Auckland Combined Unions issue notice of impending industrial action.6th, September 2009
Auckland Combined Unions issue notice of impending industrial action. Bus services suspended from 4am Wednesday September 9th
The Auckland Combined Unions have issued a notice of industrial action commencing 4am Wednesday September 9th and continuing until further notice. The Auckland Combined Unions represent bus drivers who work for Metrolink, Go West, Waka Pacific, North Star, Link, and City Circuit bus services.
Since June, Transportation Auckland Corporation (TACL) & Cityline New Zealand Limited have been participating in negotiations with the unions representing the majority of bus drivers & cleaners in Auckland to agree a new combined employment agreement for their members. The unions involved in the negotiations are the Auckland Tramways Union, the Akarana Union, the Northern Distribution Union (NDU) and the Engineers, Printers and Manufacturers Union (EPMU).
"It is our desire to negotiate a CEA without industrial activity adversely impacting our people or our customers, "says Zane Fulljames, GM Operations. "We are motivated to reach an agreement and to limit any impact or inconvenience for our customers. "
"On Friday evening, September 4th the Unions communicated a formal notification of industrial activity" Mr Fulljames continues. "We were somewhat surprised by this given we have been communicating for the last two days in conjunction with mediation services and had also put a revised offer on the table. "
"We have encouraged the unions to seriously consider the revised offer prior to taking any action," says Mr Fulljames. "We have asked that the Unions take this revised offer to their members and have been very clear in communicating to them that we have put forward the company's best offer. The move to industrial action is disappointing."
"A 9.9 % increase over three years (3.5/3/3.4 % respectively) is an exceptionally fair one in this economy. You only have to look at other negotiations in the market to recognize this. It is twice the rate of inflation and nearly twice CPI which is currently sitting at 1.9, "he says. "It seems extraordinary that in today’s economy this offer is not being taken seriously. The unions' current claims are in excess of 20 per cent over a three year period which is simply not sustainable for any business."
"If the Unions follow through on their threat of industrial action, we will be unable to operate our business reliably or safely. This is unacceptable to us and as a result will suspend all bus services from 4.00am 9th September."
Normal services will be able to resume if either the unions lift their notice of strike action and agree to resume bargaining, or if the members ratify an agreement that accepts the terms and conditions of the latest offer.
"This is not a course of action we take lightly" says Mr Fulljames. "The place to negotiate is at the negotiating table, not through industrial action."
"Our priority now is to communicate with our customers to minimise the inconvenience to them"作者: SamNsophia 时间: 2009-9-7 23:45:59
Metrolink, North Star, Go West, Waka Pacific, LINK and City Circuit bus services will operate as normal on Wednesday September 9th and Thursday September 10th.
Representatives from NZ Bus this morning attended mediation with the Auckland Combined Unions in order to seek agreement on a collective employment agreement for their members.
The notice of strike action has been withdrawn and in response the notice of lock out has also been lifted.
An amended offer will be taken to the members at a stopwork meeting on Friday 11 September.
However, in order to facilitate this meeting there will be some disruption to off-peak services on Friday September 11.
As a result, Metrolink, North Star, Go West, Waka Pacific, LINK or City Circuit bus services will not operate off-peak between 11am and 1pm Friday September 11th.
· Full services will be available until 10am
· There will be no bus services between 11 am and 1pm
· Full services will resume from 1.30pm
School bus services will NOT be affected作者: 浪客剑心 时间: 2009-9-8 23:47:32
Metrolink, North Star, GO WEST, Waka Pacific, LINK and City Circuit bus services will operate as follows:
Wednesday 9 September - normal services - please note bus replacement services planned for Wednesday 9 September will not be required as normal services will be operating
Thursday 10 September - normal services
Friday 11 September - some service disruptions - there will be no Metrolink, North Star, GO WEST, Waka Pacific, LINK or City Circuit bus services between 10am and 1.30pm. School bus services will NOT be affected.
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