1. CWU Membership

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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.

5. Membership Statistics – Constituency Breakdown ConstituencyMembership – May 2005 May 2005 April 2005 Clerical 24,130 24,160 Engineering 47,238 47,295 Operators & Ancillary 1,402 1,412 Postal150,168 150,315 Postal & Technical Services 3,108 3,120 Retired 20,252 20,280 Misc 255 256 Total 246,554 246,842

6. 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

7. Membership Breakdown by Company-10/5/05 (including Companies with more than 21 members) Royal Mail Letters128,238 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

8. COMPASS (Eurest)172 Manpower UK Ltd 914164 Adecco 917 34 INITIAL PERSONNEL SERVICE 37 KELLY SERVICES 94 HAYS EMPLOYMENT AGENCY104 MANPOWER (BT) 1,866 HAYS (BT) 1,313 KELLYS (BT) 94 MANPOWER (MM02) 133 KELLYS (MM02) 99 Agency/Supplies

9. Search (Clientlogic)97 Manpower (HCL) 126 Manpower (NTL)26 Manpower Business Services 246 Total 4,685

10. Retired20,254 Manx Telecom (BT Islands) 174

11. General Telecoms SOLECTRON WALES132 YELLOW PAGES 609122 FUJITSU170 ANovo 53 SINGLEPOINT 35 G01 ACCENTURE HR SERVICE240 Professional Outsourcing Ltd (HCL) 50 J01 Land Securities Trillium/Telereal 98 Computacenter284 K01 XANSA140 Hewlett-Packard Ltd 85 Total 1,484

12. SIRTI LTD 6 M.G.T. 31 CABLE & WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS 500 AVONLINE TELECOMMUNICATIONS 27 Total 632 Cable Companies

13. Portability SELF EMPLOYED168 UNEMPLOYED 2,763 Unemployed (Postal) 39 EMPLOYED 24 Total 3,334

14. Financial Services Alliance & Leicester1,779

15. Portability VODAFONE GROUP LTD133 ORANGE PERSONAL COMMS248 TELEWEST COMMUNICATION517 NTL291 SIEMENS PLC 33 VERTEX 50 COLT TELECOMMUNICATIONS 73 TYPETALK115 FUJITSU – N IRELAND ENG 28

16. T Mobile 291 MCI WORLDCOM 57 VENTURA 24 Sky Services 27 TSC117 MONTERAY (BT) 390 Breconridge 22 Alphameric Leisure 63

17. TOREX RETAIL27 Home Hotline35 Telecity27 TRIVIRIX39 SCOOT30 TELEWEST BROADBAND ENG 408 Interoute Communications 23 Total 3,804

18. Miscellaneous252 Royal Mail Finance 29 Sales & Customer Services 1,330 Vehicle Services976 ClientLogic 250 MM02 2,849 Logistic Solutions 5,037

19. Capita600 IPSL (Unisys)(GiroBank)621 Syntegra (EMP) 48 Branch Direct226 Securicor Cash Services58 People & Organisation Services505 RM FINANCE OPERATIONS226 PEOPLE ORGANISATION DEVELOPMENT 4 Total 246,554