Employer unwilling to meet with staff to address concerns
Nearly 30 workers at the National Education Union (NEU) headquarters in London are to take three days of strike action due to the attitudes of their employer and its failure to address concerns over workloads.
Unite members working in administrative roles at the NEU will walk out on 11 September and 2-3 October after management refused to meet with them or engage in meaningful negotiations over their concerns.
Staff have repeatedly raised the alarm over workloads that are causing high levels of stress and sickness among staff. Further issues over workplace bullying and how this is addressed by the NEU’s management have been ignored.
Having exhausted internal procedures and with an intransigent management, staff have been left with no option but to take to the picket line.
Unite regional officer Rose Keeping said: "Our members have repeatedly raised concerns with their management and again and again these have been ignored. This stonewalling from another union is simply unacceptable.
This is a dispute of the NEU's own making and our members demand that NEU returns to the negotiating table to resolve these issues."