To: - HO Officers, Executive, Regional Organisers, Regional Councils & All Branches
Circular number: NP/105/09/AG
Our reference: R3/2
22nd July 2009
Dear Colleague,
Release of Network Rail Expenditure and Investment Plans
Attempts by your RMT negotiators at Network Rail to secure the release of the Company's crucial expenditure and Investment Plans, which directly impact upon your jobs, have been continually frustrated. Our legitimate appeal has been treated with disdain and this follows the similar stance taken by Network Rail towards our request for publication of risk assessments relating to the deferral of 28% of track renewals.
We have requested the investment papers on which the Investment Panels base their decisions and the Capital Expenditure and Business Plans for the Network Rail Areas. It is a disgrace that Network Rail, an organisation sustained by public money, is withholding important information concerning employees' jobs from the trade union representing staff. This information is essential for our collective bargaining purposes and has already been supplied to the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR). It is incredible that the RMT has been excluded.
The RMT has written to the Chairman of the ORR asking for her to intervene to ensure the disclosure of this vital information to the RMT and the Union will also attempt to force a disclosure through an application to the Central Arbitration Committee.
I will keep you advised of developments.
Yours sincerely,
Bob Crow
General Secretary
Circular number: NP/105/09/AG
Our reference: R3/2
22nd July 2009
Dear Colleague,
Release of Network Rail Expenditure and Investment Plans
Attempts by your RMT negotiators at Network Rail to secure the release of the Company's crucial expenditure and Investment Plans, which directly impact upon your jobs, have been continually frustrated. Our legitimate appeal has been treated with disdain and this follows the similar stance taken by Network Rail towards our request for publication of risk assessments relating to the deferral of 28% of track renewals.
We have requested the investment papers on which the Investment Panels base their decisions and the Capital Expenditure and Business Plans for the Network Rail Areas. It is a disgrace that Network Rail, an organisation sustained by public money, is withholding important information concerning employees' jobs from the trade union representing staff. This information is essential for our collective bargaining purposes and has already been supplied to the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR). It is incredible that the RMT has been excluded.
The RMT has written to the Chairman of the ORR asking for her to intervene to ensure the disclosure of this vital information to the RMT and the Union will also attempt to force a disclosure through an application to the Central Arbitration Committee.
I will keep you advised of developments.
Yours sincerely,
Bob Crow
General Secretary
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