CWU Conferences

CWU Annual Conference

CWU Annual Conference takes place for five days each year in either May or June and is the parliament of the Union.

Two of the days are spent discussing issues that are appropriate to the whole Union, conference is then divided into sectional and industrial groupings for the remaining three days. All CWU members are entitled to attend Conference. Visitors, who are members of the union, may gain admission to the observers area by showing their membership card.

  • CWU Annual Conference 2012

    The 2012 CWU Annual Conference takes place on 22 – 26 April 2012 at the Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth.

  • T&FSE Conference, Tuesday 24 May 2011

    Andy Kerr, CWU Deputy General Secretary (Telecoms), opened Telecom and Financial Services conference with a speech covering the major issues and achievements in companies where CWU has members.

  • General Conference, Monday 23 May 2011

    CWU president, Davie Bowman, told delegates that "organising and recruitment must be at the heart of everything we do," as he opened General Conference.

  • Rules Revision Conference, Sunday 22 May 2011

    A Rules Revision conference is usually held every four years, with a rules revision session on the agenda at each Annual Conference. Under this procedure there would not normally have been a Rules Revision conference until 2012, but the NEC decided this year’s conference was a necessary step in making much needed changes in structure to protect the future of the union.

    Equality Conferences

    Each of the CWU Advisory Committees holds an annual conference.