advice please gmb union help

nandnerb99

hi
I am looking for some help.I have just been made unfairly redundant .i am in the gmb union i have been for 5 years ,today i received a letter from them saying they are not going to support me in a tribunal ?are they allowed to do this?Also in the last appeal my regional union rep said the case is fightable but hard !!!!So if it is fightable where are my rights as union member .
any advice on this as i am going to see a solicitor 1st thing monday ..

jonesMUFCforever

On what you have written here it is impossible for anyone to comment constructibly on your situation.

You obviously have a grievance - fine, - your union will not represent you - so they must have a reason for this. Have you been told this reason?

Could it be that on the balance of probabilities your union thinks that you are in the wrong?
They have a duty of care to all members - which would include not wasting members money on cases where they think that they could not win.

As I have said I don't know enough about your situation and I am only thinking out aloud.

Please feel free to post more detail if you wish.

Shazmar_2

The union is advised by its solicitors on whether the case is winnable. The solicitors advice in this case would seem to be that you have a less than 50% chance of winning, as their criteria for taking a case on is no less than 50/50 I believe (though I am not certain on this). This is, as the previous poster said, so as not to waste members money on what could be frivolous cases. I'm not saying yours is such a case. There is nothing to stop you from using a no win no fee solicitor if you feel you have a case.