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Royal Mail Pensions | CWU LIVE

December 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM

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CWU Deputy General Secretary (Postal) Martin Walsh stands in solidarity with postal workers on #PostalWorkersDay 📮✊

December 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM

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🎧 NOW ON SPOTIFY: On this week’s CWU Live, we look ahead to National Postal Workers Day and bring you the latest on Royal Mail pensions - including the new Collective Plan.

www.cwu.org/podcast/roya...

This week’s CWU Live is now available as a podcast. Earlier this year, Assistant Secretary, Andy Furey and Pensions Expert, Lionel Sampson, delivered one of our most watched sessions on Royal Mail pen...

Royal Mail Pensions | CWU LIVE

December 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM

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We'll be live at the slightly later time of 5:30 PM today to talk Royal Mail pensions and take your questions.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3VW...

Tony Kearns is Retiring - Lets Celebrate His Legacy | CWU LIVE

December 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM

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As it’s December we are wondering what is the most generous, weird or funny Christmas gift a member of the public has ever given to their local postie?

Let us know in the comments 🎅 ✉️ 📦

December 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM

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👇 In case you missed it, catch up on yesterday’s CWU Live, where we celebrated Senior Deputy Secretary Tony Kearns and thanked him for his years of dedication to the union as he retires.

All the best, Tony!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiX_...

Tony Kearns is Retiring - Lets Celebrate His Legacy | CWU LIVE

November 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM

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📹 Senior Deputy General Secretary Tony Kearns is retiring.

Join us at 5pm for CWU Live as we thank him and look back on his early days, how he got involved in the union, and the disputes that shaped him.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmFn...

Dealing With Difficult Weather - CWU LIVE

November 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM

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It’s a good time of year to remember that your CWU membership gives you access to endless exclusive discounts.
You might be spending anyway - so save while you do 🤑 Log in to the Member Portal on www.cwu.org to see the deals.
Is there a discount or company you’d like added? Tell us 👇

November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM

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🎙️ NOW ON SPOTIFY: Working in all conditions isn’t easy. Listen back to last week's CWU Live as we sat down with CWU Health & Safety Policy Assistant, Jamie McGovern, to discuss how tough weather impacts the work our members do every day.

www.cwu.org/podcast/deal...

On this week's podcast edition of CWU Live, Host Michael Walker is joined by CWU Health & Safety Policy Advisor, Jamie McGovern, to discuss how the weather affects the jobs our outdoor workers do. Pos...

Dealing With Difficult Weather in Our Work | CWU LIVE

November 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM

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📺 NOW LIVE: Dealing with Difficult Weather

We discuss how challenging conditions are impacting workers on this week’s episode of CWU Live.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS1q...

Your Royal Mail Questions Answered with Dave Ward and Martin Walsh | CWU LIVE

November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM

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🚨 NOW LIVE: Your Royal Mail Questions Answered with Dave Ward and Martin Walsh

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvzp...

Your Royal Mail Questions Answered with Dave Ward and Martin Walsh | CWU LIVE

November 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM

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Last night we held a meeting of 800 local reps across Royal Mail Group. It was an excellent meeting.

Today at 5pm we delivering a live update to all CWU members.

USO, New Entrants, Regulation, pressuring the Government and more.

Please join us at 5

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvzp...

Alan Bates reaches settlement over Post Office Horizon IT scandal

November 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM

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Justice at last.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sir Alan led a group of 555 subpostmasters who took part in a landmark group legal action against the Post Office.

www.bbc.co.uk

November 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM

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🎙️ Now on Spotify! Catch up with last week's CWU Live. We had a great chat with our @utaw.tech tech workers branch about AI, automation, and what all the latest tech changes mean for workers. A really interesting listen, even if you’re not a tech worker.

www.cwu.org/podcast/big-...

Big Tech Want to Replace Workers with Robots and AI | CWU LIVE

Podcast Edition of CWU Live. This week, Michael Walker hosts as we catch up with our UTAW branch and dive into the latest tech headlines. We’ll be discussing AI, automation, and the important work the...

Big Tech Want to Replace Workers with Robots and AI | CWU LIVE

November 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM

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🎥 Now Live: This week's spotlight is on our UTAW tech members who are organising for change as AI and automation redefine the future of work.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrJ0...

Royal Mail Group Members Update: This week's negotiations, New Entrants Equalisation, and more

October 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM

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🎧 Now available on Spotify - Yesterday's catch-up with Deputy General Secretary (Postal) Martin Walsh can now be streamed on the go.

Tune in to hear the latest on this week’s negotiations, new entrants equalisation, the USO, sick pay, overtime rates, and more.

www.cwu.org/podcast/roya...

Listen on the go for all the latest. We sat down with CWU Deputy General Secretary Postal, Martin Walsh, to discuss this week’s key negotiations - including New Entrants Equalisation, the USO, Sick Pa...

An update for Royal Mail Group Members | CWU LIVE

October 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM

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An update for Royal Mail Group Members.

We sat down with Deputy General Secretary Postal, Martin Walsh and discussed this week's negotiations, New Entrants Equalisation, USO, Sick Pay, Overtime Rates, Incentive Scheme and more.

Lots of new information. Watch here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Melc...

Despatch From the CWU Equalities Event | CWU LIVE

October 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM

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Negotiations with Royal Mail are now taking place this week so our new engagement plan is as follows:

An update video from Martin Walsh today.

A CWU representatives briefing to be issued early next week.

A live session with Dave Ward and Martin Walsh next Thursday at 5pm.

October 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM

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📢 UPDATE FOR ROYAL MAIL GROUP MEMBERS

October 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM

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🎧 Tackling Inequality – now on Spotify! Real stories. Real action. Hear how we’re tackling inequality and driving change across the union on this week’s CWU Live podcast 👇

www.cwu.org/podcast/desp...

Podcast edition of CWU Live: This week, we were at the CWU Equalities Event - where 150 delegates got together for two days of powerful discussion and action on equality across our union and beyond. H...

Communication Workers Union - Policy Assistant - Telecoms & Financial Services - Deadline 10th November 2025 How to apply: If you are interested in being considered for this opportunity, please e-ma...

October 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM

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We’re currently recruiting for the role of Policy Assistant in our Telecoms & Financial Services department.

To find out more about the role and how to apply, please visit: www.cwu.org/work-for-us/

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Retired Members: we demand a New Deal for Pensioners

October 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM

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At their annual Retired Members Conference yesterday, CWU members came together to call for a "New Deal for Pensioners" pushing for action to protect the triple lock, tackle rising bills, and end political attacks on older people.

Catch up on all the key moments 👇

www.cwu.org/news/retired...

Retired CWU members have called for a “new deal for pensioners” to fight the “excessive abuse” older people experience at the hands of politicians. The demand for the union and their allies to launch...