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WEEKLY INFORMATION FROM THE COMMUNICATION WORKERS UNION
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Volume 10 Issue 31 Paragraphs 484-491 12 August 2005

SUMMARY
GENERAL
484 Headquarters Printing and Reprographic Services
485 CWU Retired Members' Summer School: 23 - 25 September 2005
486 Union Skills II Course
487 Health & Safety Stage I Course
488 Advanced Skills Parts 1,2 & 3
489 Equality & Diversity Mandatory Training For Branch Officials - Northern Ireland
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
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HEALTH AND SAFETY
490 Scotland - Major Conference On Corporate Homicide Reform In Scotland - Organised By The CCA
TELECOMS
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POSTAL
491 Protecting Vehicles Against Theft
LETTERS TO BRANCHES
380 02/08/08 Protecting Vehicles Against Theft - Terry Pullinger
381 04/08/05 BT Peoplesoft 8 - Simon Sapper
382 03/08/05 CWU's Youth Conference October 2005 - Tony Kearns/John Donnelly
383 04/08/05 Criminal Convictions; Dismissal - Dave Wilshire (RE)
384 05/08/05 HSC Document Riddor Review - Dave Joyce
385 05/08/05 New Model Delivery Duties - Noel McClean (BG)
386 05/08/05 Anti Privatisation Rally 7th Sept Update - General Secretary
387 08/08/05 Election Of Territorial Counter Reps And Chairs - Steve Baguley
388 08/08/05 CWU LGBT Conference 22nd October 2005 - Michèle Emerson
389 08/08/05 Involving And Engaging Our People - Martin Collins/Noel Mcclean
390 08/08/05 P&ODS Pay Agreement 2005 - Andy Furey
391 10/08/05 Royal Mail Anti-terrorist Protection - Dave Joyce
392 10/08/05 Be Aware - A Managers Guide To Dealing With Suspect Packages - Dave Joyce
393 11/08/05 Post Office Ltd Cash In Transit Service Specification Project, National Agreement - Andy Furey
394 11/08/05 STUC Women's Conference - Steve Baguley
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GENERAL
484
Headquarters Printing and Reprographic Services
Branches and Representatives will wish to know that CWU Headquarters have recently acquired new reprographics equipment. The purpose of broadcasting this information is to inform you that we are now able to offer a print service to branches that we believe will be within a price range that you will find competitive. Amongst the services we can provide are colour or black & white posters, leaflets, booklets etc. It is not possible to produce a price list as prices will vary dependent on each individual job based on quantity, timescale, delivery requirements etc. If you would like more information about this service or wish to receive a quote for a particular piece of work then please ring or email Jacquie Winter, Acting Head of Post & Reprographics. 020 8971 7218
jwinter@cwu.org

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485
CWU Retired Members' Summer School: 23 - 25 September 2005
The CWU will be holding the first ever summer school for retired members at Alvescot over the weekend of 23-25 September. Those attending should be able to arrive at Alvescot by 5pm on Friday 23rd and the school will conclude with lunch on Sunday 25th. Subjects to be covered at the school include pensions - the role of pensions' trustees and other matters relevant to older members.
Branches are invited to send details of any retired members who wish to attend to Peter Dodd (SDGS Department,CWU HQ) by no later than 2 September 2005.

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486
Union Skills II Course
The Communication Workers Union has organised a Union Skills II Course, to be held at the Union's Education & Training Centre at Alvescot Lodge. All courses held at Alvescot Lodge are accredited with the National Open College Network. This is a fully integrated course.
The course will be held from 31 October - 4 November 2005
The closing date for nominations is 15 September
Only members who have attended a Union Skills I or an Induction course are eligible for nomination. Preference, will of course, be given to those students who have been refused a previous Union Skills II Course, so this must be shown on the application form. We particularly encourage branches to nominate women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and young members who are often under-represented on the CWU Education and Training Programme.
All courses at Alvescot are residential. The cost of tuition, food and accommodation will be met from the General Fund. Branches are required to meet the cost of travelling and subsistence payments. Branches requiring financial assistance from the General Fund to enable them to send students to the course must submit the request with the nomination, to enable the Trustees to consider the request in time.
The Education Centre can offer child-minding facilities for a maximum of three under school age children at any one time. If any applicant from your branch would like child-minding facilities, can you please advise the age and sex of the child on the application form. Further information on the child-minding arrangements will then be sent to successful applicants.
Those nominees who are Committee Members, Branch Representatives or Branch Officers are entitled to leave with pay. Nominations should be made on the form for Education Courses, and returned to Alvescot Lodge by the closing date shown. If you nominate more than one member (a maximum of two please), indicate the order of preference if necessary and please apply for only one course at a time.
Application forms should be addressed to: Trish Lavelle, Head of Education & Training, CWU Education & Training Centre, Alvescot Lodge, Alvescot, Bampton, Oxon OX18 2PY. Telephone: 01993 843373; Fax: 01993 840960; email: mtodd@cwu.org

