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RSS amicus in newsShell signs $4bn IT outsourcing contract
News Union Amicus had earlier threatened to block the deal by taking legal action because of concerns over changes to redundancy packages. Shell is to transfer almost 3,000 IT staff as part of a $4bn deal to outsource the bulk of its technology... [31 Mar 2008]
Stories of the month - January 2008
News That sparked a furious response from the trade union Amicus, which is threatening legal action against Shell over the redundancy terms for IT staff affected by the outsourcing deal. Inevitably the post-Christmas January blues prompts many people... [30 Jan 2008]
Shell's outsourcing plans face legal threat
News Shell is facing the threat of legal action from trade union Amicus over staff redundancy terms, which could hit the oil giant's plans to outsource up to 3,200 tech jobs. But the outsourcing plans may be affected by wider legal action being... [07 Jan 2008]
Eco-worries a green light for videoconferencing?
News Manufacturing union Amicus is one organisation that has been using videoconferencing to reduce its travel costs. Amicus director of IT Dominic Hook explained: "Having people travel from every region to London is a lot of time wasted for a two- or... [31 May 2007]
ABN Amro, Barclays: Data centres on savings hit-list
News Keith Brookes, a national official from union Amicus, which represents Barclays staff, said the merger is about creating a global bank that is headquartered in Europe. The merger between banks ABN Amro and Barclays will see the consolidation of... [23 Apr 2007]
Fujitsu staff suspend strike after MPs step in
News The five MPs - Tony Lloyd, Graham Stringer, David Crausby, Ivan Lewis and Helen Southworth - wrote to the company a week ago requesting an urgent meeting involving "senior officers from Amicus, and members of both negotiating teams" to try to... [21 Mar 2007]
Barclaycard closes call centre, offshores to India
News But Amicus, the union representing Barclaycard staff, has condemned the plans. An Amicus representative said the union believes it to be "totally inappropriate" for a large and highly profitable employer such as Barclaycard to be announcing... [07 Mar 2007]
Fujitsu strike row deepens, talks break down
News The row involves staff working on outsourcing contracts at the Manchester office of Fujitsu Services where trade union Amicus claims staff are been denied union recognition and the right to a 90-day redundancy consultation period. [05 Mar 2007]
UK tech visas increase by a third
News Trade union Amicus also warned the IT work permit scheme is being abused to import cheap tech labour at the expense of resident UK IT professionals. The number of work permits allowing foreign IT workers to come to the UK has increased by a third... [20 Feb 2007]
Fujitsu staff plan more strike action
News Fujitsu management and the trade union Amicus will reopen talks at arbitration service Acas this week to try and resolve the dispute following the strike action that has already taken place. But Amicus has warned that further one-day strikes will... [19 Feb 2007]
Fujitsu staff begin strike
News A spokeswoman for trade union Amicus said all its members at the Fujitsu Services facility in Manchester had walked out, and that the union was now seeking support from other Fujitsu Services' sites in Crewe, Sheffield, South Wales and Thames Valley. [30 Jan 2007]
Fujitsu Manchester staff to strike
News Staff at the Manchester offices of technology giant Fujitsu will go on a five-day strike in just over two weeks' time, as the ongoing dispute between the company and trade union Amicus shows little sign of resolution. [22 Jan 2007]
Prudential to review future of IT function
News Prudential has already offshored around 1,200 jobs to Mumbai in India since 2002 and trade union Amicus has expressed concern at the latest move. David Fleming, Amicus national officer, said in a statement: "We fear this may be the tip of the... [16 Oct 2006]
Indian call centre security breaches exposed
News At the same time, the UK's largest private sector trade union Amicus is calling for a Parliamentary Select Committee inquiry into the security of financial services work being sent overseas to countries such as India. [05 Oct 2006]
Norwich Union moves more IT jobs to India
News Finance trade union Amicus has reacted angrily to the cuts calling them "brutal". Norwich Union is outsourcing 500 IT jobs - most of them to India - as part of company-wide plans to save £250m per year by 2008. [15 Sep 2006]
