Liz Truss elected to lead the country by 81,326 votes.
Postal workers voting for strike action 85,100.
Remember that when they come at unions about democracy in the coming days.
We apologise for Royal Mail Groups greed and the impact it is having on postal workers and customers across the UK. If they could find a way of giving workers a share of the £758m profit, £600 shareholder payments, £2m exec bonuses and £2m exec share awards then we can sort this.
We apologise for the impact the CWU's industrial action is having on our customers. We are doing all we can to minimise any delays and keep people, businesses and the country connected.
Please see our full statement here:
WE NEED EVERY SINGLE FOLLOWER TO RT THIS
We have spotted something during Simon Thompson’s car crash interview on the BBC this morning.
Having zoomed in, someone is in the room writing answers on a board for him.
Pack your bags, Thompson. It’s time to go.
#StandByYourPost
We’re disappointed that members of CWU have voted in favour of industrial action. This ballot result does not necessarily mean there will be industrial action. We will continue to seek an agreement.
You can continue to send your parcels and letters -
Royal Mail have publicly admitted they have a £1.7bn ‘war chest’ to destroy postal workers
Admin team sat here thinking how utterly inspirational, uplifting and humbling it is that 115,000 CWU members still refuse to bow down 🥹
RT if you will stand with your postie forever
@CWUnews
What a brilliant idea of universal free broadband giving everybody equal access to communication and information. My information is that it is very popular.
Tomorrow
@RishiSunak
will launch an all out attack on the right to strike.
RT if you stand with every single union that chooses to make a stand and fight on behalf of their members.
It’s time to pick a side.
Thank you
@Matthew_Wright
for completely exposing what postal workers are facing in the dispute with Royal Mail.
We need everyone to see this clip.
#StandByYourPost
Due to Royal Mail Groups attempts to destroy your local postal workers and the service they provide, today will be the final day of post before Christmas.
We hope you understand what it has taken for postal workers to make this call.
They need your support.
#StandByYourPost
🚨BREAKING: POSTAL WORKERS HAVE MADE HISTORY
CWU members in Royal Mail Group have delivered the biggest ever return in a major national strike ballot.
YES 95.9%
TURNOUT 77.3%
Simply stunning.
#WeAreStillHere
We have just announced a further 19 days of strike action across Royal Mail Group in the lead up to Christmas.
It’s now or never to save the Royal Mail.
Our members are going to need you more than ever.
RT if you back them.
#StandByYourPost
We have lost over 700 followers today. Clearly something is going on with Twitter. And at a time when our postal and telecom workers need support like never before.
Please RT this, follow us and help get the message out there.
#StandByYourPost
Tomorrow 115,000 brave postal workers will strike and take on the multi millionaire bosses once again.
They kept the country connected during the pandemic and now need your support.
RT if you stand with your postie.
#StandByYourPost
To The S*n journalist who just called and was rude to our press officer over the ballot result:
You didn’t get our press release because we have a policy of never working with you.
And to reaffirm we never will
#J4T96
86,000 CWU members voted for strike action in Royal Mail Group.
356 MPs voted for Sunak to be PM.
We aren’t taking lessons from the Tories on democracy.
Every single person needs to stand against their attacks on the right to strike.
BREAKING 🚨40,000 CWU members across BT Group will strike for the first time since 1987 on 29th July and 1st August
£1.3bn profit, £750m to shareholders, CEO £3.5m (32% increase) and customers bills up 9.3%
They’re using Swiss banks whilst our members use foodbanks. Not anymore
Almost 800,000 views on us exposing Royal Mail Group CEO Simon Thompson having an aide in the room writing down answers for him whilst he’s live on the BBC.
Let’s get it to one million so everyone sees what postal workers are dealing with.
The S*n are in financial trouble.
The S*n costs less than a first class stamp.
So do the right thing:
Buy a first class stamp and write a letter to your nan 👍
PLEASE RT this thread.
Today Royal Mail Group have called together every postal worker in the UK and announced they want to make 10,000 redundancies.
This is nothing but an intimidation tactic aimed at crushing the spirit of our members
#StandByYourPost
From tomorrow 115,000 postal workers take their 15th and 16th days strike.
Royal Mail are making no genuine attempt to resolve the dispute and want to starve people back to work, destroy their terms and conditions and rip up a 500 year old service.
RT if you back your postie
Seems Keir Starmer has forgotten he wrote to
@DaveWardGS
when he stood for Labour leader committing to renationalise Royal Mail and other industries.
Think it’s time for us to dig that letter out.
115,000 Postal Workers are back on strike tomorrow. They are fighting for their lives. They need to know they have your support.
