PAY & CONDITIONS OFFER 2

POINTS OF CLARIFICATION RAISED AT THE OPEN MEETINGS

ANNUAL LEAVE
The Annual Leave is still set at 32 days even though the working week is being reduced. The Annual Leave deduction is as it is now: 1 Annual Leave day for 1 working day (e.g. if you have 4 rest days in a week then 3 Annual Leave days will be deducted).

HIGH SPEED 1 - ALLOWANCE
The HS1 Allowance is £3100; this money was never in the budget to be distributed between all Drivers. The £3100 was part of the Franchise money to enable the company to set up the HS1 service. HS1 & DI Allowances will be paid when off sick.

JANUARY RPI
The reason the RPI is used in January is because it sets the RPI 2 months before the pay review in March, also there is no month that is significantly higher than any other month over the last 10 years.

SALARY INCREASES
The 1st year is 4.35% - the Jan 07 RPI was 4.2%.
The 2nd year is 4% or RPI+ 0.5% whichever is the greater - the Jan 08 RPI is predicted at 3.6%.
The 3rd year is 3% or RPI+ 0.5% whichever is the greater - the Jan 09 RPI is predicted at 2.2%.

PROMOTION TRANSFER & REDUNDANCY
There are no changes to the existing Promotion Transfer & Redundancy (PT&R) arrangements.

ASLEF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
DCC and the District Organiser attended a meeting with the ASLEF EC on Thursday 13 December 2007, to discuss the current Pay & Conditions offer. The EC sanctioned putting the offer to Southeastern ASLEF members by referendum. The dates of the referendum are as follows: opens (papers sent out) week commencing 17 December 2007, closes 15 January 2008.

MISINFORMATION
It has been brought to our attention that an unofficial notice has been published, containing misinformation, half truths and flawed mathematics. WHAT IT DOES NOT SAY IS THAT UNDER THE 1ST OFFER A DRIVERS AVERAGE WORKING DAY WAS 8 HOURS AND 20 MINUTES, UNDER THE NEW OFFER IT IS ONLY 8 HOURS. This miss representation of the facts is being made by individuals who hope to block acceptance of the pay offer because it is not what they personally want.

ANY DRIVER, WHO NEEDS CLARIFICATION

PLEASE CONTACT

COMPANY COUNCIL Mobile 07771 501293. INT. 0021026.

EMAIL. driverscc@aol.com

or GRAHAM MORRIS Mobile 07970 059174.


Yours Fraternally