The purpose of this post is to provide an update from the members’ meeting on Wednesday 1st October 2008 to discuss the roll out of the Turret pilot and the staffing levels at Warbreck. Thanks to all the members who attended the meeting and gave their views.
As a ballot of the members had taken place at the start of the Turret pilot it was considered to be best practise if one did so at this stage to ascertain membership feedback.
The results of the questions put to the members at the meeting on 1st October 2008 were as follows (please note that the ballot was broken down between all the members and those on the Turrets to try and evaluate the different viewpoints (if there were any):
“Do you agree that being able to state your preference as to starting/ finishing times and availability to work the Turrets without coercion (as adopted in units 1 and 4) should be rolled out (as described in the Joint Statements) and PCS to continue negotiations, to reduce the amount of time spent on Turrets, and secure additional resources in the DCPU?”
All Members: Yes: 154 No: 22
Turret Members: Yes: 108 No: 16
The next stage is that the revised method of staffing the Turrets will roll out in DCPU unit 5 on Monday 6th October 2008.
A members’ meeting for the people on the Turrets in unit 5 will take place on Wednesday 15th October 2008, to ascertain initial feedback for the ongoing negotiations.
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