Well the good news is that the company I work for has announced that no redundancies are taking place now. This is however pretty unremarkable news seeing that when redundancies were announced a lot of people got scared and left, doing the firm a favour.
Now the pressure is on for us to conform and sign the new mickey mouse contract they have presented us with, the contract that promises much but as yet so few of the workforce has bothered to sign it. After consultation with our union the company decided to ease off with the heavy handed tactics and leave us be for a while, now however the pressure is back on now they think it’s blown over. So far their plans have backfired at every turn, more of the workforce feel pressured and more are signing up for the union, this should hopefully gives us more clout when things go pear shaped again. The problem now is convincing more people to join the union so we are better represented, more than half of the workforce need to join so the union can claim certain rights and have a more active role due to the fact it represents more of us. Its just amazing the stupid logic some of the workforce have ‘why join the union, its does nothing for me?’ the fact is it would and could if more of us actually joined. Amazing some feel that £2.50 a week is too much to pay, not that in real terms you can buy much with £2.50 these days anyway! Yet these people who don’t want to join are ironically the first to scream when something goes wrong for them and then they want union representation!
Now the pressure is on for us to conform and sign the new mickey mouse contract they have presented us with, the contract that promises much but as yet so few of the workforce has bothered to sign it. After consultation with our union the company decided to ease off with the heavy handed tactics and leave us be for a while, now however the pressure is back on now they think it’s blown over. So far their plans have backfired at every turn, more of the workforce feel pressured and more are signing up for the union, this should hopefully gives us more clout when things go pear shaped again. The problem now is convincing more people to join the union so we are better represented, more than half of the workforce need to join so the union can claim certain rights and have a more active role due to the fact it represents more of us. Its just amazing the stupid logic some of the workforce have ‘why join the union, its does nothing for me?’ the fact is it would and could if more of us actually joined. Amazing some feel that £2.50 a week is too much to pay, not that in real terms you can buy much with £2.50 these days anyway! Yet these people who don’t want to join are ironically the first to scream when something goes wrong for them and then they want union representation!
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” - Winston Churchill
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