Having just got back from attending and speaking at the United Steelworkers of America's Papermaking Bargaining Conference, I was interested to read the comments on the Print Week website from staff so cynically dismissed by Mr. Dolan at B&T's; supportive comments from other Unite members and from print industry folks on the treatment of the workforce at B&T's.
I don't recall PW getting so much web traffic!
This afternoon there is a demo in Frome, organised by the workforce who are getting excellent support from the local community and I understand from shopkeepers and other supporters in the Frome area.
Unite would like to thank everyone for their support so far. Its is appreciated!
About Tony Burke
Tony Burke is an Assistant General Secretary at the UK and Ireland's biggest trade union, Unite the Union.
Unite was formed on 1st May, 2007 by a merger of Amicus and TGWU. He heads up the Unite GPM sector, leading a team of experienced full time National and Regional Officers covering the Print, Paper, Packaging, Newspapers, Publishing and Media industries.
Tony was Deputy General Secretary of the print, paper and media union the GPMU until it merged, with the skills and professional union Amicus in 2004. Tony is a member of the General Council and Executive Committee of the TUC and also a number of senior committee’s of the global union Union Network International (UNI) Graphical; a member of the Executive Committee of the European Chemical, Energy and Mineworkers Federation; the chair of the TUC's Organising Academy Board; a member of the board of Vision In Print And Packaging and a trade union appointed member of the board of COGENT - the sector skills council for the Chemical, Oil, Pharmaceutical, Energy and Nuclear Industries. He is also a member of the Board Of Management of The Peoples Press Printing Society.
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