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Postby brothermagrew »
lovejoy wrote:
BELIAL wrote:So in theory, legally this information COULD have been released on the day of the ballot result announcement. If not why not?
Yeah they could have done but like i say it is always held back. I think there were fears people would start pointing fingers and blaming people for voting one way or another. As it happens very few branches got a no vote and even those that did were VERY slim.
Some big branches recommended a NO and ended up with big yes's. You'll probably find these branches are reluctant to see these figures as well
brother lovejoy
Any chance of listing those branches that did return a NO vote? Sure I read somewhere that there were only about five.
I think alot the people voted yes because of the money and what I can gather from my office is that some people just want the £400 and don't care about the implications of flexibility. I would rather keep my current hours and duty that I am doing know for life and stuff the £400. I don't want to work 30mins later and I don't want long and shorts. Do we have a choice?
It all hinged on that vote as it did when the original vote was cast to reject the deal earlier last year. Those against industrial action also complained that though they might have been in the union, it didn't follow that they wanted to strike. A majority swings it. From the stats, the vote looks fairly unanimous even if a few branches voted otherwise. Those not in the union also have to go along with it of course. The deed is done. Worth noting that East Midlands was some 97% in favour. Doesn't that cover Burslem?
Night Tonic wrote:It all hinged on that vote as it did when the original vote was cast to reject the deal earlier last year. Those against industrial action also complained that though they might have been in the union, it didn't follow that they wanted to strike. A majority swings it. From the stats, the vote looks fairly unanimous even if a few branches voted otherwise. Those not in the union also have to go along with it of course. The deed is done. Worth noting that East Midlands was some 97% in favour. Doesn't that cover Burslem?
mailsort6 wrote:I think alot the people voted yes because of the money and what I can gather from my office is that some people just want the £400 and don't care about the implications of flexibility. I would rather keep my current hours and duty that I am doing know for life and stuff the £400. I don't want to work 30mins later and I don't want long and shorts. Do we have a choice?
That's spot on mailsort6,too many blinkered people methinks
Implimenting flexibility, is now a damage limitation exercise. Its for a few months in the summer and it involves (in my office anyway) people being taken off ips to prep walks of sick colleagues. Posties delivering will still be payed OT for the actual delivery part of the duty.Not ideal, but not exactly life changing.