What part of NO dont you understand?

Message

fatboy · #1 Post by **fatboy** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 7:06 pm

Today was our first day of strike action, pay negotiations having been dragged up and down the garden path and gone nowhere.
Management then decided to involve ACAS, we agreed to suspend strike action as a gesture of goodwill, the result was a 7 hour meeting that achieved nothing.
The company sees my pay claim for a living wage as unreasonable, we
should go away and come back with a more reasonable demand, the current financial climate, we only made £85.9 million pre tax profit blah bla blah.
Every single union member was on the picket line today, 3 agency drivers refused to cross the line, 3 more resigned in protest.
We told you every meeting since September that 2% of fuck all amounts to fuck all

flatlander · #2 Post by **flatlander** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 11:38 pm

I would just like to say I hope you get somewhere with this as FFS there is a duty of care and all that bollocks but there is just common decency and common sense neither of which seem to be in evidence from your firm

fatboy · #3 Post by **fatboy** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 3:49 pm

Thanks.
They will pay more in the way of fines and clear up costs than our pay claim would have cost, I guess it is a case of push turns to shove.
Someone has to stand up to these morally demished bastards

fatboy · #4 Post by **fatboy** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 7:14 pm

Well I'm very pleased to say we did get somewhere with this !
The final pay offer ( before industrial action ) was 3% which would have raised my earnings to 19 pence per hour below the living wage.
A few weeks of an overtime ban and 3 seperate days of strike action and we accepted a new pay offer today,
9% backdated to last July ( when this should have been settled).
We also had a surprise visit from the MD, he spent half a day on site speaking to the guys, guageing opinion.
Today, when he made the new pay offer, he also apologised for the prolonged mis management,accepted full responsibilty and promised change.
So I'm guzzling a cold one now, job done

#5 Post by **mangocrazy** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 8:14 pm

Nice one, FB. Let's hope that your MD's words translate into positive action.

flatlander · #6 Post by **flatlander** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 8:36 pm

Good on you skipper and especially good on you for looking out for your co workers
Next year tell him JC is coming to visit ;)

BikerGran · #7 Post by **BikerGran** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 10:01 pm

Nice one!

fatboy · #8 Post by **fatboy** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 7:25 pm

Thanks all !
I'm really pleased with the outcome, not only because of the payrise but because we took on a multi billion earning company, they decided to push and all the guys stood firm.
There was the expected propoganda war ( Kier's dis imformation web page )
the management calling the police to deal with our 'unlawful' actions, when they turned up they said ' Your actions are well organised,well disciplined and well within the law. We assume you are locked out of the premises because you are striking so you are welcome to use the toilet facilities in the police station next door.
All in all a major result in the people before profit battle

MartDude · #9 Post by **MartDude** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 9:23 pm

Well done all for standing firm - a fine manifestation of the old Cooperative movement motto "In Unity, Strength"

Enjoy your well-deserved beer.

Aladinsaneuk · #10 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 10:30 pm

Great news

HowardQ · #11 Post by **HowardQ** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 4:53 pm

It certainly sounds like a good result, hope it all turns out that way.