LTB 478/16 - Joint Statement - Covering the Deployment of Gravity Rollers for Large Parcel Sorting in the Mail Centre Network

[TrueBlueTerrier]

LTB 478/16 - Joint Statement - Covering the Deployment of Gravity Rollers for Large Parcel Sorting in the Mail Centre Network

No. 478/2016

11th August 2016



For the Immediate Attention of All:

Postal Branches

Divisional Representative

Area Processing Representatives


JOINT STATEMENT BETWEEN ROYAL MAIL AND THE CWU COVERING THE DEPLOYMENT OF GRAVITY ROLLERS FOR LARGE PARCEL SORTING IN THE MAIL CENTRE NETWORK


Dear Colleagues

Branches and representatives will be aware that LTB 420/16 communicated a Joint Statement in relation to The Deployment Of Gravity Rollers For Large Parcel Sorting In The Mail Centre Network.

The business has now informed the department that funding has been secured to extend the standard method developed in Peterborough Mail Centre to the following Mail Centres:

South Midlands
Birmingham
Greenford
Nottingham
Jubilee
Romford
Leeds
London Central
Bristol
HCN
Edinburgh
Newcastle
Deployment is due to commence in a few weeks’ time and will take place on a rolling basis at the sites listed above.

The business has informed the department that their project teams will ensure the local CWU are involved in the deployment activity.

Representatives should therefore ensure that the full terms of the agreement for deployment are adhered to, that timely local negotiations take place with management and that CWU IR Representatives, Engineering and H&S Reps are fully involved in all aspects of the planning for and actual deployment of the required new arrangements.

Any enquiries in relation to this LTB should be addressed to Davie Robertson, Assistant Secretary, email: dwyatt@cwu.org or shayman@cwu.org quoting reference number: 711.02



Yours sincerely



Davie Robertson
Assistant Secretary

[SpacePhoenix]

This will probably only get deployed in larger MCs where they've got the room to have inward and outward setups in place 24/7. Smaller MCs will use the same area for their inward and outward but the way it's setup will be completely different between inward and outward