We stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, and importantly, with all of our members here in the UK who are from Ukraine who will be understandably concerned about…
Annual Conference 2022 – Programme of Business
ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2022 – PROGRAMME OF BUSINESS At the NEC held on the 26th/27th January 2022 the following programme of business was agreed for CWU Annual Conference 2022: Sunday 24th April 2022 …
CWU Statement on Russian invasion of Ukraine
Branches will understandably be concerned regarding the recent escalation of conflict in Europe. Trade Unions from across the globe have called for peace and for a negotiated solution to the…
Openreach Chief Engineer ‘career pathway’ update
An agreement brokered by the CWU last summer to fast-track career progression opportunities for members in Openreach’s Chief Engineer division is well on track to delivering the transformed promotion landscape…
BT Pay Negotiations
Dear Member, Your Pay The CWU has officially commenced negotiations on your pay for 2022. Last year, BT gave their commitment that you would receive a consolidated pay rise this…
Election of Branch Committee positions
We recently sent out an email to request nominations for all NI Telecom Branch Officer Positions for term time 2022 – 2024. Please see below list of positions which were…
‘Our Hours’ victory complete as Openreach switches off PTT
Feb 3rd was the first day that thousands of Openreach engineers won’t be contractually obliged to give up to 60 minutes of their time at each end of the working…
Service Delivery delivers on pledge to fast-track career progression
Openreach has today (Thursday) reinforced its commitment to helping ALL engineers in Service Delivery upskill to ‘advanced engineering’ level within two years – bringing the tantalising prospect of significant pay…
Branch election & nominations
The time has come to request nominations for all Branch Officer Positions for term 2022 – 2024. Please accept this email, providing the necessary two weeks’ notice period, with a closing…
Communication Workers Union Humanitarian Aid
Communication Workers Union Humanitarian Aid (CWUHA) is a charitable organisation which was set up in response to the plight of vulnerable children. We would appreciate you checking it out and…
Openreach – Personal Travel Time (PTT)
Branches will be aware that the CWU has been campaigning for some time to have the requirement, for those to whom it applies, to give up to 60 minutes of…
No ‘cliff edge’ for Openreach jobs
Unprecedented recruitment in recent years associated with Openreach’s turbo-charged rollout of high speed broadband won’t turn into an equally unprecedented redundancy nightmare as fibre build nears competition in the latter…
Branch Meeting Agenda
Branch Meeting Agenda 15th December 2021 @ 19:00 Branch Secretary Report Section Reports Financial Report Requests for Charity Donations Branch Honorary Membership AOB (to be notified before start of meeting…
Election of National Representative Positions
No. 460/21 28th October 2021 Dear Colleague, Election of National Representative Positions – 2021 Members Auditors The NEC has agreed the election arrangements for the National Representative positions listed above. Accordingly…