RT if you are backing your local postie and their fight against a vicious employer.
#StandByYourPost
Here’s a tester. Royal Mail are telling our members that you as the public want your mail up to 3 hours later each day. They say that’s the ‘customer trends’
RT this if you don’t want your mail later and you don’t want your posties start time changed.
Grant Shapps once again trying to play worker against worker. Pathetic.
This isn’t rail workers vs nurses.
This isn’t postal workers vs bus drivers.
This is workers vs the bosses.
Our person of the day is this young female bus driver. In the face of hate and aggressive from Tommy Robinson ‘supporters’ she just smiled back at hate. Your strength is inspiring
Today Royal Mail declared war on your local postie. Ripping up terms and conditions, coming for the union and destroying the service.
Still our members will not bow down.
RT if you stand with your postal worker and will back them whatever it takes.
#StandByYourPost
ROYAL MAIL GROUP STRIKE BALLOT RESULT
WE DID IT.
97.6% YES
77% turnout.
115,000 members. 1,500 workplaces.
Stunning.
Thank you to every single one of our members and representatives
#HomeToVote
This is going to be one hell of a week for postal workers.
Facing an out of control CEO and threats to their job, terms and conditions.
They take strike action on Thursday and Friday.
Are you with management or your postie? Pick a side.
RT if you back postal workers.
🚨BREAKING: We have served notice on Royal Mail Group for a 24 hour strike commencing for all shifts starting after 12:30pm on Thursday 16th February.
We cannot and will not sit back as they destroy our members jobs.
#WeAreStillHere
Everything King Charles says here is right.
This is why we cannot give in. This is what we are fighting for.
It is time for the British public to stand up and defend their postie.
We cannot and will not let the privateers destroy us or the service.
#StandByYourPost
Help us counter the Royal Mail Group lies. Post this graphic every single time you see a journalist or manager commenting on their position.
#StandByYourPost
🚨BREAKING: Royal Mail Group CEO Simon Thompson has been recalled by the Select Committee for misleading Parliament.
Royal Mail Group Chairman Keith Williams has also been called to appear.
#WeAreStillHere
#VoteYes
BT CEO Philip Jansen got 32% pay rise this year taking his package to £3.5m
BT and Openreach workers are using foodbanks and some can’t afford fuel to get to work
Jansen is refusing to negotiate despite our huge ballot result
RT if you will back the workers when they strike
Wow - incredible.
With just 5 working days notice to mobilise 115,000 members across 1,500 workplaces for the second national ballot in a month we have absolutely smashed it again.
72.2% Turnout
98.7 % YES
Up the postal workers
RT if you back your striking postie who is standing up against the greed of the business elite.
Your support means everything to them.
#StandByYourPost
RT if you are right behind your striking postie tomorrow.
This is a fight to save the postal service of the UK.
Are you with your local postperson or are you with the millionaire bosses?
#StandByYourPost
CEO of Royal Mail Group (one of them), Simon Thompson has written to all non-operational managers today offering them a free days leave and £150 in shopping vouchers to break our members picket lines next Friday and Saturday.
Embarrassing. Shameful. Desperate.
#StandByYourPost
This is a very special genre. MP of a party who voted for the privatisation of Royal Mail complaining about the impact of the privatisation of Royal Mail.
Craig, management told our members to leave these letters and concentrate on parcels. That’s the Royal Mail you created.
Some
#Christmas
post arrived today. Dated 11.12.22.
@CWUnews
you’re causing permanent reduction of
@RoyalMail
as people decide not worth cost for service that doesn’t work & businesses move to alternative means & electronic. Then you’ll wonder why when redundancies come in 2023.
🚨BREAKING: CWU can reveal that Royal Mail managers will receive up to 20% of their salaries as a bonus payment for introducing unagreed changes and forcing through redundancies.
From a company claiming to have no money.
Sickening.
Be ready for the strikes.
#StandByYourPost
Royal Mail Group have tabled a list of proposals today which would rip up the terms and conditions of our members.
We must now hold a second ballot to cover us legally.
We have to meet 115,000 members across 1,500 workplaces in less than a week.
RT if you have our backs.
We hear Royal Mail Group are planning to release a series of comms from customers and business owners attacking the union and workers for taking strike action next week.
If you back your postie taking action please comment below and let us know why.
#StandByYourPost
It’s funny the media want to talk about days lost to strike action when they’ve never wanted to talk about lives lost because of austerity, livelihoods lost because of the destruction of industries, dignity lost because of poverty or hope lost because of the state of this country
Royal Mail Group are coming at postal workers with later starts, less sick pay, removing allowances, introducing strike breaking agency and management force, moving work to competitors to intimidate CWU members and more.
