@CWUnews No uso reform agreement has been put to @CwuWamc members and we are not a pilot office. Sorry Tony we are pressing on with changes around uso reform. Union reps running the show around how 1st and 2nd are to be segregated on the mech and manual on inward mail.
Started last night
Agreement reached on the biggest ever National uplift in Part time contracted hours
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We are pleased to announce more details regarding the CWU agreement announced with Royal Mail before Christmas regarding the fact that up to 11-thousand-part timers will get the opportunity to increase their contracted hours on legacy terms and conditions up to and including full time hours.
We have been working with Royal Mail to ensure that all 11-thousand-part timers will get the opportunity to accept the increase in their contracted hours before 31st January 2025. The reference point is that the hours had to be worked up to 1st January 2025.
The headlines are
โข 8400 Part timers will get the opportunity to accept a full-time role on a permanent basis.
โข 1700 Part timers will get the opportunity to accept an increase their contracted hours on a permanent basis.
โข 300 Part timers who are on 35 hours who are working over these hours will get the opportunity to accept a 37-hour contract on a permanent basis.
โข A further yet to be identified number of part timers who were employed from 2018 until the 1st of December 2022 who were capped at 35 hours will be offered the opportunity to accept a 37-hour contract on a permanentbasis.
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We will be providing the Divisional Reps with the list of part timers per ROD area so they can work with Branchโs to ensure that the relevant part timers are offered the improved contracts before 31st January 2025.
Any new part timer who in the future gets offered an increase in their contract hours will retain their legacy terms and conditions.
There will also be a further opportunity within the 37 Pilot USO units who are going to phase in between February for part timers to get the opportunity to move to full time as the all the modelling shows that there is a requirement for some part timers to become full time.
This is great news story to start the year. It is the biggest ever uplift in full time jobs and this would not have taken place without the CWU using our leverage to ensure that legacy part timers were able to remain on their current terms and conditions.
This year we face two of the biggest challenges that the union has ever dealt with - the takeover and potential USO reform.
The CWU have reached a groundbreaking agreement with EP which will totally reset industrial relations and employee relations in every workplace and it addresses issues such as pay, equalising new entrantsโ terms and conditions, improving sick pay, improving SA and overtime rates and improving voluntary redundancy terms.
We are also in discussions with Royal Mail on the USO which will deliver better attendance patterns for all units including improved Wallington type attendances, fewer Saturday attendances, an increase in opportunities for part timers to move to full time, improved quality of service and the opportunity to resolve fatigue in deliveries.
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Martin Walsh
Deputy General Secretary Postal
@CWUnews You were silent when Starmer, Lammy, Thornberry etc said Israel had the right to starve & bomb, mainly muslim, children/civilians. You were silent when Labour described ridding the LP of muslims & pro-Palestinians as "shaking off the fleas". You still asked members to vote Labour
@CWUnews Plenty of far right opinions openly expressed in our office with not a peep from the reps or management. CWU should be setting the tone of unity, not sitting on their hands while this shite festers and spreads. Thereโs no place for these attitudes in the workplace.