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Letter to Branches

No: 161

Ref: 136

Date: 22 February 2010

TO: ALL BRANCHES WITH POSTAL MEMBERS

Dear Colleague,

POL: Industrial Relations Framework: National Agreement

Further to the successful National Briefing held in Glasgow, I am pleased to inform you that branches have overwhelmingly voted in favour of the new Industrial Relations Framework Agreement in Post Office Ltd (POL).

Branch Ballot Result

The Branch ballot result is as follows :

Votes in favour of the agreement 4049 93.8%

Votes against the agreement 266 6.2%

Turnout 87.5%

The substantial endorsement of this new agreement means we can now put in place a strong foundation for an effective and vibrant Union that will provide all members in POL with first class representation for years to come.  

In terms of next steps we now need to fill the new roles via the election process previously reported in LTB 93/10.  The Senior Deputy General Secretary's Department will be sending out nomination forms, together with election guidelines later today for the following posts:

• Area Representative (AR) 2 year term
• Deputy Area Representative (DAR) 2 year term
• Regional Health & Safety Representative 3 years

(RHSR)

Branches can nominate a POL employed member as a candidate for a post as long as they have a Crown Office and members in their respective CAM area.  Full details of the make up of CAM areas are attached and can also be found in the POL: IR Framework Agreement published in LTB 93/10.

Nominations close on Tuesday 9 th March at 11am. 

The timetable for contested posts is as follows:

Ballot opens        Monday 15 th March

Ballot closes        Tuesday 30 th March

Implementation of New IR Framework Agreement

The new structure with the representatives taking up their newly elected posts will commence from Monday 5 th April 2010.  

To ensure that all representatives are fully equipped to take on their new posts we have organised with POL a joint launch event on Thursday 15 th April .  This will ensure everyone is fully briefed on key aspects of the new roles.  The event will be held at the Birmingham CWU Branch Offices.  Further details will be provided in due course however all those people considering taking on an Area Representative role are required to put this date in their diary.

All enquiries on the above should be addressed to Claire Bowers on cbowers@cwu.org or 020 8971 7361.

Yours sincerely

Andy Furey

Assistant Secretary