RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2024 – FREIGHTLINER HEAVY HAUL

Our Ref: BR3/0001/FHH

 

1 October 2024

 

 

Dear RMT Member

 

RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2024 – FREIGHTLINER HEAVY HAUL

 

The referendum of members on the company’s pay offer has concluded and the result is as follows:

 

Do you accept the company’s offer?

Total votes cast                   176

Number voting YES            156

Number voting NO              20

 

Your union’s National Executive Committee has noted the result and thanks you and your colleagues, along with your representative, for taking part and securing this improved offer from the company.

 

For clarity, the offer which has been accepted is as follows:

 

All Grades

 

• An increase of 3.0% to basic pay and applicable allowances and backdated from 1^st October 2023 to 30^th September 2024.

 

Boulby Groundstaff (“ex-DBC”)

 

• For the small number of employees affected by TUPE transfer, these will be transferred to current Heavy Haul Terms and Conditions, and with associated back pay on revised rates effective from 1^st October 2023.

 

Implementation of the pay offer is conditional on the acceptance of the following business performance items:

 

Use of OMNIA

 

Where applicable, all grades will be required to use OMNIA to undertake the following duties subject to the appropriate training/briefing and equipment being made available:

 

• Book on and (where applicable) book off duty
• When available, review and access timesheets
• Report fuel levels where applicable
• Submit incident reports
• Place requests for uniform
• When available, use and access online fault/ logbooks for locomotives

 

The provision of training and access to ipads etc will be reviewed, discussed and agreed by the Business Council on a regular basis. Where an individual is not able to use the methods above then alternative methods, such as use of telephones, will still be available.

 

The company will be advised of this result and I shall request that all monies and back pay to be paid as soon as is practically possible.

 

I trust this keeps you advised of the situation and I would also like to express my thanks to you all for participating in the democratic process.

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

Michael Lynch

General Secretary