One worker comments on his file...
I received my file today, and I can鈥檛 believe the things written about me. Balfour Kilpatrick has gone after me more than anyone, but I don鈥檛 understand 鈥 I鈥檝e worked for it more than anyone else, even holding jobs as a supervisor.
I鈥檝e been labelled a 鈥渢rouble causer鈥. I really resent that 鈥 I鈥檓 a union rep, not a troublemaker. As an older man, I teach the younger guys to push for change, but I鈥檝e hardly ever taken industrial action 鈥 in 40 years, the time I鈥檝e spent on strike wouldn鈥檛 total four days.
They also call me an anarchist. That鈥檚 just not true 鈥 I don鈥檛 know where they鈥檝e got that from.
And there鈥檚 references throughout the file to me being in the Electrical Plumbing Industrial Union 鈥 it鈥檚 as though it was an underground movement, rather than a trade union. I鈥檓 not a vindictive man, but I would like to see the company pay for the financial and emotional loss I鈥檝e suffered at their hands.
Postscript
Steve Acheson is an electrician and Unite branch official
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