Join your trade union today
Today was a good day.
I’m a workplace representative, and today was our annual salary negotiations with management. In a friendly, co-operative atmosphere, we worked through a series of meetings, modifying our positions to end up with a final settlement of 5 days’ extra leave per year for our staff, taking their annual entitlement to 30 days, an agreement to have a joint working group to look at regional weighting (though not the immediate Oxford weighting I was asking for), and a 3% raise from April.
Trade unions representing their members and getting them a better deal? All in a day’s work. What’s your excuse for not having joined a union yet?
Definitely agree with this one - in my last workplace for 2005 we negotiated 3.5% increase or £750 increase or min salary £21,100 (whichever was the highest of the three). We also negotiated over a whole range of issues, from individual cases to new disciplinary and grievance procedures, freelance issues, health and safety, environmental issues, and training and development (which was my area). As many of us spend a large amount of our time at work, I can’t understand why anyone would not want to have a say in their working conditions . . .
It is annoying now I’ve moved workplaces and although I still qualify for membership of my union (the NUJ) there is only another one more person who does. There are 8 members of the T&G - a substantial percentage of the workforce - but they’re all completely inactive and I can’t get any kind of joint membership.
I don’t have a job?
Although last time I was in a union other than NUS, it was USDAW - not exactly the crusader for the workers
Well, in my case, because I was hounded out of my union by union fulltimers for having the temerity to complain about undemocratic practices in my branch. Leaves a bad taste, that sort of thing.
Matt, you should join a union anyway as a point of principle and solidarity…
Does your Union give a discount on your strapon purchases Tony?
I’m sure that’s supposed to be insulting to someone steve, but as no one called Tony has posted a reply, I’m not sure who you’re trying to get at.
hee hee
I would love to join a Union but I work for Barclays, I have just read that 1 in 5 of us will either be made redundant or offshored (yes 1 in 5) if our bosses win their vanity effort to buyABN Amro. 12000 jobs out of 60k
Why is no Trade Union saying anything about this. Its like the biggest closure effectively in ages.
What are Unions and our Labour party up to if they arent stopping Barclays doing this?
Francis - you can join a Union. The banking unions BIFU and Unifi I think through a process of mergers are now part of the Unite trade union with a specific finance sector See perhaps http://www.amicustheunion.org/Default.aspx?page=455
Francis, But the 12000 jobs going should secure the rest and improve efficiency and profitability of the business.