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Which Trades Union for IT Contractors ?
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Originally posted by Eirikur View PostUnions are a thing of the 19th and early 20th century they have become totally useless and should be banned"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostNo they are not - ask a teacher who a pupil has accused of abuse. The current cases against Uber and courier companies are be conducted with the help of unions.Comment
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Originally posted by Eirikur View PostThe teacher and uber workers can go to court. The uber and courier cases can actually turn out very bad for us contractors
What I actually dislike is people pretending to be self-employed for tax reasons and customer convenience when in reality they should be employees.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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The problem with the Uber and courier cases, is that they still don't give a cut and dried picture. Some of the workers are happy with their status, and others are not. Some of the rulings are therefore (espcially wrt to couriers more so than Uber) person specific rather than industry wide.
I agree with eek that highlighting false self-employment, especially where it's used by employers to avoid their liabilities and deny worker rights, is a good thing.Comment
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Originally posted by Eirikur View PostThe uber and courier cases can actually turn out very bad for us contractors
What do you think would be bad about that for contractors?Comment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostNo they are not - ask a teacher who a pupil has accused of abuse. The current cases against Uber and courier companies are be conducted with the help of unions.
So Teaching is a perfect example of everything that is wrong with unions, hypocritical, two faced, and so on.Comment
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Originally posted by cojak View PostUnions will only be interested in you if you are in permanent employment.
They view contractors as money-grabbing aberrations.
Join IPSE if you want a voice.
Would join one just yet but watch them carefullyComment
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Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy in action. Teaching unions exist to further the power of teaching unions - not to improve teaching, or even, really, a teacher's lot.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by CoolCat View PostTeaching is another trade where the insidious influence of trade unions is apparent. For example the complete absence of men in infant school teaching is largely down to discrimination fostered and supported by the unions. As is the politically correct dogma forced down trainee teachers throats as part of their training.
So Teaching is a perfect example of everything that is wrong with unions, hypocritical, two faced, and so on.
Unfortunately many, like most of the female teachers I know, left teaching because they could deal with the tulip coming from different directions. Incidentally none of them included the kids when describing that tulip."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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