Our Political Officer William (bill)Johnston spoke on behalf of the WASPI womans Campaign. A Campaign group for 1950s* born women who saw rapid and steep increases to their State Pension age without adequate notice. In March 2024, the Ombudsman found this to be maladministration and instructed Parliament to deliver compensation as quickly as possible. WASPI continues to work cross-party to see justice delivered for the 3.6 million women affected. WASPI began in 2015 and co

Please see the latest update from Headquarters on all topics related to USO Reform and Section 5 of the EP/CWU Agreement.

No. 016/26 TO: ALL BRANCHES Dear Colleagues, CWU NATIONAL WELFARE FUND 2025 Please find below the branch breakdown of CWU National Welfare Fund donations that were made in 2025. LTB 016/26 View Online

No. 018/26  TO:         ALL BRANCHES  Dear Colleague, CWU OBITUARY LIST 2026 Branches will know it is normal practice to include in the General Conference Agenda pad a reference to those members who have served the Union in many different capacities who have sadly passed away since the previous conference.   However, Branches should note that the last General Conference took place in 2022. We are therefore calling on Branches to supply the names of those they believe should b

No. 008/26 To:   All Branches Dear Colleague DAVID FIELDS – FORMER NEC AND NATIONAL HONORARY MEMBER It is with great sadness that we inform CWU Branches of the recent passing of David Fields, former NEC and National Honorary member.  David joined the union in 1975 and almost immediately moved into representational roles in the then Grimsby Indoor branch as part of the Telephone Operator Grade.  He had an outstanding record of union activism in various branch, district and nat

No. 007/26 Dear Colleague Post Office: Pay Claim – 1st April 2026 Branches are advised that the Postal Executive has endorsed a pay claim for our Post Office members working in Admin and Supply Chain.  The pay review date is 1 st April 2026.  We have agreed with Post Office to enter into early negotiations with the aim of concluding an agreement in advance of April. Our pay claim is seeking: A one-year no strings Pay Agreement An above-inflation pay increase for all members

No. 010/26 Dear Colleagues, Member Status on CWU OLS Membership System The purpose of this LTB is to clarify the membership status displayed in the membership system for members. The system has several status labels, the most common being pre-pending, pending, current, lapsed and stopped. Pre-pending (Online Joiners) This is the first stage. The membership department must assign a branch and check that all the correct details have been provided. If completed correctly (no mis

No. 009/26 To:   All Branches Dear Colleagues, REGIONAL SUBCOMMITTEE LEADS – ELECTIONS As you will be aware, we are currently holding elections for Regional Subcommittee Leads. Nominations have now closed and branches will be contacted shortly by your regional official to confirm the nominations for the available positions. You will note that in LTB 259/25 the timetable stated that ballot papers would be dispatched on the 5th of January. Due to unavoidable circumstances, ball

No. 274/25 To:   All Branch H3N2 “super flu” infection risk Dear Colleagues, The UK is currently facing an unprecedented flu season that is putting immense pressure on hospitals, schools and workplaces. Health authorities have cautioned that a ‘drifted’ flu variant, designated as H3N2 – (or subclade K) has quickly emerged as the dominant influenza strain right across the UK. The H3N2 subtype represents one of three primary viruses responsible for seasonal flu. Symptoms includ

No. 266/25 To:   All Branches Dear Colleagues, UPDATE ON EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS BILL Branches will be aware of the recent media reports that the government has amended the Employment Rights Bill so that protection from unfair dismissal will commence from six months of employment, rather than the first day of employment. The purpose of this LTB is to inform branches of the circumstances surrounding this decision and the discussions between trade unions, business and the government

No. 257/25 New Posting Peg Trial (Revised Version) Within Royal Mail – Background and Update Dear Colleagues, Further to LTB 184/25, issued on 26 th August, that sought to update Branches and members on the trial activity linked to a further prototype Posting Peg at the Ary, Ashford, Boole & Seaforth, Bury and Plymouth Delivery units, which followed two previous trials of new Posting Peg designs. While a series of LTBs have been issued covering all trial activity to date, as

