ADMIN SECTION REPORT 07.05.2010

North West Review

The LA template, that was on the wall of the ‘Clear Choice' room before Christmas has now been put back on the table with the caveat that it still waiting to be ‘rubber stamped' and is therefore subject to change and ‘budget constraints'.

I have proposed that the Warrington Mail Centre Manager (WMCM) agrees a template now and that any future changes to any duties due to national revisions should be dealt with at the time.

We have no job descriptions.

LA's are now due to commence working in Warrington from mid June.

I met with the WMCM on 21 April, when he was supposed to be taking us through the migration plan / phased transfer of LA's to Warrington, i.e. on the basis that they need to keep databases at the closing sites operating until all the Processing work is transferred and simultaneously operate the new system at Warrington. Management have not yet finalised how they will do this, but it was suggested that 2 LA's go into Warrington (these should not be from the same site) whilst those left behind would pick up any work not being done by those who have gone to Warrington. Line managers are being asked to come up with a plan for each of their teams. Line managers will also decide which work should no longer be done.

The WMCM suggested that a minimum of two weeks notice would be given to the transferring LA's.

LA's have been told to contact me immediately if they are instructed to go to Warrington with no agreed template and no agreed job descriptions.

Only five LA's out of Crewe, Bolton and Liverpool are prepared to transfer to Warrington so it appears that there will be jobs available for OPG's who wish to take the LA1 test and be paid at a higher basic rate.

There is the additional bonus of ‘flexitime' (which OPG's cannot enjoy because of mail obligations), which is extremely family friendly.

Outstanding Issues

I have finally been approached with a view to dealing with a couple of these extremely long-term outstanding issues. However, the business has put forward no one to deal with the outstanding Planning and Revenue issues. I've made Tony Williams aware of this.

National Review of All LA's

I attended a meeting at CWU HQ on Tuesday, 20 April. The meeting was called by Martin Collins although it appeared that it is in fact Glynn McAllister (Area Admin Rep) who is meeting representatives from Royal Mail.

We were not allowed to take anything out of the room with us and we are not allowed to say anything outside of the meeting. However, I will tell you that the business are looking to lose at least a quarter of the current national LA numbers working in C&D, Logistics, Finance, Q&SI, and HR.

We had sight of a few management concocted, re-hashed LA job descriptions which we were asked to comment on but we could not get any more information.

The business were apparently hoping to have an agreement by mid January but I do not see anything coming out until the autumn at the earliest.

The worst of it is that Martin and Glynn McAllister are being very secretive and refuse to hold any dialogue outside CWU HQ premises, i.e. by phone /Email.

Royal Mail is doing a lot of behind the scenes shuffling of jobs and work so as to present CWU with a ‘fait accompli'.

New Regional Structure

No LA template is being published until after the national review has taken place. All managers are now in place. This section has been the same for several months now.

The Warrington template will be subject to the new regional structure and national review.

Customer Services

One surplus member is currently working in the mail centre and is hoping to transfer to Warrington mail centre.

Parcelforce

One surplus member left in this function.

Marisa Clarke

Area Admin Rep NW/NW (south)

30.04.2010