January 2007

Drivers Company Council would like to express our appreciation to all the Drivers who voted and supported us in the DCC Election. This being the first OTR of 2007 DCC wishes all ASLEF drivers a happy new year. As many of you know there has been a change in DCC. Joe Holmes of Grove Park has replaced Bill Williams. Bill served on DCC for over 6 years and was considered a vital part of council, his knowledge and expertise will be missed. We would like to say a heart felt thank you to Bill for all the hard work and effort that he gave to council and in turn to all Southeastern drivers. We wish Bill well for the future.

PAY & CONDITIONS 2007

We shall be talking with management about this item shortly and there is no truth in the rumours that talks have been postponed until later in the year. Our review date is 04 March 2007.
At this point in time the management have given us very little information on their requirements for the domestic high-speed link other than the 3 new depots with approximately 30 drivers at each. As no doubt you all can imagine, negotiations for all of this will be long and complex.
We will keep you updated as and when possible.

DEPOT VISITS

A list of dates will be posted at depots, where DCC & the District Organiser Graham Morris will be in attendance to speak to Drivers face to face.

DRIVING INSTRUCTORS

There have also been rumours circulating that management want to reduce the number of DI’s. We have not seen or heard anything to substantiate this. There will always be a steady turn over in drivers for whatever reason, (high speed link depots, pay deals, etc.) therefore the current number of DI’s will still be required.

Yours Fraternally


P. CALVERT. P. ROWLAND. J. HOLMES.