Unite members at HP to strike over transfer of customer
engineer jobs
3 December 2009
Unite members, who are employed as mobile engineers based
throughout the country, working for Hewlett Packard CDS will take
strike action on Monday, 7th December. Further action is also
planned for the New Year.
These members are angry that the company is treating them with
contempt over a business transfer on 1st November to another HP
company (HP CDS). Unite believes HP is taking advantage of
weaknesses in current employment legislation to remove pay and
pension benefits, including a performance bonus scheme worth up to
£2000 and the final salary pension scheme.
Unite, the UK’s largest union, has made it clear to the employer
that the union is willing to engage in discussions in order to seek
resolution to the current situation, but HP has failed to engage
with Unite and has also ignored the approaches made by the
conciliation service ACAS.
Andy McDowall, Unite regional officer, said: “The members have
had an irreplaceable pension benefit removed by a cash rich
employer when they had every opportunity to allow it to continue.
To add insult to injury, they have also removed our members’
contractual bonus arrangements resulting in a further cut in
wages.
“This dispute would be relatively easy to resolve, if HP would
agree to sit down and talk with us. We urge them to return to the
negotiating table.”
Further planned action to be taken on:
Continuous Overtime Ban and Work to Rule from 4th January 2010;
2 days strike – 11th and 12th, January 2010;
2 days strike – 1st and 2nd, February 2010;
5 days strike – 22nd/23rd/24th/25th/26th, February 2010.
ENDS
For further information contact Ashraf Choudhury in the Unite
Press Office on 020 7420 8914 or 07980 224761.
Notes to Editors:
HP President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mark Hurd saw
his total 2008 compensation package reach $43 million, an increase
of 68% from his $25 million in 2007.
Other members of the HP Executive team received substantial
increases, including CIO Randy Mott's total compensation up nearly
300% last year to $28 million. Imaging Executive Vice President
(EVP) VJ Joshi's up 81% to $22 million. Personal Systems EVP Todd
Bradley's up 174% to $21 million. Technology Solutions' EVP Ann
Livermore up 31% to $21 million. and CFO Catherine Lesjak up 48% to
a more modest $6 million.
These same six leaders at the top of HP received $142,774,325 in
compensation in 2008, but also sought to impose 10% pay cuts for
other executives and 5% cuts for the rest of the HP workforce.
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