Minutes For Stratford Number One Branch, February 2011
Branch Secretary: Terry O’Neill.
Branch Chairperson: Adrian Finney ,
Branch Minutes: Thursday February 2011
Attendees: A Finney, T O’Neill, Glen Brown,D Pittman,P Penny,M Mujahid,G Weston, A Saint, A Carney,
G Carney, G Watson, D Millhouse, Allan Thomson, A Cunningham, J McConville, A MiahApologies: P Heys, D Fitzpatrick, J Latona, B Witham, K Shatford, J Booth.
* Highlighted denotes attendees are not branch members.
Apologies: John Latona,B Witham, D Fitzpatrick. Chris Bluett, A Thomson,
17.05 hrs Meeting opens.
Previous Minutes Adopted:Pro AC Sec GB
- Matters Arising:
TO'N Branch A/c at £950, With affiliations to region due.
Food rising to £75 per month.
End of Year account completed
Donations to retirement against union rules.
Arywn Thomas, Eamonn lynch position discussed.
Asbestos : Reps working together .
Epping Toilets & SS office
DP,GB,GW,AT,TON,AF,AC,DM
17.03 Standing Orders suspended to allow Glenroy Watson to address the branch.Main Points
- Global African Congress( Affiliations, annual conference, reparations for colonialism)
- Thanks for supporting Glen in the elections
- Train Grades reports and AGM
- Salaries & benefits 2011,
- Olympics 2012(benefits)
- Q&A session followed,Three main questions taken and answered, The branch to affiliate in the summer of 2011.
- (A) Leavers and Joiners:
No report- Long Service rewards, 15 x 10 years and 1 x 25 year2(b) Organization, Recruitment & Retention.
- Thursday March 10th 2011, time to be arranged.
- Leyton Group and Hainault to be visited. TON,AC
- HQ has advised that all members looking for Diaries must call HQ.
- HQ wants to ensure that all membership details are correct.
- Allan Thomson to get branch membership lists and e-mail them to other reps(Data Sensitive).
- Committee Reports:
- AF .Reported on the progress of Branch motions to the LTRC
- AF. Pay and conditions, Branch activists to gauge membership aspirations
- AF.Regional officer elections (a) Branch will support Beccy Crocker (Political Officer)
- AF.Regional Officers Elections Lee Kanazaria (Lerner Reps)
- AF.Regional Officer Vacant Position : LGBT , MM to be put forward
AF,DM,MM,GB,AC,TON, contributed
- Regional standing Orders, to allow changes to the Regional S.O every 6 months. Carried.
- LTRC to create new officer positions . Carried.
- Correspondences
- Olympic Games committee. Two members from the branch, Aban Miah and Amanda Carney
- Statement of National Membership,
- Long Service awards
- Annual conference of Branch and Regional Secretaries (To be affiliated £15)
- Unity Bank signatories
- Election of trustee committee
- Olympic Sub Committee,
- Arwyn Thomas/Eamonn Lynch/Peter Hartshorn victimisation
- London Underground Job cuts
- Partime employees being treated less favorably
- FBU legal assistance
- Cuba Garden Party June 21st
- Spheres of influence Feb 24th
- Waltham Forrest Affiliation
- Young Members John Cogger
- Members Cases
- A Thomas (Morden)
- E Lynch (Bakerloo)
- A Miah , reported by AM. Neil Cochrane representing (Legal Asssit offered)
- A Adeykoya (Legal Assist)
- Workplace Issues:
Epping, ongoing.7 . Motions Previously Given- Solidarity with Egyptian workers, Motion Carried (with amendment)
Insert after 'pay for the crisis'
We recognise that the recent emergence of an independent trade union federation, will be a vital element in protecting
the Egyptian workforce against tyrannical bosses of all kinds.
We urge the Union Executive to extend every support to this new workers organisation. - Fight the EDL, support the UAF. On discussion Motion falls,
Branch supports fight against facists, but not through the UAF - Threat of Privilege/Staff travel facility. Motion Carried.
The branch decided that all other motions to the region will be voted upon by the delegates as per policy.
- Solidarity with Egyptian workers, Motion Carried (with amendment)
- AOB
- Peter Smith, retirement forms to be sent
- Rob Weadon , retirement forms to be sent
- Ruislip depot ATO incident, Contact Sheridan for information
- Loss of an Industrial rep at Hainault, bot reps to be contacted
- Branch account report, TON to arrange for delegation to HQ
- Food: change the menu. MM to assist.
- Overtime ban, email Janine and Hedley for update.
- Summer Retirement bash .
Meeting closed 19.23 hrs
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