Communication Workers Union × The Autonomy Institute
Summary
The Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) and the Autonomy Institute have a collaborative relationship centred on advocacy for a shorter working week. The Autonomy Institute published a January 2019 report titled ‘The Shorter Working Week,’ in which the CWU’s General Secretary Dave Ward contributed an endorsing statement: ‘Workers in the UK have never been under more pressure to work harder and faster, for longer hours and for less… we need a radical change in direction… a shorter working week should be at the heart of the fight for change.’ The report also features a detailed case study of the CWU’s successful negotiation with Royal Mail for a transition to a 35-hour working week by 2022, noting: ‘The CWU represent 134,000 postal workers and negotiated with Royal Mail to reduce the working week in response to these changes.’ The CWU is cited as a primary real-world example supporting the Autonomy Institute’s policy argument, and CWU publications (including ‘The Four Pillars of Security’ and CWU press releases on the Royal Mail deal) are listed in the report’s bibliography, demonstrating that the two organisations shared research and policy goals around working time reduction.
Provenance
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