DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY

RMTnews :: january 2006 :: www.rmt.org.uk 4 Open six days a week Mon to Fri - 8am until 6pm, Sat - 9.30am to 4pm e-mail: info@rmt.org.uk Legal helpline: 0800 587 7516 Seven days a week Members Helpline Freephone 0800 376 3706 L ondon’s Docklands Light Railway has tabled an improved pay offer, including a two-stage no-strings pay package worth 5.25 per cent, a major advance in travel concessions and a New Year’s bonus of £100. However, members rejected the offer in a referendum due to other outstanding issues. Therefore, the union is now involved in intense negotiations to reach a satisfactory deal. The latest offer followed a ballot for strike action, after the company reduced an earlier offer of 3.4 per cent to 3.25 per cent. However, the new offer will give staff a 3.5 per cent increase from January 1, with a further increase of 1.75 per cent in July. Staff who do not currently receive travel concessions will be reimbursed with 25 per cent of their season ticket costs from January, rising to 50 per cent in 2007 and 75 per cent in 2008. The offer would also give DLR staff full pay immediately upon satisfactory completion of training, rather than the current full year on reduced rates. RMT London regional organiser Bobby Law said that the union was heading towards clinching a great deal but would not shy away from taking a stand. “Winning an offer of three quarters of travel costs within three years for those who do not already get concessions is also a major step in the right direction which other employers should take note of,” he said. Election results ASSISTANT NATIONAL SECRETARY Term of office January 1 2006 to December 31 2010 Peter Hall, Liverpool Shipping Branch, elected. COUNCIL OF EXECUTIVES Terms of office January 1 2006 to December 31 2008 General Grades, Region 1 Francis Cochrane, Glasgow and District Engineering Branch, elected General Grades, Region 2 Peter Rowland, Manchester South Branch, elected unopposed General Grades, Region 3 Jack Jones, Holyhead No 1 Branch, elected General Grades, Region 9 Paul Burton, Orpington Branch, elected General Grades, Region 10 Derrick Marr, South East Essex Branch, elected Shipping Grades, Region 1 Malcolm Dunning, Dover Shipping Branch, elected unopposed Shipping Grades, Region 2 Peter Hall, Liverpool Shipping Branch, elected Shipping Grades, Region 3 Mark Carden, Southampton Shipping Branch, elected unopposed Shipping Grades, Region 4 Andy Gordon, Aberdeen Shipping Branch, elected As Peter Hall is taking up the position of Assistant National Secretary, there will be another election to fill the Shipping Grades, Region 2, position. IMPROVED OFFER AT DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY