Recognition agreed at the Fort
Monday 10th July 2006
After years of campaigning formal recognition has
finally been agreed at the Fort in Birmingham, the print production
and distribution site for the Trinity Mirror Newspaper Group in the
Midlands.
The agreement signed with the company gives collective
bargaining rights to 95 employed in production and 24 electricians
and engineers, the vast majority of whom are Amicus members.
Amicus Branch Officer Ted Scott said: “Negotiations
were conducted in a cordial and amiable manner. The company were
very constructive in their approach and I look forward to a good
working relationship in the future.”
Discussions about a recognition agreement with the company
began several years ago but got nowhere because of the poor level
of membership. However once Amicus Organiser Alison Jones got
involved, with the support of Ted Scott and the local reps Martin
Smith and Wayne Marlow, membership soared and recognition was then
inevitable. Alison said it was a pleasure to work with the reps and
it is a credit to them that the membership levels are so
high.
Steve Sibbald Amicus National Officer responsible for
newspapers said of the agreement: “This is more good news
for the industry. This agreement follows close on the heels of
recent agreements signed with Newsquest and the Johnston press
group. We will keep ploughing on until the whole industry is once
again organised and with the kind of hard work and commitment that
this team has put into this campaign, that shouldn't be too
long."
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For more information contact Steve Sibbald on 020 7780
4132 or Ashraf Choudhury in the Amicus press office on 020 7420
8914 or 07980 224761.
