Motion
- Motion title
- In support of victimised trade union activist Penny Gower
- Session
- 2008-2009
- Meeting link
- Annual Congress
- Meeting date
- 29 May 2009
- Status
- Passed
- Motion
- L12
- Motion text
Congress notes:
Penny Gower, EIS activist at Carnegie College in Fife, has been dismissed for attempting to carry out a safety inspection
Penny's dismissal is a victimisation of a trade union activist carrying out a legal activity
Penny's case has gained widespread support not simply from her own union EIS but from activists in UCU, UNITE, GMB, PCS and hazards. org campaign
Congress resolves:
To write to Carnegie College management calling for Penny's reinstatement
Write to Penny and her union branch giving her UCU's full support
Circulate her case to all members asking them to show her support.
- Proposing body
- Scottish Central Group
- Amended
- No
- Allocated to
- Recruitment, organising and campaigning committee (ROCC)
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2009/C/05-29/120/L12