Yesterday's negotiations with the company continued to make good progress in a number of areas. Though there remains some detailed work to be done in several areas, it appears that there is just one major sticking point, concerning the redundancy terms for around 75% of the 290 staff in the bargaining unit who joined the company since 31st December 1998. If you joined the company since then, it's particularly important that you:
a) Attend Tuesday's Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM)
b) Try to find your contract of employment (and your VR quote if you had one last year), so that you are ready to respond to our survey when it comes out
Remember, the EGM is for all Amicus members employed by Fujitsu Services and based at West Gorton, including those who are home-based with a West Gorton admin base.
EGM
3pm-4:30pm
Tuesday 2nd December
MAN05 restaurant
If your manager will need to arrange cover for you to attend, please inform them straight away.
If you have any difficulty getting release for this meeting, please contact your rep promptly.
Don't leave it until the last minute!
The EGM will allow you to hear a report from the negotiating team, to ask questions, and make sure you understand how the all the issues affect you. The meeting will then decide on next steps. Please do your best to attend.
Negotiations continue today. Most of the time will be spent on other issues - in the meantime we have asked the company to reconsider their position on the redundancy terms for newer staff.
Posted by IA at November 28, 2003 09:13 AM