LTB 200/20 - PPE and Social Distancing - CWU Online Support

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LTB 200/20 - PPE and Social Distancing – CWU Online Support

LTB 200/20
15th April 2020

TO: ALL BRANCHES



Dear Colleague

PPE and Social Distancing – CWU Online Support

CWU representatives at all levels have worked tirelessly in making sure our members have access to PPE in the workplace and that social distancing measures are in place. This has been against a background of employers and managers not always acting as quickly as they should have and in some cases failing to prioritise the health and safety of our members. To this end, we want to thank again our local representatives and branches, who in very difficult circumstances have been outstanding in dealing with our members’ concerns.

To further support the members and the work our representatives have been doing, we have now developed a simple webpage where members can log their PPE/social distancing issues. From there, we will send the queries to branches locally to be picked up. This work will be supplemented as necessary through the union’s structures.

This web page is another advancement of our digital support for members and will operate for all CWU constituencies and every company we have members in. It will ensure the whole union is as visible as possible to our members in systematically logging and tackling these difficult issues during the Coronavirus pandemic. We want to reassure all representatives that this approach is designed to support and not replace the great work that is already taking place.

The web page can be seen here http://www.cwu.org/ppe" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and we would encourage branches to give this the widest possible publication.



Yours sincerely,

Dave Ward
General Secretary

Terry Pullinger
Deputy General Secretary (P)

Andy Kerr
Deputy General Secretary (T&FS)

[AngardWolf]

All staff including agency were given masks at our MC last night, I appreciated it, but I think a demo in how to use them might’ve helped, I saw some people putting them on without taking off their gloves, many more were repeatedly messing around with them, touching their faces far more than they otherwise would’ve done.