No. 190/26 Dear Colleague, Points of Clarification USO Deployment Over the last few weeks, several Divisional Reps have raised questions through the Regional Steering groups or contacted us directly for clarification on parts of the agreement. Given the complexity of the USO Agreement, further guidance was always expected, especially when dealing with 1,250 different delivery units. Negotiations took place over the last two weeks and we reached agreed positions on the Points

No. 187/26 To: All Branches Dear Colleagues, GDPR/Data Protection – Right to Complain to the Communication Workers Union From the 19th of June 2026, UK organisations that process personal data will be legally required to handle data protection complaints internally before individuals can escalate to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). What changes on 19 June 2026 On 5 February 2026, the ICO confirmed that most remaining data-protection provisions in the Data (Use a

No.186/26 Dear Colleague ROYAL MAIL GROUP: DRUGS AND ALCOHOL NATIONAL COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT – BRIEFING IN BIRMINGHAM TUESDAY 30TH JUNE Further to LTB 174/26. It has now been confirmed that the National Agreement will be rolled out from Monday 6th July and the six-month amnesty (no use of discipline following a positive test) will apply from that date. Branches and Representatives in the five ROD areas not involved in the Drugs & Alcohol Pilot (Greater London, Midlands, North-