Essex Amalgamated Branch
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News for CWUEssex Amal Branch Members
2009
 
 
 

Royal Mail Dispute - INTERIM AGREEMENT...

 
 

The Postal Executive, yesterday, unanimously endorsed the attached agreement. It was right to suspend strike action. We have always promised our members that we would not take unnecessary strike action.

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A Letter to the Public - Why We Are Going on Strike...

 
 

We think it's fair to say that you our customers are not interested in why we are once again striking. It is also fair to say that some of the problems we are going through does...

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Royal Mail Bosses get £10m Bonuses for Efficiency Drive...

 
 

Royal Mail bosses have split more than £10m in "performance-related bonus" payments for pushing through the efficiency measures that have helped to...

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Adam & the Pension Pot...

 
 

Royal Mail has been heavily criticised after admitting it more than doubled payments into the gold-plated pension pot of its chief executive, Adam Crozier...

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The YES Vote Shows Royal Mail is Failing...

 
 

The Communication Workers Union today (Thursday) can report a yes vote in the national ballot for strike action in Royal Mail. Postal workers voted by 76 per cent in favour in favour...

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Royal Mail Dispute – Update on Negotiations...

 
 

Some progress was made with the company now clearly accepting that there is a requirement to negotiate further national agreements that will shape and take forward modernisation...

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Another Week of Post Strikes Ahead...

 
 

The UK is set for a further week of disruption to mail services as thousands of postal workers take strike action against panic-driven cuts by increasingly aggressive managers...

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What we are for – Fairness......

 
 

Reflecting the sheer scale of change you are facing. Sustainable full time jobs, no compulsory redundancies, maximising the choices you have over your future...

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The Royal Mail Rollercoaster Ride...

 
 

In recent years postal workers have witnessed a rollercoaster ride with claims from Royal Mail of several fantastic business turn arounds – only to be followed by the next crisis...

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Royal Mail Volume Loss - True of False...

 
 

The convenient round figure of a 10% volume loss is the latest strap line for all managers to justify yet more attacks on our members’ jobs, pay and conditions. Yet, at no stage has the company provided the Union with any proper information that could be fairly validated...

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Biggest Week of Postal Strikes Looms...

 
 

Postal workers across the UK are set for another week of strikes as the deadlock between the Communication Workers Union and Royal Mail over cuts and non-negotiation continues...

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Postal Workers Overworked by Management-Rigged Systems...

 
 

Thousands of postal workers are striking across the country today (Wednesday) as Royal Mail continues to disregard the concerns of CWU over cuts to jobs and services...

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Post strikes continue to spread...

 
 

Postal workers in Stoke-on-Trent are taking continuous strike action from today (Tuesday) with further 24-hour strikes set to take place in London, Bristol, Basildon...

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Stubborn Royal Mail chiefs provoke new strikes...

 
 

Around 7,000 postal workers will strike across London tomorrow against Royal Mail's programme of cuts and imposed changes to working conditions...

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Postal Workers Set for Day of Action...

 
 

Strike action will take place in London, Edinburgh, Bristol, Darlington, Stoke, Plymouth, Leamington Spa, Norfolk and Essex...

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London Postal Strike as Royal Mail Refuses to Talk on Modernisation...

 
 

Postal workers in London will be taking further strike action next week as Royal Mail walks away from the 2007 Pay and Modernisation agreement and continues...

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Britain Keeps the Post Public...

 
 

The Communication Workers Union today (Wednesday) welcomes Lord Mandelson's statement confirming that the Postal Services Bill will not be heard by Parliament...

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Postal Strikes as Royal Mail Blocks Modernisation...

 
 

Postal workers in London and Scotland are taking strike action on Friday 19th and Saturday 20th June in response to cuts by Royal Mail which break a national agreement...

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London Postal Workers Announce 24 Hour Strike...

 
 

Ten thousand postal workers will take strike action on Friday 19th June as Royal Mail refuses to negotiate change and pushes ahead with arbitrary cuts which will damage services...

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Sell Off Royal Mail at Your Peril, Public Tell Government...

 
 

Three quarters oppose mail sale, saying it breaks promises and would be bad for taxpayer. In an ICM poll published today 75% of people now oppose the part-privatisation of Royal Mail...

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Royal Mail Profits Prove Public Sector Success...

 
 

The CWU today welcomes Royal Mail's doubling of profit as proof that the company can be a successful market leader and modernise under full public ownership...

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£3.6million misuse of public funds for Royal Mail sell-off...

 
 

CWU has learnt from a Parliamentary Written Answer that the government has spent £3.6 million on external advice and consultants regarding...

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Royal Mail Pay Freeze Unjustified...

 
 

The Communication Workers Union today (Friday) condemns Royal Mail's intention to impose a pay freeze on low-paid workers as "appalling".

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Keep the Post Public Campaign...

 
 

Our campaign to keep the post public took an important step forward this week - with the cross party Business and Enterprise Select Committee...

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Our Future - Letter Drafted to TNT...

 
 

This week Peter Mandelson defied democracy and held the Second Reading of the Bill to privatise the Royal Mail in the un-elected House of Lords...

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Mandelson's Second Aide Rebels...

 
 

A second ministerial aide from Lord Mandelson's department has joined the growing revolt over the part-privatisation of the Royal Mai...

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The Future of the Universal Postal Service in the UK Bill...

 
 

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Future Of Royal Mail Hangs Like A Wet Balloon...

 
 

By Steve Lawson - Interesting Article sourced from Hellmail.co.uk. The idea of liberalising the postal market in Europe was to break monopolies and create competition...

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Royal Mail Plans 'Dead in the Water'...

 
 

The planned partial privatisation of Royal Mail is "dead in the water" after Gordon Brown was warned there was little or no chance of getting the controversial...

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Nine Out Of Ten Oppose Royal Mail Privatisation...

 
 

A public opinion poll shows today (Monday) that the vast majority of the public do not want the government to privatise part of Royal Mail...

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Engineering chief is new Royal Mail boss...

 
 

The boss of a leading engineering company was appointed chairman of the Royal Mail today, to succeed Allan Leighton. Donald Brydon, chairman of the Smiths group...

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Times are tough: Britain issues anti-fraud stamps...

 
 

Royal Mail is reminding people they still can only use stamps once. Just to be sure everyone gets that message, Britain's postal service is issuing a fraud-proof stamp...

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Royal Mail looks to shed 16,000 jobs as it aims to cut costs...

 
 

Royal Mail plans to cut 16,000 jobs in a move that would unleash further industrial unrest on the battered economy. The proposed losses amounting to almost...

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