Newsletters From BTU
Call Me The Grinch!
It’s the season of the work Christmas party, but at the risk of being accused of being Christmas kill-joys, here’s why we think you should think twice before you go. Every January, we receive calls from members being investigated for their alleged misconduct at their...
The Dangers Of Messaging Services At Work
You may have seen in the news that NatWest has blocked messaging services including WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Skype on company devices in an attempt to limit conversations between staff to official channels of communication only. Reports have also suggested...
Stockholm Syndrome
The election for the management appointees (they will have to be pre-approved by the Bank so staff won’t have a free choice) who will be sat on the Bank’s new forums will be announced shortly. Also, we now know that those two apologies for trade unions, Accord and...
We Don’t Give Up!
Members could be forgiven for thinking that our work is just about disciplinary cases and grievances at work. It’s true that these two areas produce most of our work; but only just! BTU recently won a claim in the County Court for a former Lloyds Bank member who was...
Letter To Dame Meg Hillier MP – HBOS Reading – The Dobbs Review
Lickspittles Derecognised
Lloyds Banking Group has announced that it is derecognising Accord and Unite for collective bargaining purposes for all staff in Grades D – G with effect from 1st January 2025. And these two weak, ineffectual organisations [I refuse to use the words trade unions] have...
It’s Platform 3.0, stupid.
Lloyds is up to no good, again! The introduction of mandatory testing for the Engineering, Architecture and Technical Job Families, is just a precursor to more job cuts, job changes and downgradings when Platform 3.0 is rolled out next year. In response to a question...
Why Mandatory Testing Now?
Lloyds will announce shortly that everyone in the engineering job family will be required to undertake mandatory job testing. That testing will be undertaken over the next few weeks. Staff will be required to rate themselves against the competencies for the...
‘Spit Kits’?
You know things must be bad when the supermarket giant Tesco arms its delivery drivers with DNA tests, or ‘spit kits’, to combat a shocking 50% increase in violent attacks on retail workers. If a customer becomes aggressive or violent and spits, the member of staff...
700 Branches?
On almost the very day that Lloyds Banking Group and the other ‘Big Four’ banks were due to meet Tulip Siddiq, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, to discuss how they can create more banking hubs, Lloyds launches a pre-emptive strike by announcing a further 55 branch...
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