MATS staff: Defend Your Job, Defend Your Rights

An RMT member writes ...

MATS, if you are a M, SM, Technical or AD grade then the OCR is coming for you. LU Employee Relations have just ripped up the protection you thought you had under annexe H of the PPP contract and you are now eligible for Compulsory Redundancy.

Whether you are an Engineer, Document controller, CAD Draftsperson, Accountant, Quantity Surveyor, Project Manager, Architect, Site Surveyor, Buyer, Technical Writer, Planner or PA you are expendable as you are, in Gerry Duffy's words, "just back-room staff".

If you have been mapped or are sucessful for a hybrid role, you will not be allowed to refuse the role the company has chosen for you, however unlike your current job it is.

If the new role is your "choice" ie preferenced, then your salary will be increased or decreased to become comparable with "others" and protection of earnings will not apply.

ANYONE mapped or sucessful in an application can have their non-contractural benefits revised, discontinued or re-aligned at the discretion of the company.

They didn't tell you that when you were all asked to take part in this sham downsizing and downgrading excercise, did they?

Your application will be processed by TfL staff who have no experience of engineering or construction. You may be called to an interview for a job for which you did not apply (this has happened).

And finally when you are in the re-deployment pool you will be given a choice of "voluntary" redundancy, the contractural right you were give under the code of practise, or statutory redundancy which is about 3 months money.

Nice working for London Underground isn't it?