Examination of Witnesses (Questions 1454
- 1459)
TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2004
MR NICK
BUNN, MR
TONY KELLY
AND MR
PETER MATTHEWS
Q1454 Chairman: Can I first of all
welcome Nick Bunn, Peter Matthews and Tony Kelly from the TGWU.
Gentlemen, you are most welcome today. Can I just make one or
two announcements, as we normally do at the start of each session.
Can I ask you to note that Elliot Grant from the Bill Team is
present and available should we need to clarify any point about
the Bill, and can I ask you to note that a transcript of the meeting
will be produced and placed on the Internet within about a week.
A full declaration of interests of members of the Committee was
made at the beginning of our first meeting and information published
in the note of those interests is available. It is not necessary
for each witness to answer every question if they have nothing
to add to the answer of another member of the panel, but do please
add something if you feel you wish to comment. Gentlemen, could
I begin by asking a general question. Do your members consist
only of people who work in the casino industry and how many casino
employees do you represent? Who represents the interests of other
employees within the gambling industry?
Mr Bunn: Yes, that is correct,
we represent just casino workers. We have about 950 members. We
represent casinos in London and the suburbs of London as well.
Q1455 Chairman: Is there any union
membership significant in other parts of the gambling industry,
like betting shops?
Mr Bunn: Well, the GMB represents
casino workers as well. In my company, Gala, we have got a joint
agreement with the GMB, so they have got a significant union presence
and members of about the same numbers.
Q1456 Chairman: So they have also
got about 950?
Mr Bunn: Yes, something like that.
Q1457 Chairman: So between the two
of you, you have just under 2,000?
Mr Bunn: That would be in the
London area and the south-east.
Q1458 Chairman: Is there union membership
in casinos in other parts of the country or not?
Mr Kelly: Well, it would not be
very high actually, no. It would not be part of our remit anyway.
Q1459 Lord Mancroft: Gala members
presumably are bingo.
Mr Bunn: There are Gala casinos
and Gala bingo. We represent the Gala casinos.
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