Response by Jo Miller

Further to UNISON's letter dated 18th May, Jo Miller has now responded.  The letter below was recieved at 18:00 last night.  It is clear from this response that our advice was correct and despite rumour to the contrary Letter A is being accepted by DMBC as it does not place condition on acceptance of new T & C's.  Any managers who query this with members should have there attention drawn to this letter.  Your employment is not at risk by returning Letter A along with the signed contract.  Should members feel uneasy about submitting Letter A, they should simply return the signed contract to DMBC, but still return Letter B to UNISON for us to initiate legal claims on your behalf.

Jo refers to the majority of staff in terms of them being sympathetic to DMBC's plight of spending cuts.  Whilst this may be true, how many staff were harassed, bullied and threatened into signing the variations to contract?  We would like to hear from members willing to speak to our solicitors if they feel this was the case!
   
It appears that DMBC do not wish to enter further negotiations with the Trade Unions as we requested in our letter.  We believe this position will change when potentially 1300 legal claims are lodged by Trade Union members.  UNISON will always try to protect and fight for all its members.