motorollin wrote:
We do not have a union. I suspect the company which took us over already has staff who can do our job so we are now surplus to requirements. And it is better for them to "encourage" us to resign than to pay redundancy to get rid of us.
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moto
Your company does not have to recognise your union. You are legally entitled to be a member of a union though, and have the right to have a union rep represent you in meetings at work.
It might be worth adding that if 50% + one person who do a job that is the same then the company has to legally recognise the union.
4 programmers only you say? If three of you join then the company can do feck all about it and the union will take great pleasure in forcing the company to abide by employment laws to the letter. Recognition will be forced upon them in the courts if need be. :lol:
