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ROYAL MAIL GROUP TAKEOVER BID - NEGOTIATORS AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN CWU AND EP GROUP Dear Colleagues  Further to last week's national briefing, CWU branches, reps and members would have seen this morning's announcements setting out that EP Group and the government have reached agreement on a deed of undertaking, which contains legally binding guarantees from EP Group over the future of Royal Mail.  In light of this development, CWU is pleased to announce that we have reached a groundbreaking negotiators agreement with EP Group, subject to ratification by our Postal Executive.  The key parts of the agreement covers: •Job security commitments and new legally binding commitments to employees  •Agreed principles on resolving a range of outstanding issues  •The introduction of a radical new governance and business model •A meaningful stake in the business for employees •Restoring quality of service •improving the terms and conditions of our members. •A commitment to a new plan to grow the business •A complete re-set in employee and industrial relations.  Ultimately the CWU will always campaign for Royal Mail to be returned to public ownership - but the reality is once it became clear the government would support this takeover - our role as a trade union was to do everything possible to protect our members. Whilst many will fear Royal Mail falling into the hands of a foreign equity investor, the truth is every postal worker knows the status quo is what will kill off postal services in the UK.  The Royal Mail Group Board have been running the company into the ground over a sustained period and in the process have completely alienated their own workforce. It is time for a fresh start and a complete re-set of employee and industrial relations. At this stage, the transaction is not completed and still has some formal stages to go through which include: •Clearance under the national security act •Clearance under European regulations •Shareholders vote It is likely that all of these processes will be cleared in the first quarter of 2025.  NEXT STEPS FOR CWU Subject to the document being cleared by our Postal Executive, we will be putting together a comprehensive engagement package this week including briefings for our branches, reps and members.  We will issue further updates in due course.  Yours sincerely, Dave Ward  General Secretary  Martin Walsh  Deputy General Secretary

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RMG/CWU Business Recovery, Transformation And Growth Agreement – Appendix 1 Seasonal Variation – Annual Leave   The CWU is aware that since the introduction of Seasonal Variation this week, there have been a large number of Branches, Representatives, and members that have raised concerns in terms of how this has impacted and changed individual Annual Leave entitlements both in the PSP system and the Royal Mail PeopleApp.   Accordingly, this has been raised directly with Royal Mail and discussions have been held and continue in order to address this matter.   To confirm, the agreement on Seasonal Variation is clear in that this should not have any detrimental impact on members booked or planned annual leave for 2023/2024, or carried over leave into the next leave year. Therefore, the initial indication is that the changes in individual members' annual leave entitlement is a Royal Mail system issue due to how annual leave is recorded and reported in hours, combined with the changes in attendance patterns under Seasonal Variation.   We know this is a further matter of frustration for members, therefore the purpose of this LTB (Letters To Branches) is to confirm we are engaged in further talks with Royal Mail to find the required and acceptable resolution, which will then be communicated as soon as possible.   Yours sincerely,   Mark Baulch CWU Assistant Secretary

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@CWUnews @1Graveseh Which part of the agreement allowed the company to dock the extra 2 hours from this year's leave?

Lots of Royal Mail Group members asking will the £500 lump sum and minimum of £900 escrow payment still be made to members at the end of this month. The answer is yes and this is all confirmed 👍

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