Rest Day & Sunday Working & New Tech Payment – TPE Conductors

To All TransPennine Express Conductor Grade RMT Members

Our Ref: BR2/9/4

18th January 2022

Dear Colleague

REST DAY & SUNDAY WORKING AGREEMENT/NEW TECHNOLOGY PAYMENT - TRANSPENNINE EXPRESS

I write to advise you that the ballot 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: 353
Number of votes cast in the ballot: 291
Number of individuals answering “Yes” to the question: 246
Number of individuals answering “No” to the question: 43
Number of spoiled or otherwise invalid voting papers returned: 2

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

Number of individuals who were entitled to vote in the ballot: 353
Number of votes cast in the ballot: 291
Number of individuals answering “Yes” to the question: 283
Number of individuals answering “No” to the question: 8
Number of spoiled or otherwise invalid voting papers returned: 0

The union’s National Executive Committee is currently considering this result and I shall write to you again shortly.

Yours sincerely

Michael Lynch
General Secretary