Collective opposition must be organised against the bureaucratic imposition of the “USO reform” pilots by the Communication Workers Union hierarchy and Royal Mail management at 37 delivery offices across the UK.
The sabotage of our strike, coordinated between the government, the Crown corporation and the union apparatus, has materially weakened our struggle for a new collective agreement. However, if we draw the appropriate lessons from this experience, we can seize the initiative and return to the offensive.
Now more than ever, the central issue is to mobilize the social power of the entire working class. Every worker has a stake in our struggle and we must make them aware of that.
A “no” vote must be the first step in a fight against Australia Post’s union- and Labor government-backed restructuring agenda.
The proposed deal, brokered in behind-closed-doors talks, would continue the cost-cutting restructuring operation already underway and likely mean further real wage cuts.
“The jailing of Bogdan is an attempt to handcuff and silence working class opposition around the world.”
The PWRFC warns that upcoming enterprise bargaining will be used by Australia Post and the Communication Workers Union bureaucracy to impose further cuts to real wages and clear the way for the slashing of jobs and conditions in the ongoing restructure.
The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee is holding a meeting this Sunday, April 23, at 7pm to organise a fightback against the Communication Workers Union’s sellout agreement.
The Sustainable Delivery Model is a revised attempt to restructure Australia Post after the Alternative Delivery Model failed to deliver on the demands of management and the federal government.
The Postal Workers’ Rank-and-File Committee warns that a union-backed Labor government will deepen the assault on the working class, advance the drive to war and continue the homicidal “let it rip” COVID-19 agenda.
The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee calls on workers to fight for a mobilisation of the international working-class in a unified struggle against imperialism and war.
“The week before I tested positive, four drivers in my team were out sick or were covering for sick workers in other areas.”
The PWRFC calls on postal workers to reject the “opening up” drive by governments, both Coalition and Labor, backed by the unions, which puts working people at risk of infection every day.
A meeting of postal workers yesterday passed a resolution condemning the anti-democratic laws and called on workers to join the SEP as electoral members.
Postal workers must build rank-and file-committees and oppose union-management collaboration in restructuring.
Fewer than 60 percent of eligible workers voted in favour of the agreement, far from the “overwhelming endorsement” described by the CEPU.
Workplace meetings called by the CEPU were no more than sales pitches for an agreement that offers workers nothing.
Even the scant details provided by the union make clear that the proposed enterprise bargaining agreement is a sell-out.
The stand taken by Volvo workers “is a beacon of light for all workers seeking to break out of the isolation imposed by the unions everywhere.”
