No. 275/26 14th October 2026 Dear Colleague, ROYAL MAIL: CHANGE FOR GOOD – RESPECT TRAINING PILOT IN 10 MAIL CENTRES/PARCEL HUBS Further to LTB 202/26 and associated Tri-Partite Statement dated 14th July 2026. Branches are advised that we have been working with Royal Mail to develop the Change for Good (CFG) Respect training programme in preparation for national roll-out in the New Year. In this regard, we have agreed a Respect training programme will be piloted this month a

No. 276/26 14 October 2026 To: All Postal Branches Dear Colleagues, CWU CALL FOR SUMMIT MEETING WITH GOVERNMENT AND THE COMPANY ON THE FUTURE OF ROYAL MAIL You will be aware that there has been further media coverage today on the major problems being experienced with quality of service in Royal Mail. The BBC’s story led with the headline that around 400 postal workers a week were leaving the company, an increase from the 326 on average per week that had been leaving prior t

No. 274/26 14th October 2026 For the Immediate Attention of All: Postal Branches Parcelforce Regional Organisers Parcelforce Area Hub Representative Dear Colleague, Royal Mail Announcement – Job Losses (Project Edison) – Customs Clearance Bureau (CCB) Branches and Colleagues will be aware of the contents of LTB 266/26 which noted the announcement by Royal Mail of a programme of structural changes, over two phases which could lead to up to 2,500 job losses, most of which are a

No. 264/26 To: All Postal Branches Dear Colleagues GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT ON ENDING BOGUS SELF-EMPLOYMENT Last week, at Labour Party Conference, the Government announced that it would take action to ban bogus self-employment. This is very good news for the CWU and a major step forward in a campaign our union has been fighting for years. Our motion to Labour Party Conference called for the abolition of bogus self-employment, underlining the importance of this issue to our u

No. 260/26 Dear Colleague, Capita TVL Pay 2026 – Formal Trade Dispute – Ballot for Industrial Action Further to LTB244/26 dated 11th September. Branches are advised that we are undertaking the Industrial Action ballot electronically, and we have managed to obtain the vast majority of members’ private email addresses to enable us to run the ballot via email. For the very small number we don’t hold email addresses for, the ballot papers will be sent via post. This approach is

No. 252/26 To: All Branches Dear Colleagues,# AGENDA PAD – CWU RETIRED MEMBERS CONFERENCE – 14TH OCTOBER 2026 Branches would wish to know that the agenda for the CWU Retired Members Conference which is being held at the CWU Birmingham Branch Offices on Wednesday 14th October 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/2026/09/RM-AGENDA-OCTOBER-2026.pdf Branc

No. 259/26 To: All Branches Dear Colleagues, AGENDA PAD – CWU YOUNG WORKERS CONFERENCE – 21st OCTOBER 2026 Branches would wish to know that the agenda for the CWU Young Workers Conference which is being held at the Mechanics Institute on Wednesday 21st October has now been published on the website and can be accessed by opening the attachment or pasting the link into your browser: https://yw.cwu.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/YOUNG-WORKERS-CONFERENCE-AGENDA-2026-Draft.pdf B

No. 255 / 26 To: All Branches COVID-19 Autumn Booster Vaccination Programme Colleagues who are eligible for the Autumn COVID-19 vaccination can now book an appointment online or through the NHS App. Appointments will begin from 1st October 2026. You can book your vaccination via: The NHS website COVID-19 vaccination appointment online – NHS The NHS App NHS App – NHS From 1st October 2026, you may also be able to receive your vaccination at: A walk-in COVID-19 vaccination site

No. 258/26 28th September 2026 DM26 Deployment – Royal Mail Workplace Survey Dear Colleagues, The purpose of this LTB is to advise Branches that following representations and challenges through which CWU expressed to the business our view that the company has not been adequately engaging with and seeking the feedback from their employees on the deployment of DM26 and the associated issues in their respective offices, the business agreed to carry out the relevant Workplace Sur

No. 256/26 28th September 2026 To: All Branches Dear Colleagues, THE FUTURE OF ROYAL MAIL In considering the major and wide-ranging challenges facing our members and the company, the CWU has placed a motion before the Labour Party Conference 2026 that calls on the Government to urgently intervene and set out a fundamentally different direction and vision for the future of Royal Mail. The motion recognises that Royal Mail is a vital public service, rooted in every community

