A message from your Regional Organiser

As your Regional Organiser I wanted to give you an update on what the union has been doing recently in the fight for better pay and conditions for RMT members at Bidvest Noonan.

I want to start by saying that I work closely with your reps and have had regular meetings with the company.

Your reps have monthly meetings with management and raise issues on your behalf.

Much of this information should be available to you as I have requested minutes of meetings be put in a folder in booking on points so staff can read what the reps have been raising on your behalf and the response from management.

I know that without visible progress it is easy to feel that nothing is being done but this is not the case. A lot of work is being carried out behind the scenes but it does take time to get results, especially on pay.

Nevertheless, we have had some wins. Crucially, we stopped the proposed reorganisation which could have resulted in redundancies.

We also raised the shortage of uniform and this is no longer a problem.

Other issues that have been raised and resolved include night workers have now been given belts and drinking water bottles. Extra fans have been made available for mess rooms.

The rat problem at Fenchurch St cleaners’ mess room has also been sorted.