Unite in CSC
Unite is the largest union in the UK and second largest
in Ireland and has a specialist “IT and Communications” sector for
people working for companies such as CSC.
Unite is active in all the big IT companies - IBM, HP/EDS,
Fujitsu, Capgemini, TCS, Accenture, AtosOrigin, Unisys, Steria and
Getronics to name a few.
Unite is by far the biggest union in CSC, and the only union to
organise on a national basis, rather than being restricted to
certain customer accounts and sites. We have reps from Aldershot to
Edinburgh.
Supporting you
Unite has a network of
workplace reps and contacts across many of the major sites. To
contact a rep in CSC please send an email to unite.csc@goooglemail.com or
to cwalker22@csc.com Reps
help members with advice, guidance and individual representation,
as well as leading the way in campaigning and dealing with the
company at a collective level.
Unite is recognised by the company as the sole trade union that
represents members on a national basis and has a Partnership
Agreement with CSC to encourage good industrial relations. In the
agreement the company “respects and welcomes the right of its
employees to elect to join a trade union.” Union recognition gives
employees extra rights (whether they are union members or not).
Union membership helps you exercise your rights.
Union Successes
Unite campaigns in CSC have had real successes, such as:
- protecting jobs in redundancy situations large and small
- securing agreements to protect and improve terms and conditions
(e.g. pay, benefits, redundancy terms, standby payments) in areas
where we have recognition for collective bargaining
- winning improvements to the bonus buyout scheme for those below
level of Leader contribution group
- helping hundreds of members resolve individual issues
- ensuring staff are treated fairly at times of TUPE
transfer
Unite produces newsletters to keep members informed about what is
going on in the company, and to campaign around issues such as pay,
pensions and job security.
The company has a UK Employee Forum (UKEF) elected by all employees
(not just union members). Many of the UKEF reps are also Unite
members, which allows Unite to help make the forum as effective as
possible, while also providing an additional channel for issues
raised by employees with Unite reps to be taken up with senior
management.
Growing our membership – Extending our
influence
Unite is already recognised for collective
bargaining in several parts of the company and this allows
bargaining over aspects of reward and recognition in those
areas.
Our long-term aim is to extend our influence in all areas of the
company, and this will rely on growing our membership in CSC.
Get in touch - Get involved
If you’re not
already a Unite member, please join. If you join online,
please also let unite.csc@goooglemail.com
know so that you can be on the lists held locally by CSC workplace
reps straight away to keep you in touch with the latest news and
views.
If you’re already a member – why not get more involved or simply
ask a colleague to join?
Do you have an issue you think we should be campaigning on or
helping you with? Do you have an idea to reach and involve
more people or to help us grow and become more effective? Do you
want to find out how to help? If the answer to any of these
questions is yes then please contact us at unite.csc@goooglemail.com or
cwalker22@csc.com to find
out how to help or get help when you need it. The more people who
are involved with our efforts the more effective we will be.
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