GWR: TSSA Announce NEW Action Short Of Strike In GWR In December

Your TSSA negotiators have taken part in 3 weeks of intense negotiations and whilst some progress has been made, we still await a firm offer in relation to pay. Therefore, TSSA is announcing further Action Short of Strike in GWR.

We have written to the company today to give notice that we are calling members to participate in:

• Ban on undertaking contingency duties arising from industrial action

• Ban on out of hours work communication

• No double desking (no carrying out work of absent colleagues and vacancies

This will take place over the following times and dates:

From 00:01 on Tuesday 13th December 2022 to 23:59 on Sunday 8th January 2023

During the period of dispute TSSA members can legitimately refuse to:

TSSA members at GWR can legitimately refuse to carry out contingency duties such as Driving or Conducting Trains, covering Fleet grades work etc whilst those grades are taking strike action
TSSA members at GWR can legitimately refuse to Conduct out of hours work communications, such as phone calls, emails, texts, messages etc
TSSA members at GWR can legitimately refuse to cover the work of absent colleagues and vacancies whether they are within the same role, different roles or previous roles that no longer exist.

An overview of this Action Short of Strike(ASOS) can be seen in the table below

Dates

Times

(If multiple dates then start time applies to first date and end time applies to the last date)

Type of Industrial Action

(Strike Action or Action Short of Strike – ASOS with a description of the type of ASOS)

Explanation of Action

Tuesday 13^th December until Sunday 8^th January 2023

00:01 until 23:59

ASOS - Ban on undertaking contingency duties arising from industrial action

TSSA members at GWR can legitimately refuse to carry out contingency duties such as Driving or Conducting Trains, covering Fleet grades work etc whilst those grades are taking strike action

Tuesday 13^th December until Sunday 8^th January 2023

00:01 until 23:59

ASOS - Ban on out of hours work communication

TSSA members at GWR can legitimately refuse to Conduct out of hours work communications, such as phone calls, emails, texts, messages etc

Tuesday 13^th December until Sunday 8^th January 2023

00:01 until 23:59

ASOS - Ban on double desking (no carrying out work of absent colleagues and vacancies)

TSSA members at GWR can legitimately refuse to cover the work of absent colleagues and vacancies whether they are within the same role, different roles or previous roles that no longer exist.

Some specific examples may include the following:

- Manning two desks on the early or late roster only (not night rosters which are unaffected by this ASOS) if you are a Train Service Manager.

- Manning a desk which is outside your roster if you are a Crew Delivery Manager or a Crew Delivery Manager Team Leader in Resources.

- Not covering for ticket office or gateline staff if you work in revenue protection.

- Copy and paste work on drivers’ diagrams.

In every case, you must only refuse to undertake work that would ordinarily be done by a colleague who is absent or work that is not currently being done because there is a vacancy in the post into which that work would fall. If you have any doubt as to whether the work that you do falls within the scope of this ban on ASOS, please contact your local reps.