CWU Consultative ballot

To: All Branches with Postal Members

Dear Colleague

CWU Consultative Ballot
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All Branches will be aware CWU has committed to undertake a consultative ballot of members covering the major issues affecting the future of the postal industry. The Postal Executive has discussed this matter further and agreed the ballot will be undertaken on the following basis:

1. That ballot papers distributed in the workplace are identified to that particular workplace. Once distributed the member would return the ballot in an envelope provided to our normal independent scrutineers. It would be for the independent scrutineers to announce the result.

2. The ballot would be posed around asking the membership to support Union policy on the following questions:

- Backing for our pay policy.
- Backing for no cooperation with new efficiency / budget / performance demands or Mail Centre / RDC Rationalisation (until agreement has been reached on the position set out in the Special Report).
- Anti privatisation.
- Support for the boycott of competitors mail.

3. The ballot will take place in May 2013. Final arrangements including the actual timetable and the specific questions will be published to Annual Conference via an Emergency Motion.

This is an important exercise to engage CWU members in the workplace and empower the Union in discussions with the company and the Government.

Any enquiries on the above LTB should be addressed to the DGS (P) Department.

Yours sincerely



Dave Ward
Deputy General Secretary (P)