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...

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...

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