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Why You Should Support The Union

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Rowdy
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Location: People's Republic of Scotland

Why You Should Support The Union

Post by Rowdy »

My wife works for a company with no union. She is overworked and underpaid. She hasn't had a pay rise for a few years as the bosses say they are not making enough money. Not that they are making a loss, just not making enough. These bosses drive flash cars, have business lunches on company expenses and enjoy nice vacations in their holiday homes. My wife has now been off ill for 10 weeks and the first contact she had from her employer was a letter asking to meet with them and to give them access to her medical records. She declined the meeting citing ill health after getting advice from the CAB but had to give them access to her medical records. For the time she has been off she has received no sick pay and is only entitled to Statutory Sick Pay. Unfortunately she found out that they had docked her pay as they had overpaid her the month before. That left her with nothing, in fact her pay line had a minus on the total pay which she will now have to pay back off this months Statutory Sick Pay. And yes, the law say they can do this. God help single parents who have to go through this. They now want to get rid of her. Loyalty gets you no where with these people. You are only useful when you are slogging your guts out to line their pockets.

So if anyone out their is considering crossing the picket line please consider your actions. Without our union the bosses will walk all over us. We will face a future of low pay, job cuts and intimidation and you will have no one to fight your case.
We have had to tighten our belts lately with only my postie's wage to get by on. I have a mortgage and bills to pay but I will be supporting my union on Friday and not going into work. With strong support we can show the bosses that we are not prepared to back down. My wife can't take action to fight against injustices in her workplace, you can.
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dvbuk55
EX ROYAL MAIL
Posts: 16650
Joined: 02 Jun 2007, 19:17
Gender: Male

Post by dvbuk55 »

Rowdy, that statement of yours is a very, very sad indictment of the law as it stands in this country under a Labour Government at the beginning of the 21st Century.

This nation spends billions on war and third world countries and we cannot make sure our own people are looked after in sickness and old age - because the pensions are crap as well.

Hope the missus is better soon and finds a job with better prospects.
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evilc
MDEC
Posts: 721
Joined: 05 May 2007, 17:20
Location: near the moors

Re: Why You Should Support The Union

Post by evilc »

Rowdy wrote:My wife works for a company with no union. She is overworked and underpaid. She hasn't had a pay rise for a few years as the bosses say they are not making enough money. Not that they are making a loss, just not making enough. These bosses drive flash cars, have business lunches on company expenses and enjoy nice vacations in their holiday homes. My wife has now been off ill for 10 weeks and the first contact she had from her employer was a letter asking to meet with them and to give them access to her medical records. She declined the meeting citing ill health after getting advice from the CAB but had to give them access to her medical records. For the time she has been off she has received no sick pay and is only entitled to Statutory Sick Pay. Unfortunately she found out that they had docked her pay as they had overpaid her the month before. That left her with nothing, in fact her pay line had a minus on the total pay which she will now have to pay back off this months Statutory Sick Pay. And yes, the law say they can do this. God help single parents who have to go through this. They now want to get rid of her. Loyalty gets you no where with these people. You are only useful when you are slogging your guts out to line their pockets.

So if anyone out their is considering crossing the picket line please consider your actions. Without our union the bosses will walk all over us. We will face a future of low pay, job cuts and intimidation and you will have no one to fight your case.
We have had to tighten our belts lately with only my postie's wage to get by on. I have a mortgage and bills to pay but I will be supporting my union on Friday and not going into work. With strong support we can show the bosses that we are not prepared to back down. My wife can't take action to fight against injustices in her workplace, you can.
Perhaps our new Prime Minister would like to see this and find out what happens in the real world. :mad :mad :mad
" if the kids are united we will never be divided "
Jimmy pursey 1979
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johnston65
MAIL CENTRES/PROCESSING
Posts: 293
Joined: 21 May 2007, 18:37
Gender: Male
Location: GLASGOW

Post by johnston65 »

Rowdy,your statement should be shown to all the potential strike breakers we may have on Friday.

