Industrial wins
Organising, building strong and effective workplace and sector
trade unionism, is about winning for the members on the workplace
and industrial sector issues that matter to them.
Over 75,000 new members have joined Unite since the National
Organising Department was established in 2005 - over 6,000 have
joined in 2011 to date.
Some of the highlights in workplaces and sectors of what has
been achieved include:
- 3,356 new stewards and workplace reps in Finance, Aviation, Non
Profit, Logistics and Food
- The Burke Group being beaten for the first time in Europe
- Parity pay for a whole sub sector of UK Wal-Mart(ASDA)
- Organising of migrant workers
Download more details of workplace and sector successes
(pdf).
100% Unite will build on these achievements by closing the gap
in our organised workplaces to ensure all those who benefit from
Unite’s work become members of the union.
Workplace success highlights
Cranberry Foods: A feature of the campaign
has been to take on union busters the Burke Group. The Ethical
Trading Initiative has said their use is a breach of its Base Code
which may now force a reballot on recognition.
Sainsbury’s: The National Organising Department
has delivered 1,221 new Unite members in Sainsbury’s retail in the
first six months of 2011.
Moy Park: 2,216 members joined Unite in the
organising campaign. Two years later, and in spite of a factory
closure, that membership rose 15 per cent to 2,539 supported by a
successful strategic campaign, led by a sustainable shop steward
structure, to make over 1,000 agency workers permanent employees of
the company.
Local Government: 1,739 new Unite members
joining in the nine months up to July 2011 demonstrates significant
growth and a strong organising base for 100% Unite.
