NEW TECHNOLOGY PAYMENT – TRANSPENNINE EXPRESS

Our Ref: BR2/9/4

 

3 April 2024

 

 

Dear RMT Member

 

NEW TECHNOLOGY PAYMENT – TRANSPENNINE EXPRESS

 

The ballot on the above matter has now closed and the result is as follows:

 

Are you prepared to take strike action?

 

Number of individuals who were entitled to vote in the ballot:        387                  

Number of votes cast in the ballot:                                                    164

Number of individuals answering “Yes” to the question:                  135

Number of individuals answering “No” to the question:                    29        

Number of spoiled or otherwise invalid voting papers returned:      0          

Votes cast in the ballot as % of individuals who were entitled to vote: 42.38%

 

Are you prepared to take industrial action short of a strike?

 

Number of individuals who were entitled to vote in the ballot:        387                  

Number of votes cast in the ballot:                                                    164

Number of individuals answering “Yes” to the question:                  158      

Number of individuals answering “No” to the question:                    5          

Number of spoiled or otherwise invalid voting papers returned:      1

Votes cast in the ballot as % of individuals who were entitled to vote: 42.38%

 

While you and your colleagues have delivered an overwhelming vote to continue your action, the turnout in the ballot has failed to reach the stringent anti-union laws threshold of 50%. I therefore have to advise you that the action you are currently taking with regard to no electronic scanning of tickets expires on Thursday 18^th April.

 

However, this dispute is by no means over and your union will continue the fight to win payments for you and your colleagues in using new technology. With this in mind, your union’s National Executive Committee has instructed me to convene an urgent meeting of your Lead Officer, Reps and national officers to discuss with the NEC the next steps in this dispute. I will provide the details of the discussions in due course.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Michael Lynch

General Secretary