The CWU

The Communication Workers Union is the union for all employees in the communications industries.

It has more than 250,000 members across the UK in BT, O2, Royal Mail, the Post Office, Girobank, and other communications companies.

Visit www.cwu.org to find out more about your national union.

The CWU General Secretary Billy Hayes has recently launched his own personal weblog at
 www.billyhayes.co.uk where members can see his diary and post comments.

The Manchester Clerical Branch

This is your local branch of the CWU, representing around 3,000 clerical members employed by BT, O2, Manpower, Steria, Eurest, Monteray and Caudwell Communications in Manchester and outlying areas including Stockport, Bury, Preston Brook, Lancaster and Sale.

We provide joint and personal representation, accident and legal services, employment advice, plus a range of additional services for members.

Use the buttons on the left to browse these pages for information on your work area and general union issues, and please do not hesitate to contact the Branch for more details, personal advice or any other queries.

Committees

Currently the Branch is structured with a main Branch Executive Committee which meets every 2 months, a sub-committee at Lancaster, and two O2 occupational Working Parties at Bury and Preston Brook which meet approximately once a month. The committees are the mechanism by which the Branch is run between AGMs, and where decisions affecting the Branch membership are made.

If you are interested in getting more involved with the union, perhaps as a committee member or workplace rep, please contact us at manchesterclerical@cwumc.org

Branch Constitution

The Branch runs according to a set of rules in the form of a constitution. This constitution determines how the branch is run, financed, organised, etc. The original Manchester Clerical constitution was agreed at the time of the Branch’s formation in 1984 and ratified that year by the Union’s National Executive. Since then, it has been amended by several Annual General Meetings to reflect changes in requirements, i.e. number of officers, committee members, etc. As with all constitutions, although very much a living, working document, it does retain in part some rather charming historical peculiarities.

Click here to view the full constitution.