Workers Union Battles with T-Mobile
The UK's Communication Workers Union (CWU) has claimed that T-Mobile is trying to deny its workers their legal right to have union representation at company grievance or disciplinary meetings. CWU Organising and Recruitment Manager Peter Morris said: "T-Mobile are up to their old tricks again by actively discouraging their staff to seek union assistance.
"In recent weeks we have received reports that a number of team managers have been wrongly suggesting that members cannot have a union representative of their choice to accompany them to grievance or disciplinary meetings.
"The legal right of union representation is not dependent on whether the union is recognised or not. The CWU is concerned that deliberate misinformation is being given in an attempt to prevent members exercising these rights.
In a statement though, T-Mobile denied the claims: "T-Mobile absolutely refutes all claims made by the CWU that employees have been refused their statutory rights for accompaniment through formal procedures. The company fully observes the statutory right to accompaniment through all relevant procedures."
T-Mobile does not recognise the CWU."
Posted to the site on 22nd September 2006
