RAIL UNION RMT announced today that it is to ballot a group of signalling staff in the Wales and the Marches Operations area for strike action and action short of strike action over the imposition of rosters at the new South Wales Control Centre due to open in January 2010.
The ballot will cover RMT signalling grades members at the following NR signalling locations in the Wales and Marches Operations Area; the new South Wales Control Centre, Newport panel, Vale of Glamorgan (Barry Box, Barry Relief, Aberthaw Box, Cowbridge Road Box), Rhymney Valley (Heath Junction, Ystrad Mynach, Bargoed), Cardiff panel and Port Talbot panel.
The ballot will run from Friday 20th November to Thursday 3rd December 2009.
RMT General Secretary Bob Crow said:
"Our members are furious at the attempt to bulldoze through rosters at the new South Wales Control Centre which we believe are all about saving money and which unilaterally rip up existing agreements
"RMT maintains that the existing 12 hour roster is tried and tested and that the 8 hour roster that Network Rail are trying to impose at the new South Wales Control Centre when it opens in January will have damaging consequences.
"We remain available for talks and would urge Network Rail to get back around the table to negotiate a settlement to this dispute."
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