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CWU calls on Royal Mail to bring in emergency coronavirus changes
Union says company needs to act urgently to protect staff – and should operate as a vital national service rather than a for-profit company during the crisis
Young workers do want to get involved in Unison, and where that is enabled we see growth in workplace power, argue Unison North West Young Members co-chairs ZAIHERA CHAUDHRY and IAN CAULFIELD
British military spending is among the highest in the world, diverts scarce resources from far better causes and fuels international conflict. It’s time we made different choices, argues LIZ PAYNE
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Animal metaphors are testament to delight in the non-human world and what we hope and wish for human freedom, argue ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT"
Economists estimate extreme poverty could be drastically reduced for a fraction of global defence spending, yet military budgets continue to expand year on year, says JON TRICKETT MP, ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
COMMUNICATIONS union the CWU has written to Royal Mail calling for emergency changes to protect postal workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The union is demanding that postal workers be given personal protective equipment and that post offices that cannot ensure this and enforce social distancing guidelines should close until they can.
And it says the company should cease operating as a commercial venture and “operate as a vital national service in line with the government giving postal workers key worker status” so that “Royal Mail’s unrivalled infrastructure [can be] utilised in helping the country deal with the coronavirus crisis.”
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