Oct 29, 2024 | All Members
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...
Oct 24, 2024 | All Members
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...
Oct 14, 2024 | All Members
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...
Sep 27, 2024 | All Members
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...
Sep 24, 2024 | All Members, Branch Closures
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...
