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Volume 10 Issue 37 Paragraphs 553-558 22 September 2005
SUMMARY
GENERAL
553 PFMC Liaison Members to Regional Political Committees
554 Liaison Meetings with CWU Group MPs
555 Equality & Diversity Mandatory Training for
Branch Officials - Leicester
556 Equality & Diversity Mandatory Training for
Branch Officials - Middlesbrough
557 Headquarters Printing and Reprographic Services
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
558 Harassment Complaints Database - Union Policy
HEALTH AND SAFETY
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TELECOMS
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POSTAL
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LETTERS TO BRANCHES
444
15/09/05 National Briefing - Moving our Relationship Forward - Dave Ward
445
16/09/05 Labour Party Fringe: The Post Office in The Public Sector -
General Secretary
446
19/09/05 Modern Apprenticeship - Bob Gibson
447
19/09/05 TUPE Transfer from Hays to Manpower UK Ltd - Sally Bridge
448
20/09/05 Inaugural Youth Conference 16 Oct 2005 - Simon Sapper
449
20/09/05 TUC CWU Hazards at Work - Safety Reps Handbook - Dave Joyce
450 20/09/05 Variable Pay Rate Capture System/Removal of Overtime
Dockets - Bob Gibson
451
20/09/05 POL Cash Services - Future Business Strategy - Andy Furey
452
20/09/05 BT Global Services - BCM50 Grading - Bill McClory
453
20/09/05 BT Global Services - Occasional Use Satnet and TES
Businesses - Bill McClory
454
21/09/05 Bullying and Harassment Procedure - Ray Ellis
455
21/09/05 TUPE Transfer for Hays to Manpower UK Ltd - Sally Bridge
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GENERAL
553
PFMC Liaison Members to Regional Political Committees
For your information, listed below are the PFMC liaison members to
Regional Political Committees for 2005/6:
Regional Political Committee PFMC Liaison Members
Scotland Andy Kerr, Steve Fishwick
North East Beryl Shepherd, Carol Alcock
North West Steve Fishwick, Maria Exall
Wales Phil Waker, Pete Donaghy
West Midlands John Holmes, Andy Kerr
East Midlands John Holmes, Andy Kerr
Eastern Phil Waker, Maria Exall
South East Graham Colk, Dave Warren
London Pete Donaghy, Maria Exall
South West Graham Colk, Dave Warren
Billy Hayes
General Secretary
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554
Liaison Meetings with CWU Group MPs
Meetings with CWU supported MPs have now been arranged for the
remainder of 2005 and, for your information, I list below the dates
of the meetings and those nominated to attend:
18 October: Graham Colk, Maria Exall, Dave Warren,
representative from South West Region
8 November: Beryl Shepherd, John Holmes, Phil Waker,
representative from North West Region
13 December: Graham Colk, Andy Kerr, Dave Warren,
representative from London Region.
Billy Hayes
General Secretary
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555
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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556
Equality & Diversity Mandatory Training for Branch Officials - Leicester
In line with Conference policy, we now require branches to submit
applications for the following mandatory Equality & Diversity courses:
This course is being held in the Midland Region:
Thursday 27th October - Leicester
Further dates and venues for other regions will be published in due course.
Nominations should be made on an application form for Union courses
and returned as soon as possible 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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557
Equality & Diversity Mandatory Training for Branch Officials - Middlesbrough
In line with Conference policy, we now require branches to submit
applications for the following mandatory Equality & Diversity courses:
This course is being held in the North East Region:
Wednesday 16th November - Middlesbrough
Further dates and venues for other regions will be published in due course.
Nominations should be made on an application form for Union courses
and returned as soon as possible 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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EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
558
Harassment Complaints Database - Union Policy
Branches are again reminded of the need to fill in the Harassment
Complaints Database (HCD) Forms, as illustrated in LTB 450/04.
Please ensure that all reps have a copy of LTB 450/04 as it contains
useful guidance as well as the form itself. Branches may also find
LTB 289/04 useful which contains information on the Harassment
Helpline and the Harassment Advice Network as well as the HCD. The
completion of the HCD forms is part of our agreement with the Equal
Opportunities Commission and is, therefore, CWU policy. (The full
agreement can be found in LTB 292/04)
The Equal Opportunities Commission has raised concerns with us
regarding the completion rate, which we need to address, otherwise we
will fall foul of the agreement. Therefore, please ensure that any
complaint raised with branch reps by members that involves possible
Harassment should be notified to HQ via these forms.
We appreciate that this will add to an already busy work schedule for
those reps that have the responsibility for completing them, but
there is no scope for non-compliance. We must accept that this will
become an accepted culture in terms of harassment reporting.
The data that will come through to HQ will be vital in enabling us to
analyse and identify any obvious patterns where problems exist.
We extend our appreciation to all those branches already complying
with the policy and look forward to the co-operation of all Branches
in this matter.
Any enquiries regarding this paragraph please contact Michèle
Emerson at CWU HQ.
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