Railtrack Disappointed by RMT Ballot Result and Continues to Seek a Settlement.Business Editor LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2000 Railtrack PLC today announced that it has pledged to make every effort to find a settlement and avoid disruption disruption /dis·rup·tion/ (dis-rup´shun) a morphologic defect resulting from the extrinsic breakdown of, or interference with, a developmental process. to services by RMT RMT right mentotransverse (position of the fetus). RMT 1. Registered Massage Therapist 2. Renal mesenchymal tumor members who have voted for industrial action in rejection of the company's pay and benefits package. At the same time Railtrack confirmed that two other unions, the TSSA TSSA Technical Standards and Safety Authority (Canada) TSSA Technology Standards for School Administrators TSSA Transport Salaried Staffs Association TSSA Tennessee State Soccer Association TSSA Technical Safety Standards Association and AEEU AEEU (in Britain) Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union AEEU n abbr (BRIT) (= Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union) → sindicato mixto de ingenieros y electricistas , have already settled. The total one year package offered by Railtrack would increase average pay for signalers by 9% or more which has been independently verified by Deloitte & Touche. The pay offer would also reduce the working week to 36 hours by April 2002 at the latest. Railtrack is also committed to work towards a 35 hour week. As part of this process Railtrack has already embarked on a recruitment program which has resulted in an extra 300 signalers being taken on in the last few months. Debbie Page, Railtrack's Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. Director said: "I am disappointed that RMT members have voted to reject the best offer made by a major company this year. We are determined to work in partnership with our employees to deliver a better railway. Our offer recognizes the efforts of our staff and rewards improved performance. "The narrow majority of the ballot shows that many of our staff do not wish to harm their industry by taking industrial action. "We will continue to use our best endeavors to resolve the issue quickly and we have asked ACAS ACAS Cardiology A clinical trial–Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study which evaluated the 5-yr risk of fatal and non-fatal stroke-primary outcome in Pts with asymptomatic but severe carotid atherosclerosis. See Carotid stenosis. to be available to help us with this." Notes to editors: Railtrack employs some 5,500 signalers and supervisors. The RMT ballot resulted in 1595 voting in favor of upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of. See also: favor strike action and 1352 against. This means that just 29% of the signaling workforce voted in favor of industrial action. For more information please call the Railtrack press office at +44 (0)207-557-292/3. All recent press releases can be found on the Railtrack web site at the following address: http://www.railtrack.co.uk/corporate/notice |
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