RT if you stand with your postal workers.
Royal Mail yesterday announced they will make 10,000 redundancies as a result of our members taking strike action
This is the country we now live In
We can report that postal workers have never been more together. We strike again on Thursday
Stand with us
#StandByYourPost
The London rally will live long in the memories of everyone who was there.
The sight of our Muslim members organising a prayer together was so powerful.
This is what the working class is.
Jummah Mubarak
#StandByYourPost
Royal Mail Group who are pleading poverty have today offered Parcelforce workers up to £300 to break next weeks strikes.
RT if you think this is an absolute disgrace and will stand shoulder to shoulder with your postal worker for however long it takes.
#StandByYourPost
Thank you to
@ManpowerGroupUK
who have rejected any attempts for their agency workers to be used to break the CWU strikes in Royal Mail Group.
We now need this from every agency in the UK.
Huge blow to Royal Mail.
#StandByYourPost
In the next 10 days we will have 170,000 members across Royal Mail Group, Openreach, BT and Post Office on strike.
We are going to deliver picket lines in every Town and City in the UK.
Our members are ready for this.
Solidarity forever.
It’s freezing. Postal workers are under more pressure than ever. They are struggling financially. They are on strike again tomorrow. Royal Mail are attempting to destroy their terms, conditions and the service they provide.
RT this if you stand with them.
#StandByYourPost
Further to the update this afternoon, we can confirm that within hours of receiving our letter, Royal Mail Group have rejected our attempt to resolve the dispute.
The strikes planned for 23/24 December will go ahead.
We remain available for further talks facilitated by ACAS
To our Royal Mail Group members. You are going to be put under tremendous pressure today by management. Tomorrow we have our say on the picket lines.
We just want you to know how proud of you we are. That is all ❤️
#StandByYourPost
To all the managers who took a bribe to cross the picket line today - you will never feel what our members felt today. Pride, togetherness, hope, solidarity, dignity and class.
We are the CWU and we will never be defeated.
#StandByYourPost
BREAKING 📰 : Royal Mail Group announce huge profits of £758m
This profit was earned off the backs of our members hard work.
RT if you back a no strings attached pay rise for postal workers.
It doesn’t matter how hard we are working to get media coverage for our members - we will never, ever speak to The S**
Solidarity to the City of Liverpool. Justice for the 97.
#J4T97
Following the very sad news of the passing of the Queen and out of respect for her service to the country and her family, the union has decided to call off tomorrows planned strike action.
Further information and communications will follow.
These amazing people are postal workers and CWU members who met up ahead of a huge rally of posties in December.
They did more to stand up for the rights of working people of this country in one day than you have in your life.
Take your racist bile elsewhere.
If you see your postie today please stop them and let them know they have your support. It means the world.
RT this so more people get to see it.
#StandByYourPost
Royal Mail Group have turned down our offer of a meeting with the Chair and CEO. The strikes go ahead.
We did not want this but now we cannot take a back step.
See you all on the picket lines. We are so proud of you.
Let’s do this.
#StandByYourPost
Our negotiators are currently in the room with Royal Mail Group and this happens. We need the public to see this so please share as much as you can
#StandByYourPost
If the establishment think we are going to abandon each other then they need to think again.
We are the many. They are the few.
Striking postal workers in Basingstoke have just joined the
@RMTunion
picket line to show solidarity.
#StandByYourPost
Solidarity to every striking rail worker in the UK today. There is more than enough money in the rail industry to negotiate the pay rise you deserve and protect your jobs.
The CWU stands with you. Always.
General Secretary Dave Ward absolutely smashing it on BBC News tonight. We will win this dispute.
Get this everywhere and get ready to build for the strikes from tomorrow. We shall not be moved.
#StandByYourPost
The S*n is banned from every CWU building.
The CWU will never engage with or give comment to The S*n.
Our working class members know this and show solidarity with the people of Liverpool.
It’s this leadership and not focus group politics that’s needed
#J4T97
115,000 postal workers strike again today. We are proud of every single one of them. Get down to a picket line to show your support.
#StandByYourPost
#EnoughIsEnough
Our members in Royal Mail are facing unprecedented workloads. They are doing absolutely everything they can to keep the country connected.
Pandemic + Christmas + record traffic
Serving the public is engrained in postal workers. Show them some love in the comments below 👇
Vans that Royal Mail have hired for agency workers to use to break our strike.
Apparently they have money 🙄
The whole movement needs to stand by your postal workers.
#StandByYourPost