No. 153 / 2026 To: All Branches Dear Colleagues, Dementia Action Week 18th – 24th May Dementia Action Week 2026 will take place from Monday 18th May to Sunday 24th May, focusing on raising awareness, supporting those affected, and promoting a dementia-friendly society. Overview Dementia Action Week is an annual campaign led by the Alzheimer’s Society to encourage individuals, communities, and organisations across the UK to take action in support of people living with dementi

No: 154/26 Dear Colleagues, ROYAL MAIL: BONUS PAYMENTS 2025/26 FOR CUSTOMER SERVICES, FINANCE, HR & LEGAL SERVICES AND LA1s IN LOGISTICS Branches are reminded that the arrangements for the bonus schemes for our members working in Customer Services, Finance, HR/Legal Services and LA1s Logistics are based on Royal Mail’s overall business performance. I am pleased to report the bonus for 2025/26 will be paid at the maximum for the respective Business Units. The total amounts pa

No.148/26 Dear Colleague, Royal Mail: Pensions – Guide for CWU Reps and Collective Plan Presentation at Postal Conference At our Postal Conference, senior members of the Collective Plan Executive Team presented on the Collective Plan, including the importance of signing up to the Member Self Service Portal which enables members to: Check their personal details and contact information are correct Tell the Executive Team who they’d like their money to go to in the event of deat

Dear Member, CWU/RMG AGREEMENT: OUR CAMPAIGN Our ballot on the new agreement between the CWU and Royal Mail is now open. Keep an eye out for ballot materials that will arrive at your home in a few days. It is really important you use your vote before the ballot closes on the 29th of May . GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT: HOW WILL IT HELP? The CWU has undertaken a serious political campaign to resolve the service crisis, secure our demands for Royal Mail and ensure that the company hon

No. 144/26 Dear Colleague, Royal Mail: PFSL Pay Negotiations 2026 – Joint Statement Further to LTBs 067/26 and 089/26 dated 5th and 25th March respectively. Branches and Reps with PFSL members are advised that pay negotiations have been continuing and on Wednesday we met with Neil Chaplain, Managing Director RME, Hannah Hadfield, Senior HRBP, and James Brockbank, Senior IR Manager in pursuance of our claim. Negotiations are progressing in a positive way, and we are optimisti

No. 147/26 Dear Colleagues, USO DEPLOYMENT AGREEMENT – PART TIME EMPLOYEE SCOPING EXERCISE The purpose of this LTB is to advise Branches, Representatives and members that as agreed within the USO deployment agreement there is the opportunity for c.6,000 part time employees to increase their contracted hours up to full time. This will mean that it provides an ongoing opportunity for part time employees to increase their contracted hours going forwards. A USO Delivery Scoping E

Statement from Martin Walsh Cwu Deputy General Secretary. When voting ! USO reform is not optional. Ofcom changed the regulations on 28th July. Royal Mail are granted a licence by Ofcom to deliver the USO , they are currently operating outside that licence. The company has commercially and lawful commitments and this cannot continue. Hence why they activated the Dispute Resolution Process in January. Voting no will not result in the status quo. It is more probable to lead to

CWU POSTAL AGENDA PAD – TUESDAY 12TH – THURSDAY 14TH MAY 2026 Branches would wish to know that the agenda for the CWU Postal Agenda Pad which is being held in the Solent Hall at the Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth from Tuesday 12th – Thursday 14th May 2026 has now been published on the website and can be accessed by opening the attachment or pasting the link into your browser: https://www.cwu.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/POSTAL-AGENDA-2026-WC.pdf Hard copies f

WATCH LIVE: The CWU Conference is now live on YouTube you can see how we the CWU delegates, present, debate and Vote on motions put forward by great people representing your best interests please watch.

WATCH LIVE: The CWU Conference is now live on YouTube you can see how we the CWU delegates, present, debate and Vote on motions put forward by great people representing your best interests please watch.

