Merger with Amicus –“a world of new opportunity”
UNIFI merges with AMICUS - see news item
A brighter future is opening up for 200,000 finance workers after the link-up between UNIFI and Amicus was finally sealed following a two-month delay.
The link-up, originally scheduled for August 17 following an overwhelming membership vote in May, was finalised on October 21st 2004.
The move was temporarily held up by a complaint from a single member over the conduct of the ballot process, which was investigated and dismissed by the government’s trade union certification officer David Cockburn. UNIFI General Secretary – now Amicus Joint Deputy General Secretary - Ed Sweeney said the move opened up a “world of new opportunity” for finance workers who would now make up by far the largest single section in 1.2m strong Amicus.
He said: “Amicus is a high-profile, mainly private sector trade union with substantial influence with employers, within the trade union movement and with government.
“This merger will allow for a big expansion of resources to better support members collectively and individually, and to campaign more effectively.”
The move is also symbolic as it brings together the two main unions organising in banking and insurance – a major step towards UNIFI’s long-held aim of ‘one union for finance’. UNIFI’s 150,000 members are organised mainly in banks, whereas the 50,000 membership in the finance sector in Amicus is mainly based in insurance.
Ed Sweeney
Amicus Joint Deputy General Secretary
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