A Challenge for Unite - The Union

An e-mail from Unite, even though they "lost" my membership paperwork, and I have a union card

Doncaster Tesco drivers need your support

It’s time us ‘plebs’ started fighting back!
I know that all shop stewards feel under pressure, especially as our members are under attack everywhere. It would be good to be part of a good fight against employers who are exploiting our members. In Doncaster, Tesco and Eddie Stobarts are just two employers that are playing a leading role in driving down the wages of its drivers and warehouse workers. Our members in Doncaster have voted for strike action and have already been involved in annoying Stobarts by disrupting one of its sponsored horse race meetings. As these top bosses drink champagne in their private boxes, there is no doubt that they are also discussing other ways that they can make cut and replace workers with cheap labour. It’s not just public school educated Tory ministers who see us as just "plebs". The next step will be to demonstrate outside Tesco stores. With true Yorkshire grit, over 200 drivers in Doncaster will do their bit, but to be really effective we need to be presence felt outside Tesco stores all over the country. We need shop stewards, who have a local Tesco, to let us know that they can spare a few hours to take action in order to support our Tesco members. We can all spare a few hours, the only question is whether we are prepared to have a go? If you are prepared to be involved in this campaign, and I hope you all are, then please email me back indicating your local Tesco store and how many people you can organise to go with you – don’t worry if it’s just you, we will find others to join you. This type of action has to be the future if we are to defend our members against the constant attacks they are under. If we do this right, it will send a powerful message not only to Tesco and Stobarts, but to other employers who think they can treat workers this way.
Please respond to me via email at paul.davies@unitetheunion.org and copy in Trevor Cheetham on lynncheetham@yahoo.co.uk
Please also take a moment to forward this email on to your colleagues.
Thanks
Paul Davies
Unite Logistics Sector National Organiser

Albert/ Roger

The challenge is........put your money where your mouth is.
Defend your UPS members.
It might increase your membership if you actually do something