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487
Health & Safety Stage I Course
A Health and Safety Stage I Course has been organised to be held at the Education and Training Centre at Alvescot Lodge. All courses held at Alvescot Lodge are accredited with the National Open College Network. This is a fully integrated course.
The course will be held from 7 - 11 November 2005
The closing date for nominations is 22 September
Application forms should be returned to: Trish Lavelle, Head of Education & Training, CWU Education & Training Centre, Alvescot Lodge, Alvescot, Bampton, Oxon OX18 2PY. Telephone: 01993 843373; Fax: 01993 840960: email: mtodd@cwu.org

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488
Advanced Skills Parts 1,2 & 3
The Communication Workers Union has organised an Advanced Skills Course (in three parts), to be held at the Union's Education and Training Centre at Alvescot Lodge on the following dates:
Part 1: 17 - 21 October 2005
Part 2: 14 - 18 November 2005
Part 3: 16 - 20 January 2006
The closing date for nominations is 1 September
This course is designed for Branch Officers, i.e. Secretaries, Chairpersons, Assistant Secretaries, Vice Chairpersons and Branch Organisers, and is fully integrated. Subject to vacancies being available, other Branch Officers and Committee Members will be considered. Applications must be for the three weeks of the course as one complete course.
Applicants are entitled to Special Leave with pay. You should therefore, apply for Special Leave (with pay) for all three weeks of the course.
Application forms should be addressed to: Trish Lavelle, Head of Education & Training, CWU Education & Training Centre, Alvescot Lodge, Alvescot, Bampton, Oxon OX18 2PY. Telephone: 01993 843373; Fax: 01993 840960; email: mtodd@cwu.org

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489
Equality & Diversity Mandatory Training For Branch Officials - Northern Ireland
In line with Conference policy, we now require branches to submit applications for the following mandatory Equality & Diversity courses.
These courses are being held in the Northern Ireland Region:
Wednesday 21st September - Belfast
Thursday 22nd September - Belfast
Wednesday 28th September - Enniskillen
Thursday 29th September - Enniskillen
Tuesday 11th October - Londonderry
Wednesday 12th October - Londonderry
Wednesday 19th October - Belfast
Thursday 20th October - Belfast
Wednesday 2nd November - venue to be confirmed
Thursday 3rd November - venue to be confirmed
Further dates and venues for other regions will be published in due course.
Nominations are to be made through your Regional Secretary.

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HEALTH AND SAFETY
490
Scotland - Major Conference On Corporate Homicide Reform In Scotland - Organised By The CCA
The CWU is affiliated to the CCA (Centre for Corporate Accountability) and with the TUC, STUC, Trade Unions and Safety Campaign groups are part of the 'Campaign Coalition' campaigning for effective corporate accountability, a new corporate manslaughter law and proper Safety Law enforcement in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The CCA is organising its third annual one day conference in Scotland on Thursday October 6, 2005, Patrick Burgh Hall Glasgow, with this year's theme 'Corporate Homicide Reform In Scotland'. The Conference is sponsored by STUC and Thompsons Scotland.
As the Scottish Executive has set up an "Expert Panel" on Corporate Homicide to "To review the law in Scotland and to submit a report to the Minister for Justice taking into account the proposals published by the Home Secretary. This conference brings together the Scottish Executive, Employers, Trade Unions, NHS and Local Government Employers, Lawyers and members of the Scottish Executive's Panel - to discuss what reform is required to the Law of Corporate Homicide in Scotland.
This conference will consider whether there is a real Scottish alternative to the Westminster reform and what this alternative may be. It will look at what should be the nature of any Scottish offence, how it should apply to crown and public bodies, whether it should deal with the accountability of individual directors and what sentences should be available to the courts. It will also consider whether any reforms should also deal with offences involving serious injury. Attached is a leaflet and registration form giving details of the conference programme.
I would urge Scottish branches, and in particular Safety Representatives, to support and attend the conference. A special rate of CWU rate of £20 per person has been agreed between the CCA for CWU union attendees to the conference (The standard fee is £40), I hope therefore that as many CWU Representatives from Scotland as possible will attend this worthwhile event and support the policies of the CWU.
Conference Speakers Include:

Bookings can be made by calling the CCA on 0207 490 4494 or by completing the postal Registration form.
Any enquiries should be addressed to Dave Joyce National Health, Safety & Environment Officer, quoting reference EX1
Att: G10 = www.corporateaccountability.org/conference/oct05scotland.htm

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POSTAL
491
Protecting Vehicles Against Theft
The department were advised by Parcelforce Worldwide of a trial they wish to roll-out for the use of lanyards at five Depots in the near future.
The offices concerned are:
Romford
Nottingham
Manchester
Birmingham
London Central
The lanyard is a flexible cord which is attached to the key of the drivers' vehicle and can in turn be clipped to the drivers' belt or loop. The purpose of the trial is to reduce the possibility of drivers leaving their keys within their vehicles which has resulted in a number of vehicles being stolen and also a number of our members being dismissed.
Discussions took place between my department and Parcelforce Worldwide and a Terms Of Reference has been agreed between us to initiate a joint trial to take place of these key retention units in the Depots detailed above.
The Terms Of Reference have been ratified by the Postal Executive at their August meeting and are attached to this document (PE 19) and I believe afford our members all the necessary safeguards.
Any enquiries regarding this matter should be addressed to Terry Pullinger, Assistant Secretary, quoting the above reference 109.
Att: PE19

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