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Success for campaigning trade unionist victimised by NHS trust, but fight goes on against withdrawal of union role
Zena Dodgson is the Trade Union Facilitator at Surrey & Sussex NHS Trust (SASH). The Trust unilaterally decided to make the elected position redundant, to be replaced by the appointed role of Trade Union Convenor.
Following an appeal against her dismissal, a panel comprising Trust Board members and an external HR adviser found that the TUF role was a secondment and that redundancy could therefore not be considered grounds for dismissal. The Trust has now withdrawn the "notice of dismissal on grounds of redundancy" but has not reinstated the TUF role. Zena and her union, UNISON, continue to campaign against the withdrawal of the TUF role as the agreed mechanism for dialogue between the Trust and the unions.
Show your support for the campaign against the Trust's unilateral withdrawal of the Trade Union Facilitator position by emailing zena.dodgson@nhs.net. Tell the Trust what you think of their removal of an elected union representative by emailing the SASH chief executive Gail Wannell.
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