Our ref: HSR
Head Office Circular: NP/76/24
26th March 2024
To: The Secretary
ALL BRANCHES
REGIONAL COUNCILS
Dear Colleague,
NATIONAL BUS WORKERS INDUSTRIAL ORGANISING CONFERENCE 2023 RESOLUTION “TOILET DIGNITY – BUS WORKERS”
I write subsequent to Head Office Circular, NP/97/23, dated 2nd June 2023, which was about h&s resolutions passed at the bus workers conference in 2023.
One of the resolutions, “Toilet Dignity – Bus Workers”, was discussed by your National Executive Committee (NEC) when they met on 21st March 2024. At this meeting they noted and adopted as below a report received from their health and safety subcommittee, from when the subcommittee met to consider a report from the Lead Officer (see report here: https://bit.ly/3VA2Yik).
We abhor that our bus members continue to be denied toilet dignity.
In connection with this we instruct the General Secretary to write to DfT (Department of Transport) highlighting the problems faced by our bus worker members, asking that the DfT resolve such matters - and demanding that they create a publicly-accessible National Toilet Dignity Database that names any bus routes, Regional Authorities and bus operators that fail to provide toilet dignity.
Also, the General Secretary to write to Mayoral Authorities to explain the lack of toilet dignity for our bus driver members - and asking what they are doing to address such issues.
Finally, we note the report from the Lead Officer and believe that the actions as outlined in the report either meet/ or go some way to form the initial stages of complying with the actions and desired outcomes as outlined in the Conference resolution.
Any update to be placed before this NEC.
I am acting in line with these instructions. Please bring the contents of this circular to the attention of relevant members.
Yours sincerely
Michael Lynch
General Secretary