{"id":17805,"date":"2019-04-11T16:31:39","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T15:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=17805"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:56:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:56:51","slug":"mitie-blacklisting-accusations-sellafield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=17805","title":{"rendered":"‘Bully boy tactics’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Troubled outsourcer Mitie is facing the threat of legal action amid accusations of blacklisting after bosses threatened workers at the Sellafield nuclear processing plant with disciplinary action if they didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t reveal whether they were a member of Unite the union.<\/p>\n

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The threat from Mitie bosses comes as over 180 Unite members employed as security guards, cleaners, catering, vending and laundry operatives prepare to take part in two 10 day periods of strike action later in the month over pay rates of just \u00c2\u01418.45 per hour.<\/p>\n

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In a move which Unite warned would undermine attempts to reach a negotiated settlement, Mitie bosses have written to workers demanding to know if they are member of Unite and if they will take strike action.<\/p>\n

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In response Unite\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s legal team has written to Mitie warning them that their \u00e2\u20ac\u0098bullying\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 tactics are in contravention of the Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklisting) Regulations 2010, in addition to breaching the secrecy of industrial action ballots laid out in the Trade Union and Labour Relations Consolidation Act 1992.<\/p>\n

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Unite has announced two 10 day periods of strike action, the first beginning at\u00c2\u00a012.01am\u00c2\u00a0on Friday, April 19, concluding at 6am on Monday, April 29, 2019, followed by a further strike beginning at\u00c2\u00a012.01am on Saturday, May 4, concluding at\u00c2\u00a06am on Monday, May 13. This will be complemented by a discontinuous ban on overtime commencing at\u00c2\u00a012.01am on Friday, April 19 2019.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bResorting to bully boy tactics straight out of a blacklister\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s play book will only inflame this dispute and undermine attempts to reach a negotiated resolution,”\u00c2\u00a0said\u00c2\u00a0Unite regional officer Ryan Armstrong.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bMitie bosses need to start talking and address the concerns of our low paid members who play a vital role in the day to day running of Sellafield.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite will not stand by and allow our members to be subject to threats of disciplinary action for standing up for better pay.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe would urge Mitie to drop the threats and get around the negotiating table to hammer out a deal that meets the concerns of our members.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Troubled outsourcer Mitie is facing the threat of legal action amid accusations of blacklisting after bosses threatened workers at the Sellafield nuclear processing plant with disciplinary action if they didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t reveal whether they were a member of Unite the union.   The threat from Mitie bosses comes as over 180 Unite members employed as security […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[1069,852,275],"wps_subtitle":"Mitie faces legal action threat amid \u00e2\u20ac\u0098blacklisting\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 accusations","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17805"}],"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=17805"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25362,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17805\/revisions\/25362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}