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speedfreak · 26-05-2010, 23:56

Hmm I had a long reply preplanned but with the recent posts thats gone out the window. Heres my comparison that MAY relate to you, my Mum and sister are both Conveyancers/property lawyers. They get head hunted, get to negotiate pay and conditions and if they dont like it they can do as you say and go elsewhere. They do well out of it but if you are part of a huge workforce of for example 8000 engineers all doing the same job then what are you to do to get better pay/terms? No matter what you think of unions its the members that make up the union, its the members that vote. Members arent stupid, you can say all you want about unions twisting things to push things their way, its no different to the run up to an election.
The difference is if you are an expert in your field and hold a job of your own, you have more opportunities, the general workforce of big companies dont have that luxury

Forgetting all the union/politics side of everything, in answer to the thread, I can see BT workers point of view. I think it was yourself that mentioned big staff cuts, yet this guy is paid £3M? You being a Tory guy and with Cameron taking a pay cut to show he his serious Im surprised you havent been a little more sympathetic towards the BT workers.

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speedfreak Inactive Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: north west Age: 45 Services: VM phone TV 50Mbps BB Posts: 1,252	Re: Strike threat at BT as boss gets £3m pay package Hmm I had a long reply preplanned but with the recent posts thats gone out the window. Heres my comparison that MAY relate to you, my Mum and sister are both Conveyancers/property lawyers. They get head hunted, get to negotiate pay and conditions and if they dont like it they can do as you say and go elsewhere. They do well out of it but if you are part of a huge workforce of for example 8000 engineers all doing the same job then what are you to do to get better pay/terms? No matter what you think of unions its the members that make up the union, its the members that vote. Members arent stupid, you can say all you want about unions twisting things to push things their way, its no different to the run up to an election. The difference is if you are an expert in your field and hold a job of your own, you have more opportunities, the general workforce of big companies dont have that luxury Forgetting all the union/politics side of everything, in answer to the thread, I can see BT workers point of view. I think it was yourself that mentioned big staff cuts, yet this guy is paid £3M? You being a Tory guy and with Cameron taking a pay cut to show he his serious Im surprised you havent been a little more sympathetic towards the BT workers.