Bank unions merge

Members of AXIS, the union for AXA Sun Life staff, have voted to merge

with the 180,000-member finance union UNIFI.

The move is in response to the company's policy of outsourcing jobs to

India, with the potential loss of hundreds of UK jobs says AXIS general

secretary Terry Keefe.

Meanwhile UNIFI has been formally recognised as an Investor In People.

UNIFI is the first trade union to achieve full accreditation in the

government-run award.