Nov 5, 2020 | All Members, COVID-19
The timing of yesterday’s announcement from Lloyds is quite simply cruel. And we don’t say that lightly. To announce 1,000 job cuts on the eve of the second national lockdown beggars belief. The fact the timing was agreed with the bank financed, in-house staff unions...
Nov 4, 2020 | All Members, COVID-19
The UK faces a “medical and moral” disaster unless tough action is taken to stop the spread of the coronavirus, the Prime Minister said yesterday. And no one, who saw the report from Fergus Walsh, BBC Medical Editor, at the Royal Liverpool Hospital can be in any doubt...
Oct 30, 2020 | All Members, GMP Court Case, Pensions
In a previous Newsletter, I said that the second part of the union’s landmark legal case on Guaranteed Minimum Pensions (GMPs) would begin in the High Court in May and would be heard by Mr Justice Morgan via Skype. Following that hearing, Mr Justice Morgan wrote to...
Oct 22, 2020 | All Members, COVID-19
Following the publication of our Newsletter last week, Lloyds Banking Group has bowed to union pressure and told branch staff working in the Banking Hall that they can now use the Government’s Track and Trace app. Jo Harris, Managing Director of the Lloyds Community...
Oct 20, 2020 | All Members, COVID-19
The second wave is well and truly here and crucial to what happens next will be all “our behaviours”. Large parts of the country are now under local lockdowns and the likelihood is that we will all move up the three-level scale at different times. There is every...
Oct 13, 2020 | All Members, COVID-19
Thousands of Lloyds staff are still working from home and the likelihood is that this is going to continue well into next year. Has the novelty worn off? Are you suffering from ‘Zoom fatigue’? Are you desperate to get back to the office to see friends and colleagues?...
