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Originally Posted by Peter_
It will not be hollow especially with any surrounding publicity it will show how much of a error they made in the first place.
I probably still have more contacts at various levels within Virgin Media than you could ever have in your fertile imagination.
A contact is not a person who answers your complaint via letter or email with their name at the bottom by the way.
I think Virgin Media will literally be dropping bricks with the evidence at hand but that is something you will hear about after the case goes to court probably by reading it in the news.
The above is a broad statement of fact that no evidence will be shown daylight until after the court case but I do find it amusing the way the ex employees from the Albert Dock are baited in various ways in the slender hope that a single shred of evidence will be posted online in the hope it will thwart the case the CWU has against Virgin Media as it gets conveyed elsewhere by someone.
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It might not be a hollow victory for your personal pocket if ex employees get a lump sum for doing nothing. It will be for existing employees and CWU members depending upon how this is paid for with a loss of jobs, more outsourcing abroad or reductions in budgets for pay, conditions and training. Customers may also be asked to foot the cost with higher bills, in turn reducing the competitiveness of VM and the consequent downward spiral.
Most of the above are trade union issues, or is it just about short term financial gain for trade union leaders these days?
As previously explained, I have no interest in your views on the legitimacy of any contacts that I may have within VM. Similarly, I have no interest in any contacts that you claim to have. It's simply not relevant.
Your allegation that ex employees from Albert Dock have been "baited in various ways in the slender hope that a single shred of evidence will be posted online in the hope it will thwart the case the CWU has against Virgin Media as it gets conveyed elsewhere by someone" has no substance whatsoever, only in your over active imagination.
The simple fact is that, during the worst economic climate in living memory, the CWU is trying to extract money from a loss making company that has had to shed thousands of jobs in order to survive.
It is for reasons like this that, unfortunately, most employers and employees now regard trade unions as irrelevant to their needs and have done from the 1980's onwards. I say "unfortunately" because I am all in favour of RESPONSIBLE trade unionism.
Like I said earlier, I have no vested interest in the outcome of the case, but existing members and employees do need to be aware that this latest trick by the CWU has soured relations and all but killed my argument that jobs should be kept in-house within the UK.
Regardless of the outcome of the case, much of the damage has already been done to both current and future job prospects.
But, what does this matter if you get a payout for yourself Peter?