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Hom3r · 13-09-2010, 16:40

Unions do serve a purpose, but joing up is wrong.

When I was last in a Union (the head of which was a family friend) was very good and took no crap from manangement.

The trouble was the members, we wanted 4% rise the company offered 1.5%, we rejected, they raised to 2.5%, again rejected. we all gathered to discuss what we do next which was work to rule, but this failed because several people didn't want to because they needed the overtime (they based their morgage on salary + overtime, and couldn't pay it on basic wage) and as some of these women* had "bitches" who were scared to go against them.

As such we had to cave in and accept 2.5%.

*My mum worked in that department and wasn't a lamb, she was sent to conventry. But didn't give a dam as she was moving to another department.

13-09-2010, 16:40	#32
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