We will be commencing the 2012 pay negotiations with AXA at the end of November. Make sure you provide your views to your local union rep or post it here so we can take it into account.

Click here to read the latest Unite in AXA newsletter on the discretionary 1% element of the 2011 pay claim.

Please leave your feedback below or talk to your local union rep.

Two members have volunteered to become union reps to help make AXA a better place to work and assist their colleagues with any workplace issues:

Pearl Gibson (Derry)
Debbie Gray (Glasgow)

Thanks to both for volunteering.

AXA is looking to make changes to the way it consults with Unite in AXA to allow for more localised input into the process. Whilst for the majority of sites this is fine, those sites without reps could potentially find themselves at a disadvantage and both AXA and Unite are encouraging members in sites currently without a union to rep to step forward and make sure the views of members at these sites are heard.

A campaign has been launched by Unite the Union and FairPensions JustPay! which aims to permanently embed Living Wage standards in the UK’s private sector, beginning with the biggest companies on the London Stock Exchange, namely the FTSE 100. The main focus at this time is the finance sector. The campaign has been launched in Lloyds TSB, but is relevant to the whole sector. The campaign aims to secure the support of major investors including pension funds and City fund managers as lead activist investors, as well as to mobilise the public. People don’t have to be a shareholder to get involved, employees are clearly important too. Together we hold billions of pounds through our bank accounts, ISA’s, pensions and even insurance policies. This gives us the power to positively influence some of the biggest companies in the world. We believe that activating the power of our organised money can literally change lives, helping to lift families out of working poverty.

Click here for further information and the online petition.

Unite in AXA reps from across the UK are meeting in Eastbourne this week to discuss issues affecting members in AXA and undergo training on a variety of topics from social media to dignity at work. Two sessions have  also been organised by AXA HR for the reps to provide feedback on the recent changes to performance management in AXA as well as the new culture programme being rolled out by the company.

Unite in AXA is promoting a series of events across the country raising cancer awareness and the need for staff to ensure they check for signs of cancer on a regular basis. If an event is running on your site this week, please pop along and have a chat with the local workplace reps running it.

Click here to read the latest Unite in AXA newsletter in respect of the changes to performance management within across AXA. Please leave your feedback below or talk to your local union rep.

A copy of Henri de Castries presentation to the AXA European Works Council has been uploaded to the EWC website here.

Mick Gallagher has volunteered to become a union rep in Derry to help make AXA a better place to work in and assist members with any workplace issues.

Thanks to Mick for volunteering. We still have a vacancy for one more rep in Derry if is anyone is interested in working with Mick.

AXA’s European Works Council is meeting in Dublin with delegates from Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxemburg, Poland, Portugal and Spain as well as the United Kingdom and Ireland. Group CEO Henri de Castries is addressing the employee representatives, outlining AXA Ambition and his plans for Selectivity, Efficiency and Acceleration with much emphasis on opportunities the emerging markets especially Brazil, China, India, Mexico and Turkey.

Delegates have raised issues of a malaise amongst employees, living in fear of the impact of lean management, a lack of meaningful social dialogue and more cost cutting threatening job security.