{"id":28407,"date":"2021-04-12T15:19:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T14:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=28407"},"modified":"2021-04-12T15:55:07","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T14:55:07","slug":"remote-sign-on-should-be-jettisoned-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=28407","title":{"rendered":"Remote sign on should be \u00e2\u20ac\u0098jettisoned\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 call"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>More than 4,000 bus drivers working for Metroline in London have overwhelmingly voted for strike action over the controversial \u00e2\u20ac\u0098remote sign-on\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 policy, Unite said today (Monday April 12).<\/p>\n<p>Unite said that unless \u00e2\u20ac\u0098remote sign-on\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 is scrapped dates for strike action will be announced soon, as Metroline\u00c2\u00a0has stated it is only pausing the introduction of \u00e2\u20ac\u0098remote sign-on\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n<p>London\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mayor Sadiq Khan instructed the bosses at Transport for London (TfL) last month to introduce an immediate moratorium, which will not be lifted until detailed research into \u00e2\u20ac\u0098remote sign on\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 is completed.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 96 per cent of Metroline West\u00c2\u00a0and\u00c2\u00a097 per cent of Metroline\u00c2\u00a0Travel\u00c2\u00a0members have voted for strike action on Metroline routes which cover north and west London. The company employs about 16 per cent of all bus drivers in the capital.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0098Remote sign-on\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 means\u00c2\u00a0drivers do\u00c2\u00a0not report to a depot, but meet their bus at an alternative\u00c2\u00a0location, such as a bus stop. It forces\u00c2\u00a0drivers to start work away from the depot, reducing costs and boosting the company&#8217;s profits. The policy raises concerns over lack of toilets and canteens; increased driving hours; and waiting for the bus in unpredictable weather.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe bus drivers at Metroline have delivered a massive mandate for strike action over \u00e2\u20ac\u0098remote sign-on\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 which has serious health and safety implications for our members,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 commented Unite regional officer Mary Summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThis unpopular policy should be jettisoned immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe also strongly argue that there is no benefit to passengers and \u00e2\u20ac\u0098remote sign-on\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 could well cause disruption to services used by the hundreds of thousands\u00c2\u00a0of people who use buses every day\u00c2\u00a0to get to work and school.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bIt is very disappointing that Metroline bosses are still actively considering \u00e2\u20ac\u0098remote sign-on\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, despite London Mayor Sadiq Khan ordering a moratorium on its introduction across the capital while a review is carried out.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe welcomed the moratorium which is linked to the review by TfL. However, the message to the employers is that if they want to delay the review and play for time, so that our ballot mandate runs out then they can think again.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bTwice our members have voted overwhelmingly for strike action on this issue \u00e2\u20ac\u201c this month and also last autumn by 97 per cent when we decided not to go-ahead for technical reasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnless we receive confirmation that \u00e2\u20ac\u0098remote sign-on\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 will be scrapped then we will issue notice for strike action which could take place as early as the end of this month,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 she concluded.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>By Shaun Noble <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 4,000 bus drivers working for Metroline in London have overwhelmingly voted for strike action over the controversial \u00e2\u20ac\u0098remote sign-on\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 policy, Unite said today (Monday April 12).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19110,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[211,964,1438],"wps_subtitle":"London bus drivers to strike over Metroline\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s controversial policy","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28407"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28407"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28409,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28407\/revisions\/28409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}