Dear colleague
JOB CUTS – ON TRACK MACHINES & TRACK RENEWALS, AMEY
Further to my letter to you dated 28th May 2009, I am writing again to provide you with an update on the situation.
Following an approach from Amey management for "meaningful talks" to take place, your union's Executive Committee decided to suspend the industrial action in the form of the overtime ban which had been due to start at 00.01 hours this morning.
These talks will explore ways of avoiding compulsory redundancies and reduce the number of potentially affected employees. While the company has not provided absolute guarantees that all our assurances will be met in this dispute, we can at least get round the table with management in order to resolve our outstanding disagreements.
Let me make it clear that this dispute is not yet resolved as we have extended the legal time limit during which industrial action can be taken by another four weeks. In doing this we have given our negotiators an opportunity to minimise the impact of any job cuts on our members.
I will of course provide you with an update on the discussions when I am in a position to do so and can I thank you for supporting your union's position throughout this dispute.
Yours sincerely
Bob Crow
General Secretary
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