Last Weekend's Events

Last Saturday, 30 September 2014, there were two important events which were supported by the branch. There were members of our branch at both events. The events were Leicester Pride & the NHS Jarrow March.






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Anti-War Meeting

The re-enactment of an anti-war meeting held 100 years ago (to the day) was held today on the same spot by the corn exchange. You can't tell from the picture but there were about 100 people there watching and hiding from the rain.

Gaza Vigil

It's a good turnout in spite of the rain. A number of our members are here.


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Vigil for Gaza

The latest ceasefire lasted just a few hours. Not even enough time to bury the dead. The slaughter has to stop. Please make your feelings known and attend the local vigil if you can.


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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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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.

Support the Overtime Ban

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