LTB 560/13 National Briefing - 2nd September 2013

[Danelectro]

The grass roots element of the union has been ignored for far too long, it's become stale and entrenched in looking after No1 and protecting full time release at any cost - the Gentlemens' club mentality is alive and well.

Totally agree dvb but I thought with the Gentlemans club under threat they would at least get what little info there is out there, either they are deaf dumb and blind or theres something they aint telling us.

[dvbuk55]

The grass roots element of the union has been ignored for far too long, it's become stale and entrenched in looking after No1 and protecting full time release at any cost - the Gentlemens' club mentality is alive and well.

Totally agree dvb but I thought with the Gentlemans club under threat they would at least get what little info there is out there, either they are deaf dumb and blind or theres something they aint telling us.

Well the last interim agreement came out of nowhere lets just hope this isn't going to be a rerun TBH I'm a bit surprised there hasn't been more of an effort by the union to get everyone on board for a ballot, getting all the full time reps out and about to every single office judging how strong the support will be and giving a pep talk - even a road show which seemed to work to get BT2010 in.

[whatamess!!]

The CWU pay royal mail £100,000's to supply them with data for who works in which office. FACT!! I believe it to be around £500,000 per year

Dvbuk the latest membership details Royal Mail give is what the CWU need to check and confirm to avoid a challenge on the ballot so it cannot be done in advance.

Vince Cable has already confirmed the company will not be wholly sold and that it will be a majority share if they can get the investors for it .

It's a poor state of affairs when the union rely on the employer to give the latest membership details and is yet another failure that needs to be addressed, privatised or not - who knows if the next employer will be as generous as the current one with full time release paid for, offices, electricity, heating and collecting union funds etc? Has Vince indicated what the proportion will be or will it depend on how much money can be raised and a sliding scale operated, like x amount will buy you so much, y amount so much more or less.