Unite launches compliance campaign in mechanical and electrical contracting sector
23
May 2012
Unite
has launched a national campaign ‘Play by the rules’ today
(Wednesday 23 May) to police the key agreements on every site in the
UK at its national meeting of key union representatives from the
industry................
The union has learnt that employers are increasingly cherry picking the parts of the agreements that suit them while ignoring the rules that don’t, resulting in workers not receiving the correct rates of pay and other terms and conditions as well as the widespread use of agency labour.
Bernard McAulay, Unite national officer, said: “Unite will no longer stand by and accept some employers ignoring the rules that protect our members. In particular, we will challenge employers who are not complying with the rules around agency labour.
“The agreements state quite clearly that employers should make every effort to offer jobs on a directly employed basis and it is unacceptable that employers are flouting this and bringing insecurity and casualisation to the industry.”
The launch of the campaign follows a disagreement during pay talks with
the ECA and SELECT who are stalling on entering into negotiations on the JIB/SJIB.
Both the ECA and SELECT are refusing to meet with the democratically elected Unite negotiating team.
Unite is giving notice to all the major employers in the mechanical and electrical sector that it intends to use the full procedures of all the agreements to enforce compliance.
Unite The Union Press Release
The union has learnt that employers are increasingly cherry picking the parts of the agreements that suit them while ignoring the rules that don’t, resulting in workers not receiving the correct rates of pay and other terms and conditions as well as the widespread use of agency labour.
Bernard McAulay, Unite national officer, said: “Unite will no longer stand by and accept some employers ignoring the rules that protect our members. In particular, we will challenge employers who are not complying with the rules around agency labour.
“The agreements state quite clearly that employers should make every effort to offer jobs on a directly employed basis and it is unacceptable that employers are flouting this and bringing insecurity and casualisation to the industry.”
The launch of the campaign follows a disagreement during pay talks with
the ECA and SELECT who are stalling on entering into negotiations on the JIB/SJIB.
Both the ECA and SELECT are refusing to meet with the democratically elected Unite negotiating team.
Unite is giving notice to all the major employers in the mechanical and electrical sector that it intends to use the full procedures of all the agreements to enforce compliance.
Unite The Union Press Release
SJIB/JIB Play by the rules campaign
Unite has
launched a national campaign to ensure the all workers employed under
the SJIB/JIB agreements enjoy their full terms and conditions.
The union has been made aware that many employers who are signed up to these agreements are not playing by the rules. They are cherry picking the rules that suit them and ignoring the ones that don't.
Unite is determined to make all employers conform to the rules.
If you answer no to any of these questions Unite wants to hear from you. We can only challenge employers where we have the evidence.
The union has been made aware that many employers who are signed up to these agreements are not playing by the rules. They are cherry picking the rules that suit them and ignoring the ones that don't.
Unite is determined to make all employers conform to the rules.
If you answer no to any of these questions Unite wants to hear from you. We can only challenge employers where we have the evidence.
- Are you getting the correct rate for the job?*
- Are you receiving the correct travel allowances?*
- Are you getting the correct overtime rates?*
- Do agency workers outnumber directly employed workers on your site?
* To find out what you should be getting contact either your shop steward or union officer click here
Contact your shop steward or email us in confidence: neal.evans@unitetheunion.org or contact us here
NSSN
Staffordshire believes that there may be many sites locally that are
ignoring rules which don't suit them. Very often it's any easy way
for them to increase profits at the expense of construction workers.
If you think it's taking place on your site then please get in touch
To
contact NSSN Staffordshire locally please call/text Andy on
07845893607
