Where I work, the company has made a final offer for this year's pay which is a three-year deal of about 2.75% this year and then increased by inflation for the subsequent two years (with maximum and minimum levels specified so we are stuffed if inflation goes higher than that maximum level). The hilarious thing […]
Entries Tagged as 'Trade Unions'
Signalmen
June 13th, 2006 · Comments Off on Signalmen · Life
I see that the railway signalmen have voted for strike action on June 20th (when England play Sweden) and June 25th (when England will play if they win their group). How convenient. The timing of the first strike action is devious: they will walk out at 1300. Whenever there is a rail strike you know […]
Tags: Commuting·Railways·Trade Unions
Why we have unions
September 19th, 2005 · Comments Off on Why we have unions · Politics, Work
Our boy started his first job last month. Its not great, but at least its work. It was supposed to be casual work at the weekends to fit in around college, but they offered him some extra hours during the holidays. This weekend they only needed him for Sunday. Today he brought home his contract […]
Tags: Trade Unions
Work until you drop
August 20th, 2005 · Comments Off on Work until you drop · Life, Politics, Work
An article in today’s Guardian, which is very similar to one from a few days ago, is all about this country’s ‘long hours culture’. When I read this sort of thing I realise how lucky I am where I work in this respect. Even after being sold off from British Rail many, many years ago, […]
Tags: Labour Party·Trade Unions
ACAS dispute
August 1st, 2005 · Comments Off on ACAS dispute · Work
It looks like the staff at ACAS are in dispute with their employers, according to their union. What I want to know is, if they can’t reach an agreement who do they turn to?? OK, its a nice ironic story and a bit worrying, but its not a huge surprise. We have had examples last […]
Tags: Funny·Trade Unions
Tube strike?
July 26th, 2005 · Comments Off on Tube strike? · Work
So the RMT want to ballot their members about taking strike action following the recent bomb attacks. What took them so long? I am a member of a transport union myself, and it is so hard trying to get new people to join when they see how the RMT on the Underground behave (admittedly the […]
Tags: Railways·Trade Unions
