Secretary's Corner
July 2008
The UNISON Branch of the East of England
Ambulance has been engaged in some intense negotiations to
try to harmonise the existing Mealbreak Agreements
arrangements for A & E Operations, NES, OOH, both on the
road and in HEOC.
These negotiations have taken place over six days in various locations. UNISON Branch members of the group are Barry Jarvis, Frank Ward, John Davey, Paul Hatch , Tim Killick , Stuart Reeves.
I would like to take the opportunity to thank all those concerned for the hard work they have done so far. The Management side are Rob Ashford (LCOO), Tracey Leghorn, (Head of Operational HR), Ann Langdon (Senior HR Manager), Paul Bassett and Mark Wade.
None of us who have been around for some time were surprised that this was one of the longest running contentious issues in Ambulance terms & conditions, and were therefore prepared to explore and argue about the minutia which can be uncovered at every turn in these types of negotiations.
At the time of writing there is no announcement to make other than to assure all staff that any document to be released will go for full consultation before any sign up. Such a document is still very much in draft form, and again at the time of writing, the group are due to re-convene in the second week of July for further debate
It is fair to say however that one of the hardest things
to do from our side was to maintain the goal that we want to
see all our members gaining out of any agreement, whilst
accepting that probably all would have to accept differences
to current arrangements, such is the nature of
‘harmonisation’.
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