CWU, North East Region, serving all CWU member's in the North East

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Welcome to the home page of the North East Region of the Communication Workers Union, we represent members in all areas of the communication industry within the North East Region of England.

This website provides news, information on the benefits of belonging to the CWU and contacts and links to all the branches within the North East, check the links above to find out more.

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is the biggest union for the communications industry in the UK with 300,000 members. It was formed in January 1995 when the Union of Communication Workers joined forces with the National Communications Union.

CWU members work in the Post Office, BT and other telephone companies, cable TV, Accenture HR Services, the Alliance and Leicester and Girobank.

Our members' expertise includes engineering, computing, clerical, mechanical, driving, retail, financial and manual skills.

We aim to: -

to provide first class collective and individual representation for all CWU members;

to achieve security of employment for all members;

to offer individual membership services of the highest quality;

to expand trade union membership throughout the communications industry;

to promote, by industrial and political means, the success of the industries in which our members work;

to campaign against all forms of discrimination;

to further these objectives by promoting the influence of the union throughout the national and international community.

Click here for a full copy of our national rule book

71 Gillygate, York, YO31 7EA, 01904 633198: http://www.cwunortheast.org