{"id":14329,"date":"2018-01-11T15:09:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T15:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=14329"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:59:13","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:59:13","slug":"union-reps-victimised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=14329","title":{"rendered":"Union reps victimised"},"content":{"rendered":"
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More than 250 Unite members in Manchester have voted for 11 days of strike action at IT giant Fujitsu in one of the longest running industrial disputes in the UK.<\/p>\n

 
\nOne of the features of this dispute has been a \u00e2\u20ac\u0098victimisation culture\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 of union reps, which has included the dismissal of Unite rep of 26 years standing Ian Allinson.<\/p>\n

 
\nTo highlight this culture, there will be a show of support for Ian Allison at the Fujitsu site in Manchester M40 5BP between\u00c2\u00a01pm and 1.30pm tomorrow (January 12).<\/p>\n

 
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOn Tuesday (January 9), while I was on compassionate leave for a family funeral, Fujitsu sent me a letter telling me that I will be dismissed tomorrow (January 12) after more than 30 years\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 service, including 26 as a union rep,” Ian Allison explained.<\/p>\n

 
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bDespite having an outstanding internal job application which Fujitsu has not responded to, the company is not allowing me to work my notice.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

 
\nUnite members in Manchester have voted by 54 per cent for strike action and by 71 per cent for industrial action short of a strike in the dispute that embraces victimisation of union reps, breaches of the redundancy agreement and compulsory redundancies.<\/p>\n

 
\nA three-day strike will start at\u00c2\u00a0just after midnight on January 24, ending at\u00c2\u00a011.59pm on January 26. There will be a 24-hour strike on January 30, which will be followed by a week-long strike starting at\u00c2\u00a0just after midnight on February 8, concluding at\u00c2\u00a011.59pm on February 14. This will be coupled with a work to rule from\u00c2\u00a0January 24 to\u00c2\u00a0April 17.<\/p>\n

 
\nUnite national officer for the IT sector Louisa Bull said, “Our members in Manchester have had more than enough and will be taking 11 days of strike action. This victimisation culture must cease immediately.<\/p>\n

 
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThese strikes could be averted, if senior Fujitsu bosses made a sea-change to their antediluvian attitude to modern employment relations and sat down and negotiated in a constructive fashion.<\/p>\n

 
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThis union has worked tirelessly to reach a reasonable and fair solution to this dispute.<\/p>\n

 
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bHowever, not only does the company not want to listen, it has backtracked on previous commitments. Its highly alarming treatment of union representatives speaks for itself.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

 
\nThe strikes come after the failure of talks between Duncan Tait, Fujitsu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s head of Americas, Europe, Middle East, India and Africa and\u00c2\u00a0Unite general secretary Len McCluskey\u00c2\u00a0at the end of last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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