TGWU: Workers strike again Monday at shelter housing charity
Workers at national housing charity Shelter are to strike again today (Monday March 10) over management plans to scrap their pay and grading structure and force them to sign new employment contracts.
Members of Unite the union began a campaign of strike action last week following months of fruitless negotiation over the issue.
“We believe that the strike action – and the massive support it has had from both the general public and the people with whom Shelter works in tackling homelessness – has delivered a clear message to Shelter managers that it is time negotiate reasonably with us,” said Unite regional industrial organiser Alan Scott.
“Our members are saddened that they have been forced into strike action. We are particularly concerned that some of our members feel that they are being intimidated into signing the new, inferior, terms and conditions.
“In recent times Shelter has spent at least half a million pounds on refurbishing its head office, has employed six new change managers and ensured that senior management pay is in line with ‘the market’. Our members believe that some of this money could have been used to protect their agreed terms and conditions of employment.”
“We hope that Shelter management will now agree to work with us to resolve the dispute through negotiation. But our members have made it clear that they are not prepared to see their rights and working conditions destroyed.”
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Further information: Unite media office 020 7611 2550
Or Alan Scott 07980 721 411
Unite: the union was formed on May 1 last year through a merger of amicus and the Transport and General Workers Union (T&G)
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