CWU Membership Subscription Rates

[La Poste]

It is important that branch and field officers absorb this guidance. The Tribunals have become far more legalistic and are now like courts. Failure to follow these procedures could create difficulties for you as well as serious and costly legal consequences for the Union. This can involve very large Tribunal awards, legal costs and sometimes bad publicity. When things go wrong due to a failure to follow the procedures it can be embarrassing, pressurised and costly. So the advice contained has the authority of the NEC and must be followed by all union representatives handling potential or actual Employment Tribunal applications.

http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... ls#p165031

I can see why they don't take on all cases now.

[dvbuk55]

But to get back to the increase in subscriptions - I think the increase should reflect the outcome of the National Agreement, whatever the agreed "reward" is should reflect the % increase in subscriptions, OR maybe it should reflect the increase we got this year. Pretty close though 1/1/2010 three weeks? Makes you wonder if that has been discussed - maybe RM threatened to stop collecting the cash?

[eian687]

However the fact remains that we are currently losing members at the rate of approximately 1,000 per month

That's a bit scarey, sign of the times I guess, people too selfish to part with even a few pounds.

so many leaving that's why subs are going up

[La Poste]

Makes you wonder if that has been discussed - maybe RM threatened to stop collecting the cash?

Amazing isn't it. It's a union that is completely reliant on its employer RM to exist. RM could pull the funding anytime, aswell as facilities including phones, photocopiers, union boards, offices the lot.
I can see why the union is worried about its own existance.

[smokerjim]

Makes you wonder if that has been discussed - maybe RM threatened to stop collecting the cash?

Amazing isn't it. It's a union that is completely reliant on its employer RM to exist. RM could pull the funding anytime, aswell as facilities including phones, photocopiers, union boards, offices the lot.
I can see why the union is worried about its own existance.

An organisiation that exists only because of a conflict of intrest!

[TrueBlueTerrier]

the union should only represent the members who pay their fees i.e. let the non members fight for their own wages and conditions.

My local branch has that in their rule book. (apart for the wages and T&Cs of course )

[TrueBlueTerrier]

No. 1076(A)/09
Ref: AK/lm
Date: 9 December 2009

To: All Branches

Dear Colleagues

Membership Subscription Rates

Further to LTB 1076/09, please find attached the schedule of contribution rates which was unfortunately omitted from the original LTB.

Any enquiries regarding this LTB should be addressed to the Senior Deputy General Secretary's Department on telephone number 0208 971 7237 or email sdgs@cwu.org.

Yours sincerely

Tony Kearns
Senior Deputy General Secretary

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[POSTMAN]

9p a week,not too bad.

[Fluke]

9p a week,not too bad.

But what are we getting for it?

[flaminmoses]

9p a week,not too bad.

But what are we getting for it?

4 hour walks
double walk prepping
and f****d at the end of everyday

[Fluke]

9p a week,not too bad.

But what are we getting for it?

4 hour walks
double walk prepping
and f****d at the end of everyday

I've been a Rep for over ten years, and I'd be hard pushed to sell the CWU to new members. I have completely lost faith in our leadership and believe they are completely out of touch with the grassroots of our membership. If it wasnt for the support I get from the lads and lasses in my office and the fact that I cant stand the bullying feckers in charge I would jack the CWU in myself.

[deltaforce]

And dont forget about the large wedge given to the labour party..there must be room for savings there!

[wranglered]

9p a week,not too bad.

Not too bad????

It is f***g disgraceful.....

Love the way they say we are saving you £100K on honoraria, yet if you calculate that 9p a week increase across 90000 members(?) it runs in at over £400K.

That's an extra £300K to spend on losing more terms and conditions of the people they are meant to represent....

I am unsure of exactly how many CWU members are within RM, but if the union say in print they are losing 1000 a month, you can safely say it is at least 3 times that figure....

But hey, what the heck, RM are engaging everwhere and there are few problems out in the field....its going to be a marvellous Christmas for "our people"....

[k979aaa]

And why are they losing a 1000 members a month is it lack of leadership or disillusionment of said leadership?. For a union called the CWU the H/Q has a major problem in communicating with its members a job which should be first and foremost!.

[Big Daz]

And dont forget about the large wedge given to the labour party..there must be room for savings there!

That will not make a lot of difference as money for Labour comes out a seperate and VOLUNTARY Political levy/fund which is 10 pence a week.

The political expenditure of the CWU does not impact on the money going in and out of the general fund.