union reps.

[Woody Guthrie]

What is Cwu doing with all those money?

A huge chunk of it goes back to Royal Mail to pay for all of the full release bods.

A large chunk of it pays the wages of the national officers and their SPADs.

A big chunk goes into the pension hole for the above and their predecessors.

There's a lot of money needed to keep the social clubs sorry I meant branches going.

There's umpteen pointless trips to court.

The tea and custard cream bill is eye watering.

Then there's Lovejoy's broadband bill.

And some posters.

[wf]

What is Cwu doing with all those money?

A huge chunk of it goes back to Royal Mail to pay for all of the full release bods.

A large chunk of it pays the wages of the national officers and their SPADs.

A big chunk goes into the pension hole for the above and their predecessors.

There's a lot of money needed to keep the social clubs sorry I meant branches going.

There's umpteen pointless trips to court.

The tea and custard cream bill is eye watering.

Then there's Lovejoy's broadband bill.

And some posters.

In other words ,it’s a racket

[deltaforce]

If you could wind the clock back 50 years and outlaw unions completely, I would think you would find your workplace and take home pay and pensions ,sick pay and general rights in the work place a very different place that you experience today. Despite the disenchantments that a lot on here, have now.

[Woody Guthrie]

If you could wind the clock back 50 years and outlaw unions completely, I would think you would find your workplace and take home pay and pensions ,sick pay and general rights in the work place a very different place that you experience today. Despite the disenchantments that a lot on here, have now.

Without a doubt but that has mainly come about as a result of the power of an organised trade union movement , not the particular set of skills of individual national officers in a particular union.

We're lucky, despite what some will say about couriers we are a single employer industry. That gives you more power than most unions especially if you can maintain a high level of union membership.

[FinishOnTime]

I don’t think time-limited appointments for unit reps would work purely because there aren’t generally enough people wanting to be reps. It would be a disastrous policy for the union to force out a good rep when there’s no one to replace them with. The union will always claim there isn’t enough money in the pot to pay reps directly.

Further up the food chain, a 2 term limit, or something similar, would be a great idea to give a well needed kick up the arse to branch secretaries and divisional reps. Far too many of those people are strangers to problems on the front line, and their priority is protection of their own position.

The ballots for those positions, and attempts to get members involved in the democracy of their union, are nothing short of pathetic.

[nickinoneck]

You can please some of the people all of the time, all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time.....that’s what a Rep does! Thankless task but necessary.