Zoom meeting next Sunday May 14: A fighting programme for Royal Mail workers

[merson01]

The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (UK) is holding a meeting next Sunday, May 14 at 7pm to discuss a fighting programme for Royal Mail workers to defeat the brutal dictates of Royal Mail Group and its stooges in the Communication Workers Union (CWU) bureaucracy.

CWU General Secretary Dave Ward and the postal executive declare there is “no alternative” to accepting such a ruthless pro-company deal. They are trying to intimidate RM workers by repeating the claims of CEO Simon Thompson that if workers reject the deal Royal Mail will go bankrupt.

The CWU bureaucracy accepts that Royal Mail shareholders’ profits are sacrosanct and that postal workers must pay the price through Amazon-style sweatshop conditions.

Sunday’s meeting will discuss what policies and program are needed to defend the interests of postal workers and launch a fightback. Royal Mail and the CWU have announced their strategy and plans -- it is time for postal workers to do the same.

Please spread the word and help ensure the widest attendance at next Sunday’s Zoom meeting across all areas of Royal Mail.

[pieoftheday]

The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (UK) is holding a meeting next Sunday, May 14 at 7pm to discuss a fighting programme for Royal Mail workers to defeat the brutal dictates of Royal Mail Group and its stooges in the Communication Workers Union (CWU) bureaucracy.

CWU General Secretary Dave Ward and the postal executive declare there is “no alternative” to accepting such a ruthless pro-company deal. They are trying to intimidate RM workers by repeating the claims of CEO Simon Thompson that if workers reject the deal Royal Mail will go bankrupt.

The CWU bureaucracy accepts that Royal Mail shareholders’ profits are sacrosanct and that postal workers must pay the price through Amazon-style sweatshop conditions.

Sunday’s meeting will discuss what policies and program are needed to defend the interests of postal workers and launch a fightback. Royal Mail and the CWU have announced their strategy and plans -- it is time for postal workers to do the same.

Please spread the word and help ensure the widest attendance at next Sunday’s Zoom meeting across all areas of Royal Mail.

Who are these rank and file committee? Any names?

[Krafty]

Will there be a link to watch this?

[timbo1234]

Being held in a phone box near you.

[Acca Dacca]

Was this rank and file committee voted into their positions?

Or could I call myself leader of the file and rank of postal workers committee?

I don’t even fall out with much of their argument but just making sure it’s not a case of a group making themselves sound more important and official than they actually are

[clashcityrocker]

This is who they are:
https://www.wsws.org/en/special/pages/sep/uk/home.html

To be fair he has been banging the same drum for the last 17 years:


Britain: Oppose efforts by Communication Workers Union to end postal strike
Statement by the Socialist Equality Party (Britain)
23 October 2007


The Communication Workers Union executive has endorsed a rotten deal with the Royal mail to bring an end to the postal workers’ dispute.

The CWU is citing an improved offer from Royal Mail on pay, pensions and working practices, but as yet there is little to indicate any significant differences with the agreement endorsed last week by the union’s negotiating team with Adam Crozier, Royal Mail’s chief executive.

The executive was split on acceptance of that deal and went back for further discussions. It has now said it will ballot its 130,000 members on acceptance.

The CWU had previously warned that Royal Mail was seeking to impose measures that would lead to 40,000 job losses, but now says that it has settled “all areas of the dispute.â€

[guardianangel]

Anything has to be better than listening to the drivel at the moment.

[heraldmoth]

Was this rank and file committee voted into their positions?

Or could I call myself leader of the file and rank of postal workers committee?

I don’t even fall out with much of their argument but just making sure it’s not a case of a group making themselves sound more important and official than they actually are

Lol like the CWU

[Acca Dacca]

Was this rank and file committee voted into their positions?

Or could I call myself leader of the file and rank of postal workers committee?

I don’t even fall out with much of their argument but just making sure it’s not a case of a group making themselves sound more important and official than they actually are

Lol like the CWU

They are at least elected into their positions

[clashcityrocker]

They are at least elected into their positions

Elected unopposed isn't really elected.

[Acca Dacca]

They are at least elected into their positions

Elected unopposed isn't really elected.

It is when nothing is stopping anyone opposing

[clashcityrocker]

It is when nothing is stopping anyone opposing

But the fact is you can end up with someone who is totally unsuitable for the role they take up.
Wasn't there a British Movement organiser who was a CWU rep in Dundee?
Elected unopposed. How can that be right?

[Acca Dacca]

It is when nothing is stopping anyone opposing

But the fact is you can end up with someone who is totally unsuitable for the role they take up.
Wasn't there a British Movement organiser who was a CWU rep in Dundee?
Elected unopposed. How can that be right?

They are the most suited if they are the only person to put themselves forward. Its not a difficult concept.

[greengiant]

Anything has to be better than listening to the drivel at the moment.

Maybe what we need is the Popular People's Front of Posties?

[Krafty]

I asked earlier but didn't get a reply. How do we watch this?