No. 253/26 23rd September 2026 To: All Branches Dear Colleagues, ROYAL MAIL JOINS GOVERNMENTS FIRST CHANCE APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME The CWU has welcomed Royal Mail’s announcement today that it has become one of the major employers to sign up to the Governments new First Chance Apprenticeship scheme for young people. Our support is of course subject to a clearer understanding of the detail of the scheme and how it will be implemented within the company. Given our ongoing discus

No. 251/26 21st September 2026 Dear Colleague, INCENTIVE SCHEME UPDATE FOR DELIVERY UNITS Further to LTB 176/26 regarding the Delivery Unit Incentive Scheme, this LTB provides an update on the scheme’s progress and performance. As members will be aware, the CWU and Royal Mail jointly launched the Site Incentive Scheme alongside the deployment of Delivery Model 26 (DM26). During the first qualifying period, only 37 units went live and most deployed midway through the period, m

No. 249/26 To: All Branches Dear Colleagues, FURTHER FINANCIAL REMEDY FOLLOWING THE OUTCOME OF THE LORD FALCONER REVIEW AND THE SUBSEQUENT COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT The purpose of this LTB is to report to CWU Branches, representatives and members on important developments which have led to RMG and CWU agreeing a further remedy for a significant number of CWU representatives and members, linked to the original Lord Falconer Review and the subsequent collective agreement. Branches

No. 248/26 Dear Colleague, UPDATE ON DELIVERY MODEL 26 (DM26) Why the USO had to Change Members will recall the background to the recent USO change. Last year, Ofcom reviewed Royal Mail’s financial and operational position and concluded that the existing USO model was no longer sustainable for a variety of reasons, including declining letter volumes and persistent quality of service challenges among others. The CWU opposed Royal Mail’s original Optimised Delivery Model (ODM)

No. 247/26 Dear Colleague, Royal Mail Group – First Aid Provisions Update 2026 The purpose of this LTB is to report to Branches, Representatives and members on recent updates to Royal Mail Group’s First Aid provisions, which follows a period of national level discussions with the CWU. The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 outline the core level of First Aid arrangements and in line with this regulation and associated HSE (Health and Safety Executive) guidance, R

No. 239/26 TO: ALL BRANCHES Dear Colleague, Election of National Representative Positions – 2026 CWU Retired Members Committee (2026-2028) Further to LTB 213/26 dated 30th July 2026, please see below the results of the ballot that closed today. 6 Retired members living in England to be elected John Farnan Eastern No 6 75,133 *Elected Mick Goldsmith Eastern No 5 43,420 Daniel McGougan Leeds No 1 Amal 50,953 *Elected Brendan O’Brien Midland No 1 68,434 *Elected Sean Ryan Ea

No. 220/26 For the Immediate Attention of All: Postal Branches with Eurest Members Area Processing Representatives Area Delivery Representatives Area Distribution Representatives Divisional Representatives Dear Colleague Urgent Update – Eurest Catering Review The department has been in discussions with Royal Mail concerning a Eurest catering review of all sites, including their plans on phased closure’s. Several meetings on this issue were held and the CWU made it clear tha

No. 218/26 Royal Mail Group – Sun Safety Communications 2026 Dear Colleagues, This week, Royal Mail Group have made available two new workplace-based posters on Sun Safety for issuing across Royal Mail and Parcelforce as we continue to face hotter and more extreme heat conditions during this summer period. These posters are designed to offer short and practical advice in terms of ‘things you can do to cool someone down’ and also highlight symptoms and early warning signs link

No. 217/26 Dear Colleague, Royal Mail: PFSL Pay Negotiations 2026 – Impasse Reached Further to LTBs 0144/26 dated 8th May. Despite expressing our optimism that we could reach an Agreement after a couple more meetings with PFSL, unfortunately due to factors beyond our control, negotiations have come to an abrupt halt, and disappointingly management have consistently failed to respond in any meaningful way to our formal pay claim. I do of course understand that members will be

No. 216/26 To: All Branches Dear Colleagues, CWU Retired Members Conference – Wednesday 14th October 2026 The CWU Retired Members Conference will be held on Wednesday 14th October 2026 at the offices of CWU Birmingham District Amal Branch, 47 Summer Lane, Hockley, Birmingham B19 3TH. Delegates Only Branches with Retired members Sections are entitled to send Delegates. Branch delegate entitlement to this Conference as agreed by the NEC is as follows: Number of Retired Membe