BTFS #Endgame Campaign – National Rally

As part of the #Endgame campaign a National Rally will be held outside BT Centre on the 14 January to demonstrate against the decision to outsource BT Facilities Services.

Details of the Rally are as follows:

Date:  Monday, 14 January 2019

Time:  12 Noon – 13.30 pm

Venue:  Outside BT Centre

81 Newgate Street,

London EC1A 7AJ

 The General Secretary, Dave Ward and Deputy General Secretary, Andy Kerr, will be in attendance and we are asking branches to make this a priority commitment.

Branches are requested to bring along their branch banners on the day to show their support.

Branches are also reminded that in line with the BT Facilities agreement that this event falls outside established industrial relations activities and therefore no facility time can be used. All branch representatives will need to attend in their own time.

I would be grateful if you could respond to my office by emailingLmassey@cwu.org that you will be attending.

Any queries to be addressed to Sally Bridge at sabridge@cwu.org

Yours Sincerely

Sally Bridge

National Officer

LTB 006.2019

TUPE of BT Facilities Services to CBRE and ISS

It has been brought to our attention that just prior to the Christmas break the employer issued the following statement that appeared on BTFS Change Space and was visible to all our members:

“In order to introduce a new targeting operating model in accordance with their obligations to BT, ISS and CBRE envisage putting forward proposals for changes that may affect transferring BTFS colleagues. Both CBRE and ISS have committed to full consultation, post transfer on any changes proposed.” 

We have since learned that some FS Managers have also emailed this out and it appears they are consulting with our members, many of whom are now quite rightly questioning the statement and are concerned about the implications.

The CWU condemn the actions taken by the employer as, without any detail or understanding of what this statement actually means this is provocative and inflammatory at this point of the consultation.

As a consequence we have been in touch with the company and reminded them that the CWU is the recognised trade union that has collective bargaining rights for the team member representative group and this management action is unacceptable.

It is the aim of the CWU to try and deal with any changes via negotiation and collective agreement.

To remind branches regarding the CWU objectives are as follows:

• To campaign against the outsourcing of BT Facilities Services.

• To oppose any compulsory redundancies and to agree improved voluntary terms for any job losses.

• To protect the existing terms and conditions of employment including;

• i) at the minimum maintaining the Real Living Wage for housekeepers and Security Officers.
• ii) the protection of contractual hours.

Any queries to be addressed to Sally Bridge at sabridge@cwu.org

Yours Sincerely

Sally Bridge

National Officer

LTB 004.2019

ELECTION OF CWU DELEGATES TO THE TUC EQUALITY CONFERENCES 2019

Please find attached the regulations, nomination forms and candidate consent and biographical details forms for the above conferences. The details of which are as follows:

TUC WOMEN’S CONFERENCE
Date:  6^th – 8^th March 2019
Venue: Congress House, London

TUC BLACK WORKERS CONFERENCE
Date:  12^th – 14^th April 2019
Venue: Congress House, London

TUC DISABLED WORKERS CONFERENCE
Date:  21^st – 22^nd May 2019
Venue: BIC, Bournemouth

TUC LGBT WORKERS CONFERENCE
Date:  4^th – 5^th July 2019
Venue: Congress House, London

The Timetable for the elections is as follow:

Nominations open:  7 January 2019
Nominations close:   21 January 2019 (14:00)
Despatch ballot papers:  25 January 2019
Ballot closes:   8 February 2019 (14:00) 

Reminders:

• All candidates for election to the TUC Women’s Conference must be women.
• All nominees require the nomination of their own Branch.

Any enquiries regarding this Letter to Branches should be addressed to the Senior Deputy General Secretary’s Department on telephone number 020 8971 7237, or email address sdgs@cwu.org.

Yours sincerely,

Tony Kearns
Senior Deputy General Secretary

19LTB003

Candidates Consent & Biographical Details Form

Nomination Forms 2019

Regulations TUC Equality Conferences 2019

Health, Safety & Environment Department LTB Digest for 2018

To: All Branches

Dear Colleagues,

As in previous years the Health, Safety & Environment Department is circulating, for the particular attention of Safety Representatives, a digest list of LTBs issued by the Health, Safety & Environment Department during 2018.

I attach for your information a digest list of LTBs issued by the Health, Safety & Environment Department during 2018 which the department issues annually as a reference document.

Copies of all back-number LTBs are available for downloading via the CWU Website or on request directly from the Health, Safety & Environment Department.

Copies of minutes of the NEC Health, Safety & Environment Committee are also available on request.

Yours sincerely

Dave Joyce
National Health, Safety & Environment Officer

19LTB001 Health Safety and Environment Department LTB Digest 2018

Health Safety and Environment LTB Digest 2018