Ballot timetable

[Rommagic]

For uso reform and new entrants pay etc

Papers issued 11th may 2026
Ballot closes 29th may 2026
Result will be 5pm,29th may 2026.

[POSTMAN]

LTB 124/26 – BALLOT TIMETABLE FOR THE RESOLUTION OF THE TWO DRPS ON USO AND EQUALISATION
No. 124/26

27th April 2026

Dear Colleagues,

BALLOT TIMETABLE FOR THE RESOLUTION OF THE TWO DRPS ON USO AND EQUALISATION

We are pleased to announce the timetable for the consultative ballot on the resolution of USO and the equalisation of new entrants’ pay, terms and conditions.

Ballot papers will be dispatched on 11th May 2026.
The ballot will close on 29th May 2026.
The ballot result will be announced at 17:00 on 29th May 2026.
Those eligible to vote on the agreement will be all members who work in UK operations.

There will be an additional vote for new entrant members to vote on the first step.

Any enquiries relating to the content of this LTB should be referred to the DGSP department hford@cwu.org.

Yours sincerely,

Martin Walsh

Deputy General Secretary (Postal)

[Rommagic]

Heard if voted in end of august every office by then.

[Perseus]

I often hear people complain about non delivery office staff getting a vote, but in reality Delivery Office staff far outnumber by 4 or 5 times the rest of employees.
There literally is nothing good about this method for delivery. Not a thing.
If people don't vote, then you're basically accepting it.

[postperson46]

I'v not been given enough information to vote on this...

[postmanplod2026]

u just need to think back to every single revision u have had? have any of them been an improvement? or is it a question of how bad is it going be? if its the latter a straight NO in the box

[toonshola]

It’s coming in anyway but if you have any respect for yourself and work mates/colleagues then you need to tell Ward and Walsh to do one and vote no on this cruel deal which will see three workers doing 4 jobs. Martin and Dave couldn’t half a delivery never mind this 3/4 nonsense just to line the pockets of Kretinsky.
Our vote will ultimately mean nothing in terms of the changes but a no vote will put pressure on the union higher ups which is long overdue.

[dazzler123]

Had area guy in our place today talking about the new way coming in, this vote is absolutely hollow, just like the union

I heard the frames are going to be made smaller, but not the duties. So the frames will be all doubleslotted

[postmanplod2026]

that evil squeezing the frame double slots making it look smaller when its not

[dazzler123]

that evil squeezing the frame double slots making it look smaller when its not

if they are thick enough to do this its a disaster from the start, as there will be not enough room for all the packets ontop

[Perseus]

We've been double slots on huge RM2000 frames for many years. Packets split between top of frame, trays under frame, york at side of frame when trays/top gets full. That's only the small/medium packets that fit in a delivery pouch. Large get nowhere near the frame due to space, they get scanned/sorted straight into van.

[norris9]

I'v not been given enough information to vote on this...

Yeah, I assume they'll speak about it in a Youtube Live at some point, but the sooner the better. It needs to all be explained this week surely.

[goneaway]

I heard the frames are going to be made smaller, but not the duties. So the frames will be all doubleslotted

What's the logic in making the slots smaller (or two addresses in one slot) when half the duties will have to store (at least) 2 or 3 days worth of mail before it's bundled up to be delivered? The standard slots get rammed if you have 2 days of mail in there already, when they decide only the parcels are going out on a job and the non-priority mail gets rolled over. And the door to doors will sit there for longer, as they won't go out every day there is mail either.

Why does this job have to be made more difficult as time goes on, for no good reason?

[dazzler123]

I heard the frames are going to be made smaller, but not the duties. So the frames will be all doubleslotted

What's the logic in making the slots smaller (or two addresses in one slot) when half the duties will have to store (at least) 2 or 3 days worth of mail before it's bundled up to be delivered? The standard slots get rammed if you have 2 days of mail in there already, when they decide only the parcels are going out on a job and the non-priority mail gets rolled over. And the door to doors will sit there for longer, as they won't go out every day there is mail either.

Why does this job have to be made more difficult as time goes on, for no good reason?

There is no logic to RM now. It will come in, be a disaster and left to us to make it work somehow

[Perseus]

The simple reason that they make slots double is to save space. They've wanted to do it across the board for ages, this new way of working/change gives them an excuse. Do a lot of offices still have 1 duty, 1 frame with single slots?