Recently, a letter was sent out by Stefan Cross solicitors in Birmingham essentially claiming that UNISON and its legal representatives had failed to represent members effectively in Equal Pay cases in the city. This is not accurate so we are writing to set the record straight.
By now many members who are equal pay claimants will have received a letter from UNISON’s solicitors informing them of the current position.
UNISON will not recommend that members settle claims for the unsatisfactory amounts that have been offered by the City Council and is currently in negotiations with the City Council on this issue. If Birmingham City Council fails to make adequate offers then the union is prepared to pursue cases through the Employment Tribunals.
Where the union has had to take legal action elsewhere it has been successful in obtaining favourable outcomes on behalf of members and we are determined that the same will apply in Birmingham.
My colleague Mark Rose is putting together a newsletter for members just to remind people about the huge amounts of work which has been undertaken by the branch and all other levels of the union on equal pay in the city. This union and Birmingham branch especially has a proud record of getting very good results for members on equal pay. It is time to get that message out loud and clear.
Graeme Horn
Joint Branch Secretary
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