No. 263/25 Royal Mail – Use of Parcel Cubes in Delivery and Collection Dear Colleagues, The purpose of this LTB is to confirm to Branches and members that Royal Mail have officially launched the availability and use of Parcel Cubes for both delivery and collections. This information will be officially issued to RM Ops on Monday, 1 st December. Branches will recall that, over a prolonged period of time, Royal Mail have undertaken several different trials covering the wider op

No. 248/25 To:   All Branches Dear Colleagues, HELP PROVIDE VITAL AID, DONATE TO THE CWU DISASTER FUND NOW The CWU have been approached by branches asking them to co-ordinate an urgent appeal to help members families living in Jamaica. Hurricane Melissa a devastating category 5 storm has caused catastrophic damage across Jamaica devastating parts of the island, killing at least 32 people, and more than 120,000 housing structures damaged affecting some 900,000 families. Along

No. 249/25 Dear Colleagues, Royal Mail ‘Correx’ (Plastic) York Container Sleeves – Update to Branches Branches, Representatives and members will recall previous LTBs issued in terms of the decision by Royal Mail to introduce the ‘Correx’ Sleeves into the automated and manual sorting operations from late 2022 and its decision to remove ‘Red’ Auto-Level Packet (ALP) Sleeves completely from the operation in October 2023, the last being LTB 220/24. As reported, this decision by R

No.  251/25 TO: ALL POSTAL BRANCHES Dear Colleague, Royal Mail Area Representative & R kindlyoyal Mail Area Representative Substitute Elections – 2025/2026 Branches will be aware that the Senior Deputy General Secretary’s Department is required to publish a standard election timetable for the RM Area Rep/Substitute positions. The timetable applies to positions that cover more than one branch area, i.e. those RM Area Rep elections, which are currently organised by the Regional

No. 252/25 TO ALL POSTAL BRANCHES / CWU REPS Dear Colleagues ROYAL MAIL GROUP UPDATE – MOBILISING MEMBERS The purpose of this LTB is to follow up on the recent representatives briefing and communication. During that session we outlined a series of actions that have been agreed by the Postal Executive to defend and support the interests of our members and customers. We also made it clear this would include you engaging members directly in the workplace. We are pleased to see r

No 246/25 TO: ALL BRANCHES WITH ROYAL MAIL FLEET MEMBERS Royal Mail Fleet Maintenance – Territorial Rep Election South West/South Wales Further to LTB 242/25 dated 5th November 2025. Branches will wish to note that the ballot timetable for the above position is as follows: Ballot Papers Dispatched: 18th November 2025 Ballot Close: 5th December 2025 Ballot papers to members home addresses will be posted by 2nd class post and returns to the ind

No. 245/25 TO:         ALL BRANCHES Dear Colleagues, CWU CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS 2024 Please find attached a copy of the final CWU Consolidated Accounts for the financial year 2024. Whilst these results are for the financial year 2024 branches will be more than aware of our ongoing work around restructuring the CWU. Decisions taken at the conference held in June of this year are now in the process of being implemented and the benefit of the decisions will begin to impact future

No. 239/25 31st October 2025 USO Pilot Office – Jointly Agreed Peak Guidance Dear Colleagues, Further to LTB 216/25 outlining the CWU views regarding the ODM model and the impasse within the National Talks, which had subsequently confirmed that Royal Mail / EP Group have taken a step back and have now fully confirmed there will be no further pilot units or roll out of the USO until the new year and that any deployment will only take place once an overall national agreement ha

No. 238/25 TO:    ALL BRANCHES POLITICAL FORUM AGENDA – 6th NOVEMBER 2025 Dear Colleagues, Further to LTB208/25, please find attached the agenda for next week’s political forum. As previously stated, the briefing represents an opportunity to reflect on our views on the first period of a Labour Government, the challenge posed from Reform and the far-right and the changes in our wider political environment. This is the first political forum since Labour has been in power and th