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0 to 60 in 45 minutes

07 July 2005

Organising Officer Grant Cathcart goes from 0 to 60% membership at Poundland in Scotland in a staggering 45 minutes.

Organising Officer Grant Cathcart
Organising Officer Grant Cathcart

With no union members whatsoever, Grant was faced with a challenge that had never been undertaken in this store before.

The biggest challenge was to bring on board the manager. Grant said: "After speaking to the manager about the benefits that can be enjoyed in a union organised store, the manager responded by signing the first membership form and bringing the rest of the staff to me. I was able to recruit 9 out of the 15 staff, bringing the store to 60% membership in 45 minutes".

"Since being on the Usdaw Organising Academy, I have developed and gained confidence in being able to organise the way I did in this Poundland store".


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