Will Working From Home Stick In TSB?
Whilst we can now see the light at the end of the coronavirus tunnel with 20+ million people having had one of the three vaccines, it’s still going to be a difficult few months for us all. The issue of what’s going to happen to those staff who have been working from...
Goodbye To Catalonia
TSB staff will have to wait until May to find out what’s going to happen to the bank. That is completely unacceptable. Sabadell said of its new strategy that it: “…plans to present its new strategic plan to investors and analysts in May. Sabadell, which has a strong...
Future Pension Increases – Letter To Members And MPs
The Union has sent the below letter to members asking them to write to their MP.
No ‘Money Confidence’ For Staff
When it comes to pay, it seems that David Schwimmer had done a lot better than TSB staff. We said that the 2021 pay award was going to be more important than ever before for TSB staff. The Retail Price Index (RPI), which is the measure of inflation used for...
Pay & Bonuses 2021
How much do you think TSB paid David Schwimmer, the American actor, to front its new advertising campaign? We ask because TSB is currently deciding the 2021 pay increase and bonus payments for staff. The outcome of those internal discussions will be announced shortly....
Life Made A Little Bit Better In TSB
Following intense pressure from the union, with the publication of our seven-point plan last week, TSB has said that branches will now close at either 1pm or 2pm, depending on whether they are open at lunch time. That should go some way to stopping the continuing...
Life Made Worse In TSB
Why is it that Lloyds branches are closing at 2pm with staff going home immediately, whereas TSB branches are staying open longer and staff are being forced to work until 5pm? And why are the two TSB supported staff unions not saying anything about it? Do they not...
Back To Basics – Now
TSB should go back to basic banking and the measures introduced in the first lockdown with immediate effect. Staff safety must be TSB’s first priority, not money confidence! The Prime Minister announced last night that people in all of England must now stay at home...
Tier 4 Restrictions & TSB
At yesterday’s Government press conference, the UK’s top scientist, Sir Patrick Valance, warned that the new strain of coronavirus is now “everywhere” in the country and the likelihood is that more areas will be moved into Tier 4 in the next few weeks. The Welsh...
“Facts are stubborn…..statistics are pliable”
On the 25th November, HM Treasury and the UK Statistics Authority published their response to this year’s consultation on the reform of the Retail Price Index (RPI). This so-called reform, if implemented, could result in millions of retirees seeing significant cuts in...
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