No. 131/26 To: All Postal Branches Dear Colleagues, CWU LIVE SHOW FOR POSTAL MEMBERS ON WEDNESDAY 6TH MAY AT 5PM The purpose of this LTB is to confirm that we will be holding an online live session to discuss and answer member questions on the CWU/RMG agreement. This session will be held on Wednesday 6th of May at 5pm. The General Secretary and Deputy General Secretary will be explaining the detail of what is in the agreement and answering questions from reps and members. Y

LETTER TO BRANCHES No. 132/26 Dear Colleagues, CWU REPS’ BRIEF Please see the attached CWU Reps’ brief covering all key aspects on the Resolution of RMG/CWU Dispute Resolution Processes – Deployment of USO Reform & Equalisation of New Entrants’ Pay, Terms and Conditions Agreement. Branches are asked to ensure that this brief is sent to local Reps to engage with their members. We believe the information in this Reps’ brief will help answer some of the questions being asked in

No. 135/26 TO: ALL BRANCHES Dear Colleagues, CWU Conference 2026 – Standing Orders Reports Please find attached the following for the General and Postal Conferences: General Conference Standing Orders Report Supplementary No.1 General Conference Standing Orders Report Supplementary No.2 Postal Conference Standing Orders Report No. 3 Any enquiries regarding this LTB should be addressed to Angela Niven by emailing conferences@cwu.org. Yours sincerely, Dave Ward General Secr

No. 136/26 Dear Colleagues, Postal Conference 2026 Policy Please find attached the Postal Executive’s policy for Motions submitted to Postal Conference 2026. Any enquiries relating to the content of this LTB should be referred to the DGSP department hford@cwu.org. Yours sincerely, Martin Walsh Deputy General Secretary (Postal) LTB 136.26 Postal Conference 2026 Policy LTB 136.26 Attachment – Postal Conference 2026 Policy

No. 123/26 To: All Postal Branches Dear Colleagues, CWU/RMG AGREEMENT – FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS As you are aware, the union has been undertaking a series of briefings across the UK to explain the agreement reached with Royal Mail to our Local, Area & Branch Representatives. A key part of these briefings has been a detailed session on the USO element of the agreement – explaining why the new model is different and better than ODM, the extensive safeguards that have been nego

No. 115/26   Dear Colleague,   ROYAL MAIL: WINDING UP THE RMDCP SCHEME – TRANSFER OF MEMBER ASSETS TO LEGAL AND GENERAL MASTERTRUST IN JULY 2026 – WEBINAR Further to LTB 087/26 dated 25th March 2026. Branches and Representatives are reminded that our members in the Royal Mail Defined Contribution Plan (RMDCP) have now received a communication from the Trustee advising that the scheme is winding up with all savings/assets invested moving to the Legal & General Mastertrust

No. 119 /26 To: All Branches International Workers’ Memorial Day 2026 Remember the Dead. Fight for the Living — Addressing Psychosocial Hazards at Work Dear Colleagues, On International Workers’ Memorial Day, 28 April 2026, workers and trade unions around the world will come together to remember those who have died, been injured, or made ill because of work — and to demand action to prevent further harm. International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) commemorates those workers. W

No. 122/26 Dear Colleague, ROYAL MAIL STATUTORY PENSION SCHEME (RMSPS): GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT – CAPITA Branches and Representatives may be aware from the publicity late yesterday that Nick Thomas-Symonds, the Government’s Paymaster General and Cabinet Office Minister, announced to Parliament that he was terminating the recent extended contract with Capita for “failure to meet critical transition milestones” and a “lack of confidence” in Capita’s ability to move to a new ope

No. 112/26 To: All Postal Branches Dear Colleagues, CWU AND ROYAL MAIL GROUP AGREEMENT We are pleased to announce that CWU and RMG have reached an agreement for the national deployment of USO Reform and how we move forward the equalisation of new entrants’ pay, terms and conditions. This agreement also confirms Pay 2026 and relaunches the Rebuilding Royal Mail Part 1 & 2 agreements – that will now be delivered in full with the confirmed ongoing involvement and support of th

LTB 105/26 - Royal Mail Group: National Briefing – Wednesday 15th April 2026 No. 105/26 Dear Colleague, Royal Mail Group: National Briefing – Wednesday 15 th April 2026 Please be advised that a National Briefing will be held on Wednesday 15 th April 2026 in relation to the Resolution of RMG/CWU Dispute Resolution Processes – Deployment of USO Reform and Equalisation of New Entrants’ Terms & Conditions. The Briefing will commence at 11:00 and conclude no later than 16:00 in