Petition to Save L&G site in Kingswood

Monday, January 25th, 2016

Our Finance sector colleagues in L&G have recently voted to take industrial action to save the closure of their Kingswood, site in Surrey.  67% of members voted in favour of taking Industrial Action short of a strike.

The dispute follows L&G’s decision to threaten 1,550 jobs by closing the profitable Kingswood site in 2017, citing potential cost savings. Unite has been campaigning since September to keep the site open and in response L&G have postponed the closure of Kingswood until 2018 and have offered some staff the option of relocation to sites across the country.

Unite Regional Officer Ian Methven, said:

“Unite is calling on Legal & General to work with Unite to explore all options that can keep Kingswood open. Closing the site will not only cost 1,550 people their jobs, it will devastate the surrounding community. We are grateful to the local businesses and politicians who are supporting our campaign to defend Kingswood and all the jobs that rely on it.”

L&G reps have also created a petition that will be sent to the L&G Board asking for the closure plans to be scrapped.  The Senior Rep at L&G, Pam Edwards has asked Unite members and L&G customers to sign the petition as an act of solidarity with their members taking action to save their jobs and the Kingswood site.

Steve O’Donnell, Senior Rep at Prudential is asking Prudential colleagues to show support for our colleagues in L&G and sign the petition which is below.

http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/legal-general-save-the-kingswood-office-1

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UKIO Members Vote to Accept Pay Offer

Friday, January 22nd, 2016

Members have voted to accept the UKIO Pay Offer following a ballot of Unite members in UKIO.

The offer was:-

• 3% Merit Pot – with agreed distribution guidelines for managers, which will result in individuals rated 3 or higher and who are within their salary range receiving a minimum 2% increase
• Minimum FTE Income of £17,117 (equivalent of London Living Wage) for employees regardless of location
• Budget of 0.5% for “out of cycle” increases

As part of the agreement a process that will enable members to find out exactly where they sit on their salary scale was agreed which is a step forward in Unite’s campaign for pay transparency.

It was also agreed that Unite and the business would  meet quarterly to discuss other items relating to terms and conditions that Unite and the Company want to table.

Unite have already asked for a review of the On-Call Allowances/Payments, an increase in the allowance for eye-tests and glasses and the introduction of a Carers Policy.

The first meeting will take place in April.

The result of the ballot was:-

Accept the offer               91%
Reject the offer                9%

Turnout                            47%

The increases will be effective from 1st April 2016

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