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The Communication Workers Union is the biggest union for the communications industry in the UK with 250,000 members. We represent members in postal, administrative, financial and telephone companies including Royal Mail Group and BT, o2, Virgin Media, Orange, ComputaCenter and the Alliance and Leicester. Our members' expertise includes engineering, computing, clerical, mechanical, driving, retail, financial and manual skills.

BRANCH AGM

26th JANUARY 2012
NEW MEADOW STREET
LABOUR CLUB
NORTH ROAD, PRESTON
8.00pm
*** ALL MEMBERS WELCOME ***
FREE RAFFLE & HOTPOT

As usual, the AGM is a more relaxed evening with reports on the year's business from the Officers of the Branch together with the Election of Officers.

The meeting usually lasts around an hour or so and this will be followed by a Free raffle and Hot Pot Supper.

All Members are welcome to attend, whether you work for BT, ROMEC, DWP, Yell, Homeserve, Chubb, Monteray, Manpower, CPW, Talk Talk, IQOR, Hays, or any other company - everyone is most welcome to come along.

Come and see the officers who work on behalf of you and the members and meet with other CWU Central & West Lancs Branch Members.

We all have the same things in common. To be treated with respect at work from the managers and our own work colleagues.

Heather Park
Branch Secretary

BAE Systems e-petition

It isn't just BAE Systems that are losing jobs. There are all the support industries, including the corner shop that will go. Support the community by signing the e-petition at epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/18283 now.

BT Members

Not sure how much Annual Leave you are entitled to? Then log on and read LTB895 in our members only area

CWU's campaign in the North West in defending the 435 jobs in the Virgin Media call centre based in Liverpool's Albert Dock is hotting up with the launch of an on-line petition. Click here to sign! Then please forward to your friends!

It only takes you a minute to show you support:

Just click on the link below then scroll down and fill in the blank boxes and press sign. Alternatively you can also sign the petition by clicking on the Facebook and twitter logos after following the links. It only takes a minute, so click here NOW

http://www.petitiononline.co.uk/petition/stop-the-closure-of-virgin-media-liverpool-site/3781

Carl Webb
Communication Workers Union
North West Regional Secretary
302a Barlow Moor Rd
Chorlton Park
Manchester
M21 8AY

Tel: 07850 019 602
Email: northwestregion@cwu.org
Website: www.cwunorthwest.org

Performance and Sick Absence Management in BT

For more information on the policy login to our members' only news page.

Women's Refuge

As our branch representative on the Women's Committee, Jacqui Stewart is urging branch members to help women who find themselves helpless and homeless through violence. They may arrive at the door of a refuge with just the clothes they are wearing.

As a way of helping them over the first few days, the CWU North West Women's Committee are putting together shoe boxes filled with essentials (and a few treats) to give to new arrivals. Many churches have done this for several years under the banner of "Operation Christmas Child" for deprived or displaced children in foreign lands. Now we have a chance to help a section of our own community.

To play your part download the flyer and make your contribution