Dear Member
GB Oils 2009 2010 National Wage Negotiations
You will know that your Union, that of Unite, has strenuously represented your views with that of your employer GB Oils. You will equally know that we have communicated with you on two occasions in two ballots. The first ballot was on the matter of your employer’s offer of which you resoundly rejected in a democratic ballot. The second ballot involved you and our members balloting in a consultative ballot for industrial action. Again, you the members overwhelmingly voted to authorise your union to proceed to the next step for a legal ballot for industrial action.
After I received your democratic ballot result in the consultative ballot for industrial action of which was to overwhelmingly support a legal ballot for industrial action, I advised your employer of this position and invited again your employer to come back to the negotiating table in a strenuous effort to achieve an improved offer for you. Unfortunately their response to the Union’s two democratic ballots and therefore you and your union, was to ignore totally this democratic process, to reject your ballots and again your view, dismiss them out of hand of which now your employer GB Oils has informed Unite of their intention to arbitrarily and without your union’s agreement, to move forward and implement a 3% wage award that has been rejected in two previous ballots.
Again, can I remind you that this 3% merely represents 1.5% increase for last year and 1.5% for this year. This is your employer’s response to the constructive position that you and your union took last year with regard to a wage freeze. Notwithstanding this, we have demonstrated on a number of times that even in the current economic climate your employer has economically done well and can ably afford more in your wage packet. Therefore in return for your constructiveness for last year and equally your union’s, their response unfortunately is to attempt to break the union’s position on this matter which means your position. I can assure you that we have throughout this
whole process done what we are supposed to do and that is TO LISTEN TO YOU of which we have done and PURSUED ON YOUR BEHALF YOUR DEMOCRATIC BALLOTS AND VIEW within this matter.
The Union is now actively involved in making arrangements to ballot you on the matter of industrial action and we hope to have this in position within the next few weeks. I have written to your employer in response to their conduct and have informed them irrespective of them attempting to implement their 3% offer, that a lawful disagreement and trade dispute would continue between us.
Therefore we will strongly continue with this campaign.
Therefore in the meantime it is extremely important that you and all our other members DO NOT AGREE in any way, shape or form their unacceptable offer of 3%.
The Unite Union is determined to continue in its campaign to achieve better wages and terms and conditions for its members of which your Company, I can assure you, can aptly afford.
We will in due course be contacting you again once we have advised your employer in accordance with the law of our intention to ballot for industrial action.
I look forward to your continued support in supporting your union, that of Unite but importantly supporting yourself and your families in your just claim for more monies.
Yours sincerely
Ron Webb
National Secretary, Logistics
SEND A MESSAGE TO YOUR EMPLOYER:
• YOU WILL TAKE NOTE OF MY DEMOCRATIC BALLOT
• YOU WILL TAKE NOTE AND RESPECT MY VIEW
• YOU WILL CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE WITH MY UNION
Lets hope that Now ALL us members will unite firm behind OUR union ,and fight our Bombastic employer,then and only then can we throw the sh*t back in their faces. GB Oils are treating both the union and ALL it's employees with utter contempt.
ReplyDeletewell Mr Webb im speaking for myself here but i am more angry tonight than i was yesterday with GB OILS its not about money is it ??? they wont to split us up ! so i hope us drivers do not piss around with work to rules and just vote to go to the gate !!! come on lads lets back each other up here ! its our future !
ReplyDeleteGreatBullshitOils GreatBullyOincks G B O Go Bash Oneoff gboils were coming for you G B O GET BEHIND OUR GATES we have enough oil too keep our fires burning tillDEATH do we DEPART WE ALL STAND TOGETHER STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS single dad of 3 south eastern driver meerkat
ReplyDeleteF**K this taking tesco offer for night shift £11 per hour and OMG what less stress and hassle i will have!!!. i look forward 2 making tinned beans look good BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE p.s they have pay rises without a problem!!!!. toodles
ReplyDeleteOver the 25 years I've worked here I've seen management teams come and I've seen em go and this shower is by far the worst I've ever seen. They will eventually fall on their swords and some other arses will take their place and make another mess of it. Keep takin the money boys but for gods sake stick together and fight.
ReplyDeleteI once worked for this shower my life has changed since i left you are all scared of what lower management are telling you grab yourselves by the short and curlies and take these bully boys on strengh in numbers boys you cant run and turn the other cheek all the time stand up and be counted before you all become yes men like the people that manage you. stand tall boys and fight.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous 7.17pm, you are not speaking for your self, there are a lot of drivers feeling the same way. The shista's are worried about the forth comeing ballott and industrial action, so are trying to divide us with this under handed move of forceing an already rejected pay rise on us. Take the money, come in handy just before xmas, BUT WE ARE WORTH AND DESERVE A LOT MORE AND NEED TO STICK TOGETHER UNTIL WE GET IT.
ReplyDeleteHi all,
ReplyDeleteJust thought I'd post my 2d's worth.
I worked as a Tanker Driver for nearly 20 years for companies that took care of their drivers, but after a few years of DCC/GB Oils ownership I'd had enough, jacked the job in and moved on.
What pissed me off was that I used to enjoy the job, but after we were bought out by DCC/GB Oils the job went from enjoyable to shit very quickly. Once you were treated as a person, now you were just nothing but a number, kept in the dark, never told anything and just worked as hard as they could push you. Although there were 'favourite' drivers/arse lickers or drivers that management would not question and never gave them another load, but let them go home early.
The other 'non favourites' had to pick up the work. I mean no one even bothered to show up from GB Oils and introduce themselves for 3 months after we were bought out!
Anyhow I'm far better off now that I have got away from DCC/GB Oils, life is better and I have more time to enjoy myself up here now.
There is another life other than GB Oils :-)