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Strike off as deal struck
Strike action by more than 400 staff at eight First Great Western train maintenance depots, including Oxford, has been called off.
Sunday's 24-hour strike was cancelled after FGW reached an agreement with transport union RMT over working hours and pay.
FGW has agreed to pay all engineers' overtime at a time and a quarter with effect from Sunday, June 8.
The company also agreed to implement 35-hour week rosters for engineers and a 25 per cent increase in earnings for cleaning staff. Staff at Bristol, Reading, Oxford, Penzance, Exeter, Plymouth, Swansea and Old Oak Common in London had voted by a three-to-one margin to strike.
RMT general secretary Bob Crow said: "The vast majority of FGW engineering and cleaning staff were still being paid the flat hourly rate for overtime, rather than the time-and-a-quarter enjoyed by other FGW staff, including train-crew and station staff.
Due to the steadfastness of members at FGW, these inequalities have been removed."
FGW spokesman Adrian Booth confirmed the strike had been called off following talks with RMT bosses. He said: "We clarified our commitments in relation to giving our engineering teams a 35-hour working week and overtime at time and a quarter to resolve the dispute. We had originally confirmed our commitment to this as far back as December."
8:28pm Friday 16th May 2008
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CommentPosted by: Mr Ison, England on 8:52pm Fri 16 May 08
The good old Union.
If the Jap style of striking was adopted the Union leaders would strike their charges 24/7.
The good old Union.
If the Jap style of striking was adopted the Union leaders would strike their charges 24/7.
Posted by: Ian Sternberg, Harwell on 9:22pm Fri 16 May 08
Another **** good result for The Working Class & The Trade Union Movement .
These benefits have been won because the RMT has been prepared to stand up and bang on the table & send out a clear message to FGW Management about what would happen if They didn't take heed of The Rail Workers grievences .
If the RMT can do it
- We can all do it !!!
GMB - Oxford & District Trades Union Council .
Another **** good result for The Working Class & The Trade Union Movement .
These benefits have been won because the RMT has been prepared to stand up and bang on the table & send out a clear message to FGW Management about what would happen if They didn't take heed of The Rail Workers grievences .
If the RMT can do it
- We can all do it !!!
GMB - Oxford & District Trades Union Council .
Posted by: Mr Ison, England on 9:28pm Fri 16 May 08
Yeah,the Uranium wouldn't run on time.
No one else has the leverage.
Yeah,the Uranium wouldn't run on time.
No one else has the leverage.
Posted by: Mrs Ison, also in England on 9:20am Sat 17 May 08
For heaven's sake, dear, don't stand out there in the garden naked. Remember what they did to you last time.
For heaven's sake, dear, don't stand out there in the garden naked. Remember what they did to you last time.
Posted by: RMT Management on 10:38am Sat 17 May 08
We were impressed by the manifesto we were presented with, the Althusser influenced take on Dialectical Materialism had us truly spell bound and as for the protosynthetic textually derived semiotic analysis of the Communist manifesto, well we couldn't argue with that.
Yep, the council estate guys did us over a treat this time.
We were impressed by the manifesto we were presented with, the Althusser influenced take on Dialectical Materialism had us truly spell bound and as for the protosynthetic textually derived semiotic analysis of the Communist manifesto, well we couldn't argue with that.
Yep, the council estate guys did us over a treat this time.
Posted by: Gibson, Kalamazoo on 11:13pm Sat 17 May 08
We just wanna live beyond thunderdome.
We just wanna live beyond thunderdome.
Posted by: Ian Sternberg, 605-649 on 10:33am Thu 22 May 08
[quote][bold]RMT Management[/bold] wrote:
We were impressed by the manifesto we were presented with, the Althusser influenced take on Dialectical Materialism had us truly spell bound and as for the protosynthetic textually derived semiotic analysis of the Communist manifesto, well we couldn\\\'t argue with that. Yep, the council estate guys did us over a treat this time. [/quote] Yes Alan - thanks for Your Comment .
RMT Management wrote:
We were impressed by the manifesto we were presented with, the Althusser influenced take on Dialectical Materialism had us truly spell bound and as for the protosynthetic textually derived semiotic analysis of the Communist manifesto, well we couldn't argue with that. Yep, the council estate guys did us over a treat this time.
Yes Alan - thanks for Your Comment .
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