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Newsletters: C&G
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Date: 7th Aug 2007 | Size: 83K
Top Management is to announce on Wednesday the first wave of C&G Branch closures, which could eventually lead to the complete dismantling of the C&G Branch Network.
For the C&G Branch Network, the key features of Wednesday’s announcement will be:
● 31 C&G Branches - around 15% of the total - will be closing in November 2007.
● The biggest job reductions will be amongst the Group Manager and Branch Manager populations - and not just at the branches to close. As LTU had predicted earlier Newsletters, many face the prospect of redundancy.
● Most other C&G Branch Staff affected by the first wave of closures will be expected to either relocate into other C&G Branches or else, we expect, transfer into local Lloyds TSB branches.
LTU has also been told by sources in Senior Management that the decision to announce job reductions in Barnwood - which was originally planned for this week has been delayed.
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Date: 3rd Aug 2007 | Size: 99K
Many C&G Staff will share LTU’s astonishment that Amicus Unite and the Staff Association have dropped their ‘campaign’ to achieve fair pay for C&G Staff.
Like us they will ask why the gap between C&G and Lloyds TSB salaries should be permitted to grow even wider, after the average pay increase for C&G Staff this year was just 3.0% ... compared to 3.8% for other Lloyds TSB Staff?
This followed last year’s experience, where C&G staff received 0.5% lower pay increases than Lloyds TSB Staff.
The fact that Top Management is getting away with treating C&G Staff as the ‘poor relations’ within the Lloyds TSB Group is obvious.
In fact, our analysis inside this Newsletter shows that the difference in Pay between C&G and Lloyds TSB Staff in equivalent grades is anything up to £3,770 or 15%.
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Date: 25th Jul 2007 | Size: 205K
LTU understands that C&G Management is planning to announce the closure of around a quarter of all C&G Branches and a job cull in Barnwood within the next two weeks.
The groundwork for this announcement - which could mark the beginning of the end of C&G as a separate brand - has been laid over recent weeks and months.
Of course, whilst LTU has over the past 12 months been alone in predicting these developments, both the C&GSA and Amicus/Unite have been silent for fear of upsetting their cosy relationship with C&G Top Management!
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Date: 25th Jul 2007 | Size: 52K
With fundamental changes about to transform C&G, staff need professional support from a trade union that has the resources and commitment to represent them effectively.
The C&G Staff Association is being disbanded at the end of this year, with C&G Staff being left with a simple choice: membership of Amicus/Unite or LTU.
Here we set out in a table how LTU and Amicus/Unite compare
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Date: 18th Jul 2007 | Size: 60K
LTU was generally pleased with the staff forums held at C&G Specialist Mortgage Solutions last Friday, where many staff appeared willing and able to share their views.
Having initiated the process of reviewing Working Conditions, Working Arrangements and Management Style in C&G Specialist Mortgage Services - both through our Newsletters and in our discussions with Senior Management - LTU will be ensuring that the momentum continues, until such time as real change is embedded within the operation.
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Date: 9th Jul 2007 | Size: 49K
LTU met with the Bank last Thursday to discuss its concerns over how SMS staff have been managed and treated.
At the meeting, LTU paid particular attention to its concerns that there was a culture of management bullying, harassment and intimidation operating within C&G Specialist Mortgage Solutions.
The Union insisted that there must be an immediate and dramatic improvement in management style at SMS and that any managers who act inappropriately must be dealt with swiftly and decisively. The Bank agreed.
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Date: 25th Jun 2007 | Size: 81K
Over recent weeks, LTU has been discussing with Senior Management our concerns over new working patterns that local management had been planning to introduce within C&G Specialist Mortgage Solutions.
Following LTU’s involvement, we are pleased to report that Senior Management has agreed to drop its plans to change working hours.
LTU obviously welcomes the fact that Senior Management recognised that it needed to take seriously our concerns. Any future changes in working patterns will now be possible only with the agreement of the Union and staff.
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Date: 2nd Apr 2007 | Size: 90K
This month, the gap between C&G and Lloyds TSB salaries will grow even wider because C&G staff will - for the second year running - be receiving lower average pay increases than their colleagues working elsewhere in Lloyds TSB.
This is because the average pay increase for C&G Staff is just 3.0% ... compared to 3.8% for all other Lloyds TSB Staff.
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Date: 15th Nov 2006 | Size: 1.97M
In this C&G Focus Magazine, we explore the likely future of the C&G Branch Network.
This follows Barclays Bank's announcement that it is dismantling its Woolwich branch network.
Will Lloyds TSB follow suit with C&G?
This is a sample from the magazine. For your own personal copy, telephone 01234 262868.
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