This page will collate reports on trade unionists who face victimisation in the course of their dutiesReinstate Abdul Omer MohsinAbdul Omer Mohsin is the Unite convenor for London Sovereign bus operators. He has been victimised for carrying out his lawful day-to-day trade union duties. His real "crime" has been to be an effective trade union representative who has stood up for some of the lowest paid bus drivers in London. Statements from Alan DochertyUnison has continued its witch hunt by banning Alan Docherty, Darlington LG' s Branch Secretary, for 3 years from office. Defend the Unison 4Dawn raids on branch offices and files and hard drives seized as bans come into effect. Yunus BakhshPsychiatric nurse Yunus Bakhsh has been sacked by the NHS trust he works for in the North East and suspended from his positions as branch secretary and health executive member of UNISON. Steve AchesonA trade unionist victimised through the construction industry blacklist Defend Victimised Cleaners (1)Campaigning to defend our cleaners and their union reps against the wave of victimisations that followed their successful strike action for a living wage in 2008. For latest information and comments go to http://rmtlondoncalling.org.uk/defendcleaners Defend Victimised Cleaners (2)Four union activists were recently sacked from their jobs by cleaning privateer Mitie after organising a union and winning the London Living Wage at the Willis building in the heart of London's financial district as part of Unite the Union's Justice for Cleaners campaign.
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