johann Lamont
MSP and new Scottish Labour leader
Monday 9:10 - Tony Kearns, senior deputy general
secretary, address to conference
Monday 12:40 - George
Vasillopoulos, Greek postal worker
Monday lunchtime - Owen Jones, author of
Chavs, fringe meeting and book-signing
**Monday 15:10 - Billy
Hayes, general secretary, address to
conference**
Tuesday 9:25 - Andy Kerr, deputy general
secretary, address to Telecoms and Financial Services
conference
Tuesday 9:40 - Dave Ward, deputy general
secretary, address to Postal conference
Wednesday 9:30 - Moya Greene, Royal Mail
Chief Executive (Postal conference)
Thursday 9am - Bill Murphy, BT (Telecoms
conference)
CWU conference is being held at the Bournemouth International
Centre, Exeter Road, Bournemouth, BH2 5BH, from Sunday
22nd April to Thursday 26th April. The
business divides into Rules, General and Industrial conferences on
the following dates:
22nd April (9am): Rules conference
22nd (2pm) and 23rd April: General Conference
24th - 26th April: Postal Constituencies
Conference
Telecoms and Financial Services Conference
There is a press room available for journalists
throughout the week with a live feed from the conference floor,
internet access, sockets for charging phones and general work
space. Media will need credentials to attend CWU conference. Please
contact Sian Jones to arrange accreditation.
The main media contacts for the week are:
- Kevin Slocombe, Head of Communications: kslocombe@cwu.org 07714 504413
- Sian Jones, Press Officer: sbjones@cwu.org 07793 314249
Please let Kevin or Sian know as soon as possible if you would
like to arrange interviews with any CWU officials, including Billy
Hayes, general secretary, Dave Ward, deputy general secretary
(postal) and Andy Kerr, deputy general secretary (telecoms and
financial services).
Copies of Emergency Motions, press releases, speeches and other
conference literature will be available from the press room during
the week.
All the agendas are available here: www.cwu.org/11595/conference.html
You can follow conference events on our dedicated Twitter feed: @cwuconference
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For more information please contact:
Sian Jones, Press Officer, tel: 020 8971 7267, mobile: 0779 3314249, e-mail: sbjones@cwu.org
Kevin Slocombe, Head of Communications, mobile: 07714504413, e-mail: kslocombe@cwu.org
