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To make sure that this union represent the genuine interests of all its members and to make sure that members take ownership of all their struggles, their victories, setbacks and, indeed, in trying to bring the essence of trade unionism to workers, our structures always strive to be vibrant and open to members on the ground. To achieve this aim, our constitution has been tailored to protect these rights through lively, and at times hot, debates and discussions on all union activities and programmes. This takes place in branch meetings, regional and provincial meetings, and in sector meetings like the broadcasting and allied sector meetings, postal sector meetings and telecommunication sector meetings. In this way the campaigns and activities of the union are shaped by members themselves, no matter what communication sector they comes from.
Of importance to us is the mandate that our leaders carry. Be they from a postal background, a background of journalism or telecommunication technical background, the critical point always remains the mandate from workers. At the end of the day this is what matters, this is what directs our efforts and provides form and content to CWU as a robust organ, always at the hands of its owners -the workers. It is there constitutional committees that are explained above that take real decisions. Decisions taken in these committees inform us, for example, that we need to go beyond factory floor struggles and deal with the challenges that lie beyond the workplace.
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