Successful Conclusion to Industrial Action

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016

Members in Annuities, Reading have ended their Industrial Action against the proposal to move their work to Mumbai.

Back in May the Company proposed moving all the work done in Annuities Reading, 82 roles to Mumbai.  At the time Unite told the Company they could not accept the proposal.  It made no business sense and would have a detrimental impact on customer service.

Members voted in favour for Industrial Action and action started in August.

We are pleased to report that earlier this month the Company advised that they want to retain the skills and knowledge of the people in Reading and that they no longer want to move all the work to Mumbai.  Members were given a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies as the Company re-think their plans for the Annuity business.

Unite now have a voice on the working party looking at the future of the annuity servicing.

Our “Long Term Thinking for Jobs” campaign which opposes offshoring and outsourcing continues and highlights that Offshoring and Outsourcing is Bad for Jobs, Bad for the Customer and Bad for Prudential.

The outcome of the annuity result is great for our members and we are pleased Prudential eventually stopped and listened to our members concerns and now have committed to fully engage with Unite over their plans.

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Industrial Action Starts Today

Wednesday, August 31st, 2016

Unite members in Individual Annuities, Reading, started to Work to Rule this morning.

They are taking action to fight the Company’s proposal to move their jobs to Mumbai.  From 31st August members are not co-operating with the project that will move the work.

Members leafleted outside the Reading office today and distributed over 1000 stickers and leaflets to other employees and members of the public.

Unite are looking for the Company to stop the migration and get back to the table and protect the jobs of the impacted employees.

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Members vote for Industrial Action

Thursday, August 18th, 2016

Members in Individual Annuities, Reading, have voted overwhelmingly for Industrial Action to protect their jobs being migrated to Mumbai.

With a 75% turnout 100% voted in favour of action short of a strike and 97.2% voted in favour of action including strike action.

The Company have been informed of the result and Unite asked for the project to be suspended to allow for further talks to take place.  Disappointingly the Company have refused to do this and said they will continue with the migration as planned.

Unite are consulting members on what form of action they will now be starting and when.

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Industrial Action Ballot Opens Today

Monday, August 1st, 2016

Unite members who work at Prudential, Reading in the Individual Annuities area are being balloted for Industrial Action to save their jobs being offshored to Mumbai.

The company intends to move the vast majority of the work to India between now and 1st quarter 2017 with the loss of approximately 75 jobs in Reading.

Prudential have rejected a counter proposal from Unite which would have saved the jobs in Reading. Unite believe the proposals are unnecessary and will have a detrimental impact on the customer experience.

As a result Unite are balloting it’s members for Industrial Action and are recommending members vote Yes.

The results will be known on 15th August.

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Notice of Industrial Action Ballot

Wednesday, July 20th, 2016

We have today provided Prudential UK notice of our intention to ballot for Industrial Action in our individual Annuities area in our 121 Kings Road, Reading office.

This is in response to the Company’s proposal to migrate the work to Mumbai with the potential loss of up to 88 roles.

Voting papers will be sent out on 1st August 2016.

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