JOINT STATEMENT
This is a Joint Statement issued following a meeting of GB Oils Ltd and UNITE, on 27th April 2010.
Both the Company and the Union are delighted to announce that they have agreed and signed a National Framework for the driver workforce and Paul Williams, Director of England and Wales, has now joined the National Committee (NNC).
Furthermore we have formed a joint working party to progress the issue of parity of terms and conditions of employment for drivers and agreed the terms of reference for this group:
‘The aim of the Harmonisation Working Party is to use reasonable
endeavours to achieve the objective of harmonising terms and
conditions of employment within 5 years, or as soon as is
reasonably practicable thereafter.’
The working party members will be 4 Managers from the Company, 4 Union representatives and 1 Union Regional Officer.
Discussion took place around the settlement of wage negotiations and both the Company and the Union recognise that this needs to be settled promptly. A further meeting has been arranged to take place in London on 3rd June 2010 and both parties are determined to achieve a quick and reasonable outcome to the negotiations.
Issued on 28th April 2010
DAVID POLLOCK RON WEBB
UK Group Transport Manager UNITE National Secretary
PAUL WILLIAMS
Director
DI FOOTE
Head of Human Resources
can anyone tell me does this mean that we have settled for a pay freeze for 2009 ??? as i thought we were going to a ballet last december ??
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ReplyDeletedont think we were ever in the frame to be heard !!!!!
surprise surprise another delay ; how on earth this company can drag things along without considering how the drivers feel ! there must be a lot of good drivers at the end of their patience .
ReplyDeleteB A managed to get a ballot , why cant we?????
ReplyDeleteAs for the pay freeze for 2009, there are drivers in this company that want us to accept the pay freeze. It looks like the managers have some drivers to help get there message through . As a driver with G.B oil I need a pay rise for 2009/2010 so I would ballot to get something for last year . We are sick listening to the management never mind the so called drivers going on about how things with G.B oils are so tough and times are hard
ReplyDeleteSo what happened at the meeting last week?
ReplyDeleteits not just the company that are crap.the union are hardly any better. where was this ballot in the winter so that we could of shown the company what they were against....
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