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Three Community union reps - Mark Hill, Kevin Mulhall and Gary Stewart – have been awarded interim relief by an employment tribunal as the judge says the claimants have ‘a pretty good chance’ of showing they were dismissed for trade union activity. The ‘Llanwern 3’, as the union are calling them, worked at Corus Strip Products in Llanwern. Corus are still refusing requests to reinstate them.
Community Union General Secretary Michael J. Leahy OBE said:
‘This goes to the heart of what we do as a union. Community is built on volunteers like Mark, Kevin and Gary, who give their time to defend the interests of their colleagues. The action that Corus has taken against them is an attack on all our representatives and all our members within Tata Corus.
‘It is disgusting that while the Trade Unions are moving Heaven and Earth to support our members and negotiate agreements that have saved thousands of jobs while keeping British Steel competitive during the worst recession in living memory, Tata Corus are using forced redundancies to mask their anti-union agenda.’
Collectively Mark, Kevin and Gary have 70 years membership of Community and its predecessor union the Iron and Steel trade Confederation. Together they have 40 years of experience as union reps.
Corus must reinstate the Llanwern 3.
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