No. 039/26 Dear Colleague ROYAL MAIL: THE COLLECTIVE PLAN – ANNUAL BENEFIT STATEMENT & ADJUSTMENT LETTERS Branches and members are advised that the Collective Plan has issued its first Annual Benefit Statement and adjustment letters. These will be sent via second class post from today, Monday 9th February to all scheme members who were in the Collective Plan between October 2024 and March 2025. The Annual Benefit Statement tells Collective Plan members how much they’d built

No. 038/26 For the Immediate Attention of All: Postal Branches Royal Mail Divisional Representatives Area Distribution Representatives Area Processing Representatives Area Delivery Representatives Parcelforce Regional Organisers Dear Colleagues, National LGV Recruitment Exercise Following discussions at national level as part of the Rebuilding Royal Mail, Section 5 commitment on Reducing Reliance on Agency Workers, it has been agreed that a national Recruitment Exercise for

No. 033/26 2nd February 2026 To: All Branches Dear Colleagues, PURCHASE OF ANNUAL LEAVE (POAL) As you may know in 2025, the company suspended enrolment and continuation of Purchase of Annual Leave (POAL) due to concerns about possible legal risks under National Minimum Wage (NMW) Legislation. Since that time, our members have continued to receive the benefits of purchasing annual leave without being required to pay or make up associated payments. The legislation states tha

No. 37/26 3rd February 2026 Dear Colleague, National CWU DRP on the Equalisation of New Entrants’ Pay, Terms and Conditions The CWU has today, in line with the legally binding Dispute Resolution Procedure under 3.2, registered a formal DRP against EP and Royal Mail for failing to honour their commitment to equalise new entrants’ pay, terms and conditions. This relates to their current failure to honour the following: EP’s commitment of 18th December 2024, Rebuilding Royal Ma

No. 036/26 To: All Branches Dear Colleagues, ELECTION OF REGIONAL SUB COMMITTEE LEADS As you will be aware from LTB 009/26, we recently held a branch ballot for Regional Sub Committee Leads, following the introduction of our new regional structure. The results are as follows [1]: MIDLANDS EQUALITY LEAD NAME. VOTES Prince Olugbenga-Faborode 4402 Sajid Shaikh 14962 Therefore, Sajid Shaikh is elected as

No. 27/26 29 th January 2026   Dear Colleague, Dispute Resolution Process, USO & Equalisation We have today received formal notification from Royal Mail that they have activated the Dispute Resolution Process on Universal Service reform. Within their heads of disagreement they are stating they want to deploy the Optimised Delivery Model 4 into 3 duties method change. This is following a meeting we had yesterday with EP. The Dispute Resolution Process now results in one month

Today we have informed the Communication Workers Union (CWU) that we will move discussions regarding deployment of Universal Service reform into our Achieving National Agreement Procedure in an effort to reach agreement. Universal Service reform is essential for our future and any further delay in deploying the changes threatens our financial resilience, particularly at a time of significantly increased costs for Royal Mail. The Pay Agreement that we reached last year assume

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