CWU

Membership

Trade Unions Membership in UK - 2004

17.2% of private sector employees were Union members More women employees in Trade Union membership than men Membership rates were highest among black employees compared to

white employees Women’s Union membership stepped ahead of men’s for the first time There are now about 26,000 more women employees in membership

than men (3,269,000 women, 3,243,000 men) Total Union membership appears to have held steady at 6.5 million

employee members

Less than one in five (17.2%) private sector employees were Union members in 2004. Private sector Union density slipped by 1.0 percentage point.

Membership rates are highest among black or black British employees (32.5%) compared with white employees (29.0%)

Unionisation peaks among employees with degree or other higher education attainments

About one in 10 workers with less than a year’s service are in a Union

The overall influence of collective bargaining is much wider than Union membership. Nearly half (48.4%) if employees are in a workplace with a Union presence

Members earned on average £11.38 an hour in Autumn 2004, or 17.1% higher than non-members at £9.72 an hour.

Membership Statistics – Constituency Breakdown

Constituency Membership – May 2005

May 2005 April 2005

Clerical 24,130 24,160

Engineering 47,238 47,295

Operators & Ancillary 1,402 1,412

Postal 150,168 150,315

Postal & Technical Services 3,108 3,120

Retired 20,252 20,280

Misc 255 256

Total 246,554 246,842

Membership March to April 2005 period

New members (April – May 2005) - 2,368 CWU Membership (April 2005) - 246,842 CWU Membership (May 2005) - 246,554

Loss/Gain figure (April – May 2005) - -288

Membership Breakdown by Company-10/5/05

(including Companies with more than 21 members)

Royal Mail Letters 128,238

Post Office Limited 6,626

ParcelForce 2,912

Islands (Postal) 783

Quadrant 930

RoMec Ltd 3,043

Cash Logistics & Security – Business 1,542

Postal Agencies 136

British Telecom 53,163

COMPASS (Eurest) 172

Manpower UK Ltd 914 164

Adecco 917 34

INITIAL PERSONNEL SERVICE 37

KELLY SERVICES 94

HAYS EMPLOYMENT AGENCY 104

MANPOWER (BT) 1,866

HAYS (BT) 1,313

KELLYS (BT) 94

MANPOWER (MM02) 133

KELLYS (MM02) 99

Agency/Supplies

Search (Clientlogic) 97

Manpower (HCL) 126

Manpower (NTL) 26

Manpower Business Services 246

Total 4,685

Agency/Supplies

Retired 20,254

Manx Telecom (BT Islands) 174

General Telecoms SOLECTRON WALES 132

YELLOW PAGES 609 122

FUJITSU 170

ANovo 53

SINGLEPOINT 35

G01 ACCENTURE HR SERVICE 240

Professional Outsourcing Ltd (HCL) 50

J01 Land Securities Trillium/Telereal 98

Computacenter 284

K01 XANSA 140

Hewlett-Packard Ltd 85

Total 1,484

SIRTI LTD 6

M.G.T. 31

CABLE & WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS 500

AVONLINE TELECOMMUNICATIONS 27

Total 632

Cable Companies

Portability

SELF EMPLOYED 168

UNEMPLOYED 2,763

Unemployed (Postal) 39

EMPLOYED 24

Total 3,334

Financial Services

Alliance & Leicester 1,779

Portability

VODAFONE GROUP LTD 133

ORANGE PERSONAL COMMS 248

TELEWEST COMMUNICATION 517

NTL 291

SIEMENS PLC 33

VERTEX 50

COLT TELECOMMUNICATIONS 73

TYPETALK 115

FUJITSU – N IRELAND ENG 28

T Mobile 291

MCI WORLDCOM 57

VENTURA 24

Sky Services 27

TSC 117

MONTERAY (BT) 390

Breconridge 22

Alphameric Leisure 63

TOREX RETAIL 27

Home Hotline 35

Telecity 27

TRIVIRIX 39

SCOOT 30

TELEWEST BROADBAND ENG 408

Interoute Communications 23

Total 3,804

Miscellaneous 252

Royal Mail Finance 29

Sales & Customer Services 1,330

Vehicle Services 976

ClientLogic 250

MM02 2,849

Logistic Solutions 5,037

Capita 600

IPSL (Unisys)(GiroBank) 621

Syntegra (EMP) 48

Branch Direct 226

Securicor Cash Services 58

People & Organisation Services 505

RM FINANCE OPERATIONS 226

PEOPLE ORGANISATION DEVELOPMENT 4

Total 246,554