Members and reps have been becoming increasingly concerned about the delays in finalising and signing the agreements to settle last year's dispute. While we understood that HR and management had been very busy with other important activities, including the FC/FTSI mergers, pay review, pension changes, the delays were becoming unjustifiable. It is now clear that there were indeed other reasons for the delay.
Ian Allinson (our Senior Rep) and Peter Skyte (Amicus National Officer covering the IT sector) met with the company HR head on 12 May. It is welcome that a dialogue is being reopened. However, it is clear that the company are having second thoughts about the proposed settlement of our long-running dispute, which is a cause of serious concern.
As a next step, we have agreed to hold an externally facilitated off-site meeting involving five representatives from Amicus and five from the company. This will take place on 2nd July, and will discuss a range of issues around the Fujitsu-Amicus relationship, including the West Gorton dispute.
Posted by IA at June 7, 2004 03:52 PM