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RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: march 2016 ::contentsPage 4RFA ACTI ONPage 5SHAW REPORT “ SMASH AND GRAB”EDITORIALRMTnewsTICKET OFFICEVICTORYPage 6NORTHERN HANDED TO DEUTSCHE BAHNPage 7TI CKET OFFI CE CARNAGE BLOCKEDPage 8PI CCADI LLY LI NE STRI KEPage 9PARLI AMENTARY COLUMNPage 10SI GNALLERS ORGANI SEPage 12CANCER AND THE WORKPLACEPage 14ORGANI SI NG FOR CATERI NGPage 16YOUR PENSI ONPage 18THE SI LENT KI LLERPage 20WOMEN ORGANI SI NGPage 21PRESI DENT’ S COLUMNPage 23VI NDI CATI ON FOR MARK HARDI NGPage 24EMEMBERSHI P I S HEREPage 26VI NDI CATI ON FOR MARK HARDI NGPage 27YOUNG MEMBERS MEETPage 29BUI LDI NG I NTERNATI ONAL SOLI DARI TYPage 30CROSSWORDRMT News is compiled and originated by National Union of Rail, Maritime &Transport Workers, Unity House, 39 Chalton Street, London NW1 1JD. Tel:020 7387 4771. Fax: 020 7529 8808. e-mail bdenny@rmt.org.uk Theinformation contained in this publication is believed to be correct but cannotbe guaranteed. All rights reserved. RMT News is designed by BighandCreative and printed by Leycol Printers. General editor: Mick Cash.Managing editor: Brian Denny. No part of this document may be reproducedwithout prior written approval of RMT. No liability is accepted for any errorsor omissions. Copyright RMT 2016RMT public campaigning has secureda massive victory in the on-going fightto stop ticket office closures.Proposals by Govia ThameslinkRailways to shut or change openinghours at ticket offices in London havebeen knocked back following a vigorousRMT postcard campaign.However we still have a long way togo and we must keep the pressure onGTR to drop the whole ill-conceivedplan on all routes both inside andoutside the London area.These plans are driven by the desireto de-staff our railways in the quest forprofit and would unleash a wave ofticket office carnage across the basketcases of Britain’s privatised railwaynetwork.There has also been a massive victoryin the battle for public ownership asDeutsche Bahn (DB) subsidiary Arrivawill have their contract for the Tyne andWear Metro ripped up with the servicebeing taken into direct public controlfrom next year.This result comes after years of hardwork and pressure from RMT and wewill now press for the initial two-yeartransition to be turned into a permanentarrangement for this essential publicservice.However it is madness to now handover the Northern franchise to DB, theGerman state railway.Since 2007 Northern Rail has alreadysucked passengers dry to pay 179million dividends to the previousfranchise owners Serco and the Dutchstate railway.Transport for London also plans tohand busy London Overground over toArriva despite the fact that the Germantransport ministry openly admits that itwill be skimming profit from the entireDB to “make sure it is invested in therail network here in Germany”.How can this government claim thatit is ideologically opposed to publicownership of rail by the UK governmentand then hand these public services toGerman, Dutch and French staterailways?EU rail directives and packages andtendering rules are creating theconditions for the model of railprivatisation imposed in Britain for thelast 20 years to be imposed acrossEurope.This model didn’t work here and itwon’t work elsewhere and the break-upof national networks will only benefitrail monopolies private or otherwise thatare only interested in profit.The Shaw Report on the future ofNetwork Rail also leaves the door opento a Tory "smash and grab" raid onsome of Britain's last remainingpublicly-owned rail assets.Although it balked at the idea of fullprivatisation after a strong RMTcampaign, Network Rail assets fromstations to power and other parts of theinfrastructure, are set up to be knockedout in a fire sale to private speculatorsleading to further fragmentation.RMT is also fighting to keepCaledonian MacBrayne lifeline ferries inthe public sector and a new reportwarned of the dangers of privatisation.It reaches a number of conclusionsthat make an overwhelming case forkeeping the Cal Mac operation in thepublic sector.It found that Cal Mac has operated inan efficient, innovative and strategicway on the current CHFS contract andhas shared with the Scottish governmentall the benefits of cost savings.Scottish taxpayers, ferry workers andpassengers cannot afford these lifelineservices being placed into the hands ofSerco, specialists in failure if ever therewas one.When you have finished with this magazine give it to aworkmate who is not in your union. Even better, ask them tojoin RMT by filling in the application form opposite3
RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: march 2016 ::RMTnewsRFA ACTIONRMT is preparing for industrial actioninvolving hundreds of staff across theRoyal Fleet Auxiliary over an attack on payand working conditions.Any campaign of action will involve allRFA members including those on the shipRFA Mount’s Bay which is currently beingdeployed to the Aegean Sea as part of thegovernment’s anti-people smugglingoperations.The issues at the heart of the dispute arethe imposition of a one per cent payincrease despite RMT members rejecting theoffer, imposing changes to staffing withoutagreement and creating banding levelswhich sees captain’s receiving biggerincreases by taking cash out of the pocketsof RMT members.RMT general secretary Mick Cash saidthat RFA staff have been deployed tosensitive and dangerous operations downthe years, including todays developments onthe migrant crisis in the Aegean, the recentEbola outbreak in Sierra Leone and warzones like the Falklands and the Gulf.“These are brave and hard-working menand women who deserve respect andrecognition for the critical role that theyfulfil. RMT stands behind our RFA members100 per cent,” he said.RMT national secretary Steve Todd saidthat the attack on the pay and conditions ofRFA staff was wholly unacceptable and theattempt to impose fundamental changes leftRMT with no option but to prepare foraction.“The union is sick and tired of RFA staffbeing written out of the script bygovernment ministers which is exactly whathappened with the announcement on theoperations off the Turkish coast.“It is a disgraceful way to treat thiscourageous and committed group ofworkers,” he said.REPORT BACKS KEEPINGCAL MAC PUBLICAnew independent report hasreinforced the case FORkeeping Caledonian MacBraynelifeline ferries in the publicsector and HAS warned of thedangers of privatisation.The RMT- commissionedreport by Jeanette FindlayEconomics Lecturer at GlasgowUniversity and respected analystof the economics of Scottishferries, reaches a number ofconclusions that the union saysmake an overwhelming case forkeeping the operation of lifelineferry services in the publicsector.It has found that Cal Mac hasoperated in an efficient,innovative and strategic way onthe current CHFS contract andhas shared with the Scottishgovernment all the benefits ofcost savings.CalMac has the potential tobe a leader for the economy asa whole in delivering fair work,good quality work, training and4innovation, as well as a goodquality service to passengersand the public. Indeed, to aconsiderable degree, it wasfound that CalMac already isleading in these areas of theScottish economy.In contrast, there was muchless evidence that SercoCaledonian could or would wishto play that role and itsmotivation and focus inwinning the CHFS tender isnaturally based on its status asa profit-seeking entity.The report found that SercoGroup, owner of SercoNorthlink, has an extremelytroubled history in relation toits public sector contracts; it hasno significant experience in themaritime industry and itsfinancial health and businessmodel raise concerns.The estimated costs oftendering remain very high inthe context of very limitedscope for cost savings in theoperation of the tender.RMT general secretary MickCash said that it was a soberanalysis of the economic casefor keeping Cal Mac public inorder to preserve and increasethe considerable economicbenefits of publicly fundedservices, good employment andtraining standards already inplace.“Scottish taxpayers, ferryworkers and passengers cannotafford these lifeline servicesbeing placed by the ScottishGovernment into the hands ofSerco who would seek to drainprofit from lifeline Scottish ferryservices,” he said.RMT national secretary SteveTodd added that the report wasa ringing endorsement of thevital role that CalMac’s near1,500 employees play indelivering an efficient,affordable and popular lifelineferry service to Clyde andHebridean communities.“The report justifies theScottish government’s decisionto invest hundreds of millions to2022 in new vessels, IT, portand harbour infrastructure,maritime skills and passengerfares on this complex, 26-routenetwork.“Handing this jewel in thecrown to Serco would be ascandalous betrayal of workers,passengers and the Scottishtaxpayer,” he said.
NRMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: march 2016 ::RMTnewsSHAW REPORT“SMASH AND GRAB”Union warns Network Rail report leavesthe door open to Tory sell-offRMT has warned that theShaw Report on the futureof Network Rail leaves the dooropen FOR Tory ChancellorGeorge Osborne to set up a"smash and grab" raid on someof Britain's last remainingpublicly-owned rail assets.Although the Shaw reportbalked at the idea of fullprivatisation after a strongunion campaign, RMT said thatpublicly-owned Network Railassets from stations to powerand other parts of theinfrastructure, are set up to beknocked out in a fire sale toprivate speculators leading tofurther fragmentation.RMT general secretary MickCash said that although astrong union campaign hadfought off the prospect ofwholesale and earlyreprivatisation the Shaw Reportstill openED the door to a sell-off.“This is the Tories looking toknock down what's left of thefamily silver as Osbornescrambles to plug the gapingholes in his budget."Foreign speculators will bequeuing up again to plunderBritain's railways for every lastpenny in the same way as theyhave mopped up trainoperations and run them intothe ground.“RMT will continue to fightany further attacks on NetworkRail and will continue tocampaign for public ownershipof the entire rail system.“The government is alreadypreparing the sell-off ofelectrical power assets to globalspeculators.“The latest moves came hoton the heels of plans to beginthe sell-off of 1.8 billion ofNR property assets including awhole raft of high-profilerailway stations.“The same global energycompanies who are currentlyrobbing Britain’s domesticpower customers blind are nowset to be unleashed on Britain’srailways with direconsequences.“This is all about assetstripping, fragmentation andprofiteering by globalcompanies at the expense ofrail services in the UK andwhere passengers are seen aslittle more than self-loadingfreight whose sole function isto generate share-holderprofits,” he said.“The Network Rail proposalsare a mirror of the trainoperator franchises that havereduced the bulk of our servicesto nothing more than aprivatised cash-cow designed tounderpin rail operations inother parts of Europe andaround the globe.“The proliferation ofcontractors and sub-contractorsis already dragging NetworkRail’s performance down andthe flogging off of the powerassets would simply up the anteon the fragmentation that is theroot cause of many of the dailyproblems hitting services.“RMT is in no doubt that thelatest NR plans are ideologicallydriven by the Government andare just the thin end of a longwedge designed to drag thepublicly-owned Network Railoperations back to the lethaldays of the privatised Railtrack.“RMT will fight thisconcerted attack on ourmembers and the safety-criticalservices that they deliver,” hesaid.5
RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: march 2016 ::RMTnewsNORTHERN HANDED TODEUTSCHE BAHNThe Tory government hasawarded the Northernfranchise to the German staterailway company DeutscheBahn.Local authorities in the Northof England through a bodycalled Rail North will jointlyoversee the franchise with thegovernment.Since 2007 Northern Rail hassucked passengers dry to pay 179 million dividends to theprevious franchise owners Sercoand the Dutch state railway.Now Arriva, owned by theGerman state railway DeutscheBahn, has been awarded theNorthern Rail contract and willbegin operations on April 1, sohelping to keep fares down inGermany.Foreign state-owned railcompanies are using profitsearned through operatingfranchises in the UK to keepfares down and ensure railservices are better in theirrespective countries.RMT general secretary MickCash said that the profits hadbeen acquired through everincreasing passenger faresmakes the need for domesticpublic ownership even moreclear.“ Its time our governmentnationalised our railways,” hesaid.According to Rail North’sown estimates passengerdemand for the North’s railwaywill soar by 50 per cent over thenext fifteen years.Despite this, and the clearneed for investment, thegovernment has stated thatannual subsidy will be cut byover 50 per cent by the finalyear of the franchise.This will be realised throughattacks on the quality of serviceavailable to passengers and theloss of hundreds of skilled,safety critical railway jobs.For example, the newoperator is planning to removesafety trained guards from 50per cent of the network in thecoming years.“To add insult to injury, at atime when train building in thiscountry is struggling to survivethe German State operator hasannounced their intention toorder new trains for thefranchise from a manufacturerin Spain.“Something needs to be done– we need a nationalisedPeople’s Railway for the North,”said Mick Cash.LOROL HANDED TO TYNE ANDGERMAN STATEWEAR METRORBACK IN-HOUSEMT has condemned thedecision by Transport forLondon to hand busy LondonOverground services over tofailing rail privateer Arriva, asubsidiary of the German staterailway Deutsche Bahn.RMT general secretary MickCash said that it was madness tohand LOROL services over to theGerman state as Arriva willhave their contract for the Tyneand Wear Metro ripped up withthe service being taken intodirect public control from Aprilnext year.“The German state has6openly admitted that it will beusing profits from foreignfranchises to run rail services inGermany.“It appears that thisgovernment is happy for otherstates to make profits from ourrail network but not this state,”he said.A German Transportspokesperson stated in 2011:“We're skimming profit from theentire Deutsche Bahn andensuring that it is anchored inour budget - that way we canmake sure it is invested in therail network here in Germany”.German state railwaysDeutsche Bahn subsidiaryArriva will have theircontract for the Tyne andWear Metro ripped up withthe service being taken intodirect public control fromApril next year.RMT general secretaryMick Cash said that it was amassive boost in the battlefor public ownership andcomes after years of hardwork and pressure from RMTmembers and officials acrossthe North East."RMT will now press forthe initial two year transitionto be turned into a permanentarrangement for this essentialpublic service."This proves that thecombination of a strongunion and a relentless publiccampaign is unstoppable," hesaid.
RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: march 2016 ::CLOSING?AngmeringBarnhamBexhillBognor RegisBurgess HillChichesterCrawleyEastbourneEast nKing’s LynnLancingLetchworth Garden tonSandyShoreham-by-SeaSt NeotsWorthingCLOSING?Alexandra PalaceAshteadBalhamBattersea ParkCarshaltonCarshalton BeechesCaterhamCity Thameslink(Holborn)City Thameslink(Ludgate Hill)Coulsdon SouthCricklewoodDenmark HillDorkingElstree &BorehamwoodEnfield CEOPENGipsy HillQueens Rd PecGordon tHertford NorthSouth atham ComLeatherheadmonStreatham HillLoughboroughJCTSuttonLuton AirportParkway TootingMersthamThornton HeathMill Hill BroadwayTulse HillNew BarnetWallingtonNorburyWandsworth ComOxtedmonWelwyn GardenPalmers GreenCityWest HampstePeckham RyeadWest NorwoodPotters BarWinchmore HillPurleyKEEPYOURSTATIONTICKETOFFICEOPENTICKET OFFICECARNAGE BLOCKEDFollowing a massive RMT-ledcampaign the board ofLondon TravelWatch haveopposed all of GoviaThameslink Railways proposalsto shut or change openinghours at ticket offices inLondon.GTR’s proposals would haveseen ticket office closures at 41stations in the LondonTravelWatch area and reducingthe hours at a further 14stations.Thousands of passengerssent in RMT postcards inopposition to the proposals.The union also made directrepresentations in writing andat the Board meeting.The union welcomed thereprieve for the ticket officesand is seeking urgentclarification as to what thenext steps were and also whatthe decision of Transport Focusis for the 28 non-London Ticketoffices.RMT has made clear that inlight of the decision by LondonTravel Watch, GTR should dropwhat the union has calledunworkable, unsafe andunpopular proposals. The unionhas also made it clear that thefight goes on and will not stopuntil the whole closure plan isscrapped.RMT general secretary MickCash said that publiccampaigning, led by RMT, hadsecured a massive victory inthe on-going fight to stopticket office closures.“However we still have along way to go and we mustkeep the pressure on and GoviaThameslink must now drop thewhole ill-conceived plan on allroutes both inside and outsidethe London area.“These plans are driven bythe desire to de-staff ourrailways in the quest for profitand would unleash a wave ofticket office carnage across railfranchises that are already seenas the basket-cases of Britain’sprivatised railway network.#“It is clear that Goviacouldn’t give two hoots aboutpassenger services, jobs andsafety and are prepared to milkthese routes for every singlepenny that they can extractregardless of what thetravelling public think of them.“The voice of staff and thetravelling public has rung outloud and clear through theRMT campaign and the fight toscrap the whole programme of83 ticket office downgradesand closures continues,” hesaid.7
RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: march 2016 ::RMTnewsPICCADILLYLINESTRIKEAround 400 train operatorsacross the Piccadilly Lineon London Underground tooksolid strike action this monthover a breakdown in industrialrelations combining a range ofissues.Over 85 per cent of membershad voted for strike action withan even larger number votingfor action short of a strike.The union had entered intotalks in good faith but a hostileand confrontational attitude byLUL corroded and finallycollapsed the negotiatingprocess.The Piccadilly is the fourthbusiest line on the tube networktransporting an average of600,000 passengers a day andservices London’s Heathrow8airport – the busiest airport inEurope.The ballot for action wascalled after a prolonged periodof industrial problems on theline – some of which have beendirectly related to seriousunderlying issues with the agingPiccadilly Line fleet.Those issues have left driversin a vulnerable position andhave been used by managementas a tool to harass and threatenmembers through misuse of thedisciplinary procedure.There has also been anappalling lack of consistency bylocal management when itcomes to addressing the longrunning issues impacting on thePiccadilly Line and which RMT,as the main driver’s union, hadraised repeatedly over a numberof years.RMT general secretary MickCash said that the hostile andaggressive attitude by tubebosses had collapsed the normalnegotiating process and next thestrike action goes ahead exactlyas planned.“The wholesale abuse ofprocedures and agreements bymanagement on the PiccadillyLine is rife and amounts to thedevelopment of a campaign ofbullying, harassment andintimidation that the union willnot allow to continue.“RMT will not sit back andallow individual members to bepicked off by a vindictive andaggressive management who arecontinuing to drag their heelsover addressing fundamentalsafety issues which leave staff ina vulnerable and exposedposition.“RMT will not watch from theside lines while our members areboxed into a position where theyare left to take the rap forrepeated management failuresthat the union has been raisingfor years now.“The combined weight ofthese abuses and failures hasbuilt up to a fundamentalcollapse in industrial relationsthat the company has donenothing to address and whichhas left RMT with no option butto call strike action followingthe overwhelming vote of by ourmembers,” he said.
RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: march 2016 ::RMTDEMANDSFAIR DEALFOR NIGHTTUBEAs London's largest tube unionRMT has called forreassurances from LondonUnderground on the Night Tubesafety case, and a fair deal forTube Lines engineers, after theMayor confirmed a July start forthe project.RMT LUL members haveoverwhelmingly backed a pay andconditions package that coversNight Tube and the union hassupported the idea of extendedrunning properly introducedthrough negotiation.However, the union has yet tosee a full safety case and remainsin dispute over nearly 1,500 TubeLines maintenance staff who arecurrently being balloted for strikeaction.RMT general secretary MickCash said that the dispute mayhave been settled for LUL staff onpay and conditions but the ideathat all of the outstanding issueshave been resolved, not least thesafety case and the Tube Linesengineers dispute, is simply nottrue."There are still significantconcerns over staff rosters andthose basic operational issueswould be fundamental to hittinga start date this summer. There isvery clearly some distance to goin terms of getting all of thecomponents in place."The whole project is beingconstructed against a backdrop ofTFL cuts and only a fool wouldpretend that those cuts do nothave an impact on theoperational model." Police concerns aboutincreased crime taking placeduring all-night running onFridays and Saturdays "."RMT remains fully engaged indelivering the Night Tube andfully committed to making surethat all of our members, includingTube Lines, are properly respectedand rewarded,” he said.Parliamentary columnRMTnewsVOTE TOLEAVEI hope RMT members will notneed too much persuading thatLabour supporters should vote toLeave the EU in the June 23referendum. The union has ledopposition to EU policies and thelate Bob Crow was one of thestrongest advocates of thatcampaign.The European Union is antidemocratic, anti-socialist andfailing economically. With lowand negative economic growth,25 per cent unemployment and50 per cent youth unemploymentin some member states, livingstandards cut by a quarter inGreece, forced privatisations andrestrictions on collectivebargaining rights as conditions ofbailouts, the true nature of theEU is now plain to see.Free movement of labour isdesigned to simply reducewages and reduce wagebargaining strength. The Lavaland Viking Line cases where theEuropean Court ruled in favour ofemployers and against tradeunions made a nonsense of thesupposed EU Charter ofFundamental Rights and were aclear indicator of the directionsof travel being steered by theEU’s masters. Raising up themarket and market forcesagainst elective democracy wasevident from the start in itsoriginal name, the CommonMarket, and was opposed at thetime by British socialistsincluding Clement Attlee, NyeBevan and Hugh Gaitskell.In a Commons debate in 1989,Tony Benn said, “I was broughtup to believe, and I still believe,that when people vote in anelection they must be entitled toknow that the party for whichthey vote, if it has a majority, willbe able to enact laws underwhich they will be governed.That is no longer true. Any partyelected, whether it is theConservative party or the Labourparty can no longer say to theelectorate, "Vote for me and if Ihave a majority I shall pass thatlaw," because if that law iscontrary to Common Market law,British judges will applyCommunity law.”Labour’s policyof returning the railways to publicownership will becomeimpossible if the EU’s railwaypolicies are implemented. This isbizarre when German DeutscheBahn, the state railway ownsmuch of Britain’s public transportservices, with British passengerseffectively subsidising Berlincommuters.The European Union projectmoved slowly and by stealth atfirst, later accelerating followingthe 1980s Single European Act.It was intended to promote theprogressive dismantling of thepost-war social democraticstructures which brought suchmassive benefits to millions ofworking people across WesternEurope.The current secretivenegotiations to impose TTIP, theproposed EU/USA trade dealwhich would give massive powerto the giant private corporationsto be able to prosecutedemocratically elected memberstate governments is conclusiveproof – if proof were needed about the true nature of the EU.It is time for democratic memberstate governments once again tostand up for their peoples and toreject the EU. The UnitedKingdom has an opportunity totake the lead in that process byvoting “Leave” in the comingreferendum.That being said, I alwaysemphasise that the EuropeanUnion is not Europe. Europe is asub-continent of great peoples,beautiful countries and superbculture. Democracy, socialismand trade unionism were allcreated in Europe. TheEuropean Union is simply apolitical construct covering manyof the countries of Europe. Wecan have a great Europe withoutthe EU, a Europe of internationalfriendship and solidarity whichwill not sell out working peopleto the global corporations.Kelivin Hopkins is a member ofthe RMT Parliamentary Groupand the Labour LeaveCampaign9
RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: march 2016 ::RMTnewsSIGNALLERSORGANISEDelegates meet at apacked nationalindustrial organisingsignallers andoperations conference10
RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: march 2016 ::Signallers and operational grades meet in Perth discussorganisational and industrial issuesAssistant general secretary MickLynch outlined how rulechanges has created a nationalexecutive committee made up of12 full time general grademembers and four maritime andoffshore members.He explained how theprimary role of branches wasthe recruitment and retention ofmembers and to organise regularbranch meetings as well asdrawing up a branch plan inorder to allow members to takepart in the life of the union.“We need to encourage andtrain new members so they canfill union vacancies andparticipate in the union’scampaigns.“How all these changes,which are all in the new rulebook, is up to the branch itselfto implement not head office.“This conference will alsohave a role in developingstrategies in order to build theunion and feed ideas about howto assist members represented byyour grade,” he said.Alan Pottage of the union’sorganising unit said that theunion membership hadcontinued to grow in manyareas with over 83,000 memberswhile other unions were indecline in the transport sectorbut RMT could not becomplacent.“We need to carry outmapping exercises to find outwho is not in the union anddevelop strategies to get them inthe union,” he said.Mick Lynch also warned thatNetwork Rail was being rundown and broken up by theTory government with the longterm aim of re-privatising therail network.“They will be seeking tobreak up a national rail networkin order to hand them over totheir friends in the City and weneed to defend our nationalagreements,” he said.He then outlined the pensionscontracting-out process enforcedby the Tory chancellor GeorgeOsborne which has led tochanges in the Network Railpension fund contributions.Martin Russell, Stockport saidthat a clear explanation of theissue should appear in theunion’s journal RMT News (seepage 16/17).Delegates called for a fulltime co-ordinator position to beenshrined within the agreedbargaining procedure which ashas been afforded to othergroups within Network Rail.Tim Breed, North Staff saidthat the ongoing roll out of theNetwork Rail operating strategyand the continuing use ofworking parties on themaintenance side meant that aco-ordinator was required inorder to represent signalworkers.“The number, constituenciesand election procedures shouldbe determined by the union’snational executive committee,”he said.Delegates also recorded“profound” objections tosecondments being used byNetwork Rail outside of theagreed recruitment policy forpromotional positions.Tim Breed said that withthousands of jobs being lost bythe often-trumpeted nationaloperating strategy, allpromotional positions should beadvertised in the normal mannerwith the use of secondmentsonly being used for nonpromotional, exhaustedvacancies.“The use of secondments isdetrimental to the promotionalprospects of our members andplaces members at a distinctdisadvantage in the promotionrace in contravention of the NRequal opportunities policies,” hesaid.Delegates also called on theunion to secure a shorter 32hour working week forsignallers.Nathan Gill, Wakefield andHealey Mills said that if therewere no serious talks on theissue then a dispute situationwill exist between union andNetwork Rail and a ballotmatrix be drawn up in readinessfor industrial action to achieveour goals.Delegates called on the unionto find out the number ofsignalling and supervisorygrades were on fixed-termcontracts.Robert Cross, Stockport andDistrict warned that suchcontracts could be used to bringin a two-tier membership by theback door.“In cases when box closuresare put back then if suchcontracts are renewed, it leavesstaff at a disadvantage shouldthey stay until closure and thenhave to apply for other jobs onthe open list and not be coveredby PTR&R,” he said.Mark Bellanie, North StaffsRMTnewsalso said that signallers shouldnot train managers and othersto do signalling work.“We have an employmentclause which says we are onlyhere to instruct traineesignallers.“We need a strategy to ensurem
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