No. 236/26 Dear Colleague, Royal Mail: PFSL Pay – National Briefing & Membership Consultative Ballot Further to LTB 221/26 dated 6th August. Branches are advised that our negotiating team met with PFSL management face to face earlier today. Whilst the meeting was cordial, unfortunately we were unable to make any further progress and there are no further pay meetings planned at this stage. As a consequence, the Postal Executive has this afternoon made the following decision

No. 238/26 Dear Colleague, Update on DM26 This LTB provides a comprehensive update on DM26 and ensures that all representatives and members have the latest information regarding its deployment across the network. It is important to remind all CWU representatives that management must be held accountable for the safeguards contained within the agreement. No unit should be deployed unless a fully agreed resourcing plan is in place for up to 6 weeks and all pre-deployment checks

No. 237/26 To: All Postal Branches Dear Colleagues TOM GAFFNEY – FORMER POSTAL EXECUTIVE MEMBER We have been advised by the Newcastle Amal branch that Tom Gaffney, former UCW Executive Council Member and Chair, sadly passed away last week at the age of 90. Tom joined the old GPO in 1960 and served as a member of the union’s Executive Council from 1984 up until his retirement in 1995. Tom was also a stalwart of the Newcastle Amal branch holding numerous positions within the