SUPPORT
YOUR BUS DRIVERS!
END
METROLINE RACE TO THE BOTTOM:
REINSTATE
OSCAR ALVAREZ
Oscar
Alvarez has been a London bus driver for 8 1/2 years. He reached the
10th position nationwide in Blackpool Best Bus Driver of the Year
2007 competition which to date is still unbeaten by any Metroline
driver.
Now
he has been unfairly sacked following a disagreement with a car
driver who cut up his bus endangering herself and others. Oscar was
simply defending the safety of his passengers and other road users.
Oscar
is also a union activist defending his colleagues from a
race-to-the-bottom attack on their terms and conditions -
coincidence? Gerry Downing, another union activist, was recently
sacked for similar reasons but has now won his job back. Other
drivers in similar incidents have not been sacked.
TAKE
ACTION: SEE OUR 3 EASY WAYS TO HELP
PLEASE
HELP OSCAR
- JOIN OUR EMAIL CAMPAIGN
Copy the model letter below and
email it to Metroline:
- Sean O’Shea (Chief Operating Officer) soshea@metroline.co.uk
- Nina Johnson (Senior HR Advisor) njohnson@metroline.co.uk
- Metroline Head Office info@metroline.co.uk
MODEL
LETTER:
Dear Mr. Sean O’Shea,
Re:
Compassionate appeal – Mr Oscar Alvarez
I
am writing to you as a member of the public and Metroline bus
passenger to express my deep concern about the dismissal of Mr Oscar
Alvarez, ex Metroline driver from the West Perivale Garage. Rather
than gross misconduct it seems to me that Mr Alvarez actions should
be construed as an attempt to correct the driving behaviour of
another driver who had not only endangered her own safety, but also
that of her baby and other road users. My understanding is that Mr
Alvarez is an excellent driver; indeed has won a national
award for good driving on behalf of Metroline.
It is my firm belief that his action does not amount to gross
misconduct and so I am requesting that you accept his appeal for
reinstatement.
Yours
sincerely
[Your
name]
[
PLEASE SEND US A COPY OF YOUR E-MAIL TO
london@iww.org.uk
]
- PHONE METROLINE
Urge them to reinstate Oscar.
Please focus on Oscar’s great record as an outstanding driver and
on the very weak merits of his case.
- Directors Office: 020 8218 8844 Comments: 0845 300 70003. SPREAD THE WORD & BUILD THE CAMPAIGN
- You can do this by
- Leafleting Metroline: Session dates and times will be posted at http://tiny.cc/REINSTATEOSCARNOW
- Keeping up to date via our website https://www.iww.org.uk/ and FB page http://www.facebook.com/london.iww
- Sharing this by e-mail with your contacts
Thanks…
An injury to one is an injury to all!
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