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Over I see

Why the change of heart 6/7 weeks ago 90+% vote against the deal - now 75% vote for the same deal?

So the workers have lost two months pay for nothing - unions!!! no skin of their nose those their still getting paid strike or no strike

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Quote: Serge A. Storms "Over I see

Why the change of heart 6/7 weeks ago 90+% vote against the deal - now 75% vote for the same deal?

So the workers have lost two months pay for nothing - unions!!! no skin of their nose those their still getting paid strike or no strike'"


I used to be in the union but after having my job evaluated and having my salary frozen they couldnt do anything about it so I left the union.

For the next few months and even sometimes now I get snidey comments from the union leader about bottlers not up for the fight.

He doesnt seem to understand that I left because they didnt fight for one of their members.

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Quote: Head High Tackle "I used to be in the union but after having my job evaluated and having my salary frozen they couldnt do anything about it so I left the union.

For the next few months and even sometimes now I get snidey comments from the union leader about bottlers not up for the fight.

He doesnt seem to understand that I left because they didnt fight for one of their members.'"


Yet when I was bullied at work by senior management and was going through a really hard time, it was the union who got everything sorted. I wouldn't be without mine TBH.

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Quote: EmmaMur01 "Yet when I was bullied at work by senior management and was going through a really hard time, it was the union who got everything sorted. I wouldn't be without mine TBH.'"


Emma - the unions have a function but sometimes I feel their ego gets in the way and the members are often pawns in a game.

The threat of being labelled a scab is used as a means of keeping the membership in order

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Unions are not a bad idea, particularly in some lines of work. Like Emma's. I'm not in one, since there isn't really one with my particular line of work in mind. My wife, who works for the same organisation, does have one. Odd.

The union I could join is currently refusing to budge from it's demands for an 8% pay increase. Given the current climate, that, in my book, means it's campaigning for some people to be made redundant so others can have more cash in their pocket. That isn't something I feel I can support.

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Quote: Serge A. Storms "Emma - the unions have a function but sometimes I feel their ego gets in the way and the members are often pawns in a game.

The threat of being labelled a scab is used as a means of keeping the membership in order'"


I think that can be true. I distinctly remember my mum being one of a large majority of members of her union who voted against strike action, only for the union to declare that they were going on strike anyway. Not sure whose interests they were trying to serve there. Somebody at the Union got to be on TV a lot though......

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Quote: EmmaMur01 "Yet when I was bullied at work by senior management and was going through a really hard time, it was the union who got everything sorted. I wouldn't be without mine TBH.'"


Which just proves in some instances they are worthwhile, in others they are not. It depends if they can be bothered.

Some of the things the union here come out with are ridiculous.

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Quote: El Diablo "Given the current climate, that, in my book, means it's campaigning for some people to be made redundant so others can have more cash in their pocket. That isn't something I feel I can support.'"


See my above post. Inability to think outside the box.

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Unions have their value in certain areas - health and safety - employment law etc and they can be a good catalyst for positive change.

What I also think is odd is that strike action is declared by taking the majority who voted not the majority of the members/workforce. If say 51% of those who voted vote for strike then the strike is on rather than what % of the total workforce voted for a strike

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My missus' brother-in-law is a Leeds binman. He said the main reason they've voted in favour of the deal now is because most binmen have a clause in their contract stating that, after 12 weeks of consistent strike action, the contract can be terminated.

Not sure how true that is, or how it would actually work in practice (contravenes Employment Law surely?), but there you go.

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Quote: Serge A. Storms "What I also think is odd is that strike action is declared by taking the majority who voted not the majority of the members/workforce. If say 51% of those who voted vote for strike then the strike is on rather than what % of the total workforce voted for a strike'"


That'll be because a strike is called by a union for its members and based on the wishes of those members. Why should those who are not members of the union and do not pay it subscriptions have the right to influence whether its members can or cannot take industrial action?

When I first joined the Civil Service I also joined PCS (or CPSA as it was at that time). It took me about six months to figure out that the sole aim of the local representatives were to make it onto regional or national committees so they could get more paid time off work. I decided at that point my subscriptions would be better spent elsewhere.

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When Unions take into account the bigger picture that their demands on (generally) pay and conditions will have on the overall workforce and their longer term viability, then they will start to receive some sympathy from me. Everything has to be as they insist right now, and bugger the consequences later.

As things stand at the moment, they are frequently looking for a fight where it is completely inappropriate to do so, with the Bin Strike being a classic example. Precisely how did they "benefit" their members with the actions they took?

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My wife works at a local council, and as such is part of the union, now when they pay review came around they were offered 1% which the union suggest the employees voted to strike, as they wanted 2%.

Now most of the people who work for a council, will earn less than £20k, so 1% represents less than £200.

Now when your docked pay, and any loss in pension contributions is taken into consideration, they were losing close to 0.5% of their annual income, with no definite benefit.

Take the 1%, and be glad you still have a job in the current climate.

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I'd find it difficult to tell if our bin men here were on strike. It would be hard to distinguish it from one of those weeks when they just seem to decide they don't fancy it and the bins don't get collected.

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My union at work have also been arguing about the level of cost of living increase this year. Its been over 9 months. Who's going to pay the interest on my £300?

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