Hardship fund for Gate Gourmet workers
Neil Williams | 17.08.2005 20:04 | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements
Hardship fund for Gate Gourmet workers
17/08/2005
Over 800 T&G members at Gate Gourmet - who are predominantly low paid Asian, black and white women - were dismissed by the company last week. The workers continue their fight to draw attention to the harsh, shameless mistreatment of a loyal and hard working workforce by a company with no respect for labour relations or basic employment rights.
Negotiations are currently taking place in order to seek the reinstatement of the workers, many of whom now face financial hardship. In addition to providing a grant from central funds, the T&G has set up a hardship fund for all the Gate Gourmet sacked workers. If you would like to make a donation, however large or small, please send to:
Gate Gourmet Hardship Fund
c/o Mr E McDermott
Regional Secretary
TGWU
218 Green Lanes
London N4 2HB
(please make cheques payable to TGWU with Gate Gourmet written on reverse)
Send a message of support to the workers
Add your voice to support workers and their families affected by the action of Gate Gourmet's management. Email a message of support. Remember to include your name and the town where you live. Disclaimer: Note the T&G may edit your comments and cannot guarantee that all e-mails/messages will be published at:
media@tgwu.org.uk
You can also email email the workers directly at:
iqbalvaid@yahoo.co.uk
Read a message from the workers at Gate Gourmet and find out the facts about the dispute at:
http://www.tgwu.org.uk/Templates/News.asp?NodeID=91863&int1stParentNodeID=42438&int2ndParentNodeID=42438&Action=Display
Please pass this information on to all your workmates and friends.
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Posted by Neil Williams at:
http://fightbackuk.blogspot.com/
17/08/2005
Over 800 T&G members at Gate Gourmet - who are predominantly low paid Asian, black and white women - were dismissed by the company last week. The workers continue their fight to draw attention to the harsh, shameless mistreatment of a loyal and hard working workforce by a company with no respect for labour relations or basic employment rights.
Negotiations are currently taking place in order to seek the reinstatement of the workers, many of whom now face financial hardship. In addition to providing a grant from central funds, the T&G has set up a hardship fund for all the Gate Gourmet sacked workers. If you would like to make a donation, however large or small, please send to:
Gate Gourmet Hardship Fund
c/o Mr E McDermott
Regional Secretary
TGWU
218 Green Lanes
London N4 2HB
(please make cheques payable to TGWU with Gate Gourmet written on reverse)
Send a message of support to the workers
Add your voice to support workers and their families affected by the action of Gate Gourmet's management. Email a message of support. Remember to include your name and the town where you live. Disclaimer: Note the T&G may edit your comments and cannot guarantee that all e-mails/messages will be published at:
media@tgwu.org.uk You can also email email the workers directly at:
iqbalvaid@yahoo.co.uk Read a message from the workers at Gate Gourmet and find out the facts about the dispute at:
http://www.tgwu.org.uk/Templates/News.asp?NodeID=91863&int1stParentNodeID=42438&int2ndParentNodeID=42438&Action=Display Please pass this information on to all your workmates and friends.
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Posted by Neil Williams at:
http://fightbackuk.blogspot.com/
Neil Williams
Homepage:
http://fightbackuk.blogspot.com/
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The end for Gate Gourmet
19.08.2005 08:10
It's not difficult to create heathy prepackaged meals suitable for serving on a aircraft. It would mean some changes to the menus - more salads and fresh fruit, which could easily be kept fresh for the duration of even the longer flights.
And encourage passengers to drink more water - the low rent airlines which charge for bottled water are evil scum in my opinion but there's usually a drinking fountain on board which you can fill your own bottle from. Last time I did, one of the cabin crew joked about charging me for it - landing in africa where you go nowhere without a bottle of water.
Fly vegi - the food is marginally better and you get your meals before the masses.
mi