So this is what happens for workers who stand up for their rights - they get sacked. Linky
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Justice for the Kinsley Three
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Don't know where to start with that. Striking when you're working for a private outfit is a very different proposition to doing it when you're part of the taxpayer payroll. And for 14 weeks. When your losses are around £20. I'm betting that they all had to reapply for their positions when the private co took over. -
It was supposed to be covered by TUPE, but the council screwed up the documentation and the company refused to accept the evidence supplied by the employees. Usual ineptitude and greed.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostSo is it Thatcher's fault or thick Brexiters this time?Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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In one email seen by the Guardian, the company’s head of human resources, Nick Thorpe, replied to Unison: “I understand … the impact for you as an organisation when members realise that we are no longer living in the 1980s and they question the actual value of union membership when you have no say, power or influence over their employer.”
Edit: Now I sympathize with the unfortunate Trio, but they chose the wrong approach for fighting thisLast edited by sal; 23 December 2016, 15:30.Comment
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Originally posted by sal View PostMy thoughts exactly. Now apply the same treatment to the Southern drivers/conductors.
Southern needs to hire more staff but why should they when the government (or us, the taxpayer,) will pay them regardless.
Oh and other train companies do hire the staff needed to run a railway. In fact some holding more than one franchise can move their staff around if one lot strikes."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by NigelJK View PostDon't know where to start with that. Striking when you're working for a private outfit is a very different proposition to doing it when you're part of the taxpayer payroll. And for 14 weeks. When your losses are around £20. I'm betting that they all had to reapply for their positions when the private co took over.Comment
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