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Thursday 31 July 2014
Solidarity
HMRC are on strike today for more staff & against office closures. I visited their picket line this morning to offer fraternal greetings.
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Wednesday 23 July 2014
CMG ER Informal
Branch reps from our branch and the old pensions branch met with the Local Leicester CMG management to catch up with where we are and to agree a process of how to engage with each other.
The meeting was helpful, friendly and constructive on both sides.
Here are some of the items we discussed.
Band As - The band As from both sites are now all based in the Wellington Street site as it will be easier to provide more effective, supportive and consistent management as they were declared surplus on 12 June 2014. I know PCS have been negotiating at national level and both management and PCS locally are hoping to hear soon what the results of those negotiations are.
Reasonable Adjustments - There are a number of members of staff who do not do telephony work and have previous adjustments in place. As the work is new it is not unreasonable for a new OHS referral is made to review what people can and cannot do. Some people will be able to do the new work including telephony with the right support and some adjustments and a small number will not. PCS got the welcome assurance that that those small number would still have a job in the centre but we do not yet know exactly what the work will be. Those staff will still complete the full standard training (some with adjustments to the training) in order to fully understand the work that is being done in the centre.
Consolidation - There is a commitment to a lot of consolidation and the fine detail is being finalised. Staff will be given details as they move out of training.
Estates - Work is ongoing. Contact the estates team if you want more details. The new PCS room on the 4th floor provides a suitable private facility to deal with members personal cases.
Industrial Relations - We agreed to meet roughly every 6 weeks with the option for ad hoc meetings if there were urgent issues or messages that couldn't wait.
The meeting was helpful, friendly and constructive on both sides.
Here are some of the items we discussed.
Band As - The band As from both sites are now all based in the Wellington Street site as it will be easier to provide more effective, supportive and consistent management as they were declared surplus on 12 June 2014. I know PCS have been negotiating at national level and both management and PCS locally are hoping to hear soon what the results of those negotiations are.
Reasonable Adjustments - There are a number of members of staff who do not do telephony work and have previous adjustments in place. As the work is new it is not unreasonable for a new OHS referral is made to review what people can and cannot do. Some people will be able to do the new work including telephony with the right support and some adjustments and a small number will not. PCS got the welcome assurance that that those small number would still have a job in the centre but we do not yet know exactly what the work will be. Those staff will still complete the full standard training (some with adjustments to the training) in order to fully understand the work that is being done in the centre.
Consolidation - There is a commitment to a lot of consolidation and the fine detail is being finalised. Staff will be given details as they move out of training.
Estates - Work is ongoing. Contact the estates team if you want more details. The new PCS room on the 4th floor provides a suitable private facility to deal with members personal cases.
Industrial Relations - We agreed to meet roughly every 6 weeks with the option for ad hoc meetings if there were urgent issues or messages that couldn't wait.
Friday 18 July 2014
Friday 11 July 2014
Overtime Ban
There is now an overtime ban from today, 11 July 2014 until the end of July.
Please support the action.
WE ALL NEED A PAY RISE.
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Please support the action.
WE ALL NEED A PAY RISE.
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Thursday 10 July 2014
Strike Day 4
Strikers are massing for the rally. Say hello if we pass.
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Strike Day 2
The weather is great & there's hardly anyone at work. I've had a wander saying hello to pickets from various unions.
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Wednesday 9 July 2014
Strike Day
Pickets are starting to assemble. On my way in this morning I saw pickets getting ready outside the court, housing benefit office & even some offices I didn't know about!
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Friday 4 July 2014
Wednesday 2 July 2014
Strike Rally
In addition to PCS, Unite, Unison, GMB & NUT it has now been announced that the firefighters union, FBU, and public sector workers in Northern Ireland, NIPSA, will be out on 10 July making this the largest public sector strike on living memory. We urge all members to picket their workplaces. There will be a short march from King Street to Town Hall Square for a rally leaving at 11:45. Please come along and join us.
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