Hope things improve soon mate.
HASTA LA VICTORIA SIEMPRE ! ! !
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mailman71
Posts: 500
Joined: 10 Jun 2007, 08:03

Post by mailman71 »

how any union member can even think to go to work on friday baffles me what's the point of paying union dues if you dont take their advice.
any union person going to work on friday should be expelled from the union and told to haggle their own wage deals
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DirtyHarry
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Joined: 13 May 2007, 23:16
Gender: Male
Location: London

Post by DirtyHarry »

mailman71 wrote:how any union member can even think to go to work on friday baffles me what's the point of paying union dues if you dont take their advice.
any union person going to work on friday should be expelled from the union and told to haggle their own wage deals
Totally agree. :Applause :cool
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IWW Fellow Worker
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Joined: 30 May 2007, 14:27
Gender: Male

Post by IWW Fellow Worker »

mailman71 wrote:how any union member can even think to go to work on friday baffles me what's the point of paying union dues if you dont take their advice.
any union person going to work on friday should be expelled from the union and told to haggle their own wage deals
Well said. Freeloading scum.
The Industrial Workers of the World. The union whose members never scab!

"The working class and the employing class have nothing in common."
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shelanda
Posts: 422
Joined: 19 May 2007, 20:44
Location: south east

Post by shelanda »

mailman71 wrote:how any union member can even think to go to work on friday baffles me what's the point of paying union dues if you dont take their advice.
any union person going to work on friday should be expelled from the union and told to haggle their own wage deals
And bet your life those that go in are the ones that slag the union off for not doing enough! :no no
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baldrick
EX ROYAL MAIL
Posts: 5032
Joined: 13 Sep 2007, 23:37
Gender: Male

Post by baldrick »

That is the way it is for a lot of people in this 'neo-liberal' economy, in the 21st century.
That is why we have to fight, or we are all going to end up in the same conditions.
Good luck to you all. :lfo :cfo
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ade@cambs
MAIL CENTRES/PROCESSING
Posts: 280
Joined: 18 May 2007, 20:03
Gender: Male
Location: Cambridge

Post by ade@cambs »

Don't forget fellow reps when the next round of revisions take place, anyone who crosses the line has accepted that they are 25% overpaid and 40% underworked so they wont mind their deliveries/ collections getting ramped up with more work, they have also accepted that 40.000 jobs have to go so in the next round of job cuts they cant argue that it's their job going.
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roonaldo
Posts: 7
Joined: 08 Jun 2007, 16:43

Post by roonaldo »

What about an ex-union rep in our office who is going in on friday on his day off for 10 and 1/2 hours docket!
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bigsharkboy
Posts: 681
Joined: 07 Jun 2007, 22:33
Location: north devon

Post by bigsharkboy »

roonaldo wrote:What about an ex-union rep in our office who is going in on friday on his day off for 10 and 1/2 hours docket!
WHAT !!!!!!!!!!

:roll: :roll:

thats why hes prob a ex rep
postman delivery rural driver devon workplace cwu rep

my bite is worse than my bark
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underpaid
Posts: 103
Joined: 13 Jun 2007, 13:04

Post by underpaid »

one of our members resigned from the union today so he can go in tommorrow he will prob sign back up after the strikes are over thats what he did last strike im told ,these are the sort of blokes we are working with tossers
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bigsharkboy
Posts: 681
Joined: 07 Jun 2007, 22:33
Location: north devon

Post by bigsharkboy »

underpaid wrote:one of our members resigned from the union today so he can go in tommorrow he will prob sign back up after the strikes are over thats what he did last strike im told ,these are the sort of blokes we are working with tossers
i second that when he goes to sign up lose his membership form accidently feckin freeloader
postman delivery rural driver devon workplace cwu rep

my bite is worse than my bark
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manwithnovan
Posts: 77
Joined: 01 Jun 2007, 17:36

Post by manwithnovan »

DirtyHarry wrote:
mailman71 wrote:how any union member can even think to go to work on friday baffles me what's the point of paying union dues if you dont take their advice.
any union person going to work on friday should be expelled from the union and told to haggle their own wage deals
Totally agree. :Applause :cool
Sad thing is PL17 Callington Cornwall are working tommorrow
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