LTB 031/25 – Health and Safety Contact Details (Postal)
No: 031/25
14th February 2025
Dear Colleagues,
Health & Safety Contact Details (Postal)
Branches and Representatives will recall that LTB 270/24 advised of the ongoing work at CWU HQ regarding the future structural changes required following the decisions at last year’s Annual Conference concerning the former Health, Safety and Environment Department.
Similarly, colleagues will be aware that LTB 27/25 issued on 10th February confirmed that the CWU central services Health and Safety role has now been filled.
Following the integration of Health and Safety into the postal department, the purpose of this LTB is to confirm with Branches, and in particular our Safety Reps and Regional/Divisional structures, which departments will cover each core area of responsibility. Also listed are the initial points of contact.
Accordingly, enquiries concerning Health and Safety matters should be addressed as follows:
| Areas of Responsibility | Relevant Officer/Department at CWU HQ |
| Delivery
Collections
|
Tony Bouch
Assistant Secretary Email: tbouch@cwu.org
|
| Parcelforce (including Hub Engineers)
Logistics Distribution Processing (including Mail Centre engineers) International Eurest |
Davie Robertson
Assistant Secretary Email: drobertson@cwu.org
|
| Post Office (Crowns, CViT and Admin)
Capita Admin MDEC & Customer Experience HR Finance, Stamps & Collectables |
Andy Furey
Assistant Secretary Email: afurey@cwu.org
|
| Fleet
Engineering RMPFSL – Cleaners and Engineers |
Bobby Weatherall
Assistant Secretary (Act) Email: bweatherall@cwu.org
|
| Any H&S workplace matters which are cross-functional or across the outlined areas of responsibility should in the first instance be directed to the DGS(P) Department. | Martin Walsh
Deputy General Secretary (Postal) Email: mwalsh@cwu.org
|
Any general items or enquiries concerning Health and Safety, including legislative regulations and external relevant bodies and organisations, should in the first instance be directed to Jamie McGovern (contact details will be provided by the General Secretary’s Department in due course).
In setting out the above, it should be noted that we have now completed all arrangements in terms of aligning the nominated Area Safety Reps to act as support for the various postal departments. This is alongside the full integration of Health and Safety into our mainstream IR field structures covering Divisions, Parcel Regions and Engineering and Fleet Territorial Committees. These are all further measures in addition to the current Health and Safety Regional Forums which are cross-functional and include Safety Reps from the Postal and Telecoms & Financial Services Constituencies of the CWU.
Whilst all the necessary and important steps needed to integrate Health and Safety into our postal departments and mainstream IR field structures have been undertaken, it is equally understood that this is still a new way of working for the union and therefore remains subject to ongoing review as necessary.
Any enquiries in relation to this LTB should be addressed to the DGS(P) department.
Yours sincerely,
Martin Walsh
Deputy General Secretary (Postal)
LTB 31.25 -Health & Safety Contact Details (Postal)