Mr_Danger Posted April 21, 2023 Author Share Posted April 21, 2023 49 minutes ago, SuperBacon said: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/apr/21/royal-mail-agrees-pay-deal-cwu-postal-workers-union What you spending yours on @Mr_Danger You still buying basketball vests and tracksuits? It’s gotta get past the Posties first, half of which will need a time machine to achieve a deal that’s palatable. Also, there was an offer of a £1500 lump sum on the table the other week that has disappeared! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobystag Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 8 hours ago, Mr_Danger said: It’s gotta get past the Posties first, half of which will need a time machine to achieve a deal that’s palatable. Also, there was an offer of a £1500 lump sum on the table the other week that has disappeared! £1,500 with a 2% pay increase from April 2023.  £500 with a 6% pay increase from April 2023. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 8 hours ago, cobystag said: £1,500 with a 2% pay increase from April 2023.  £500 with a 6% pay increase from April 2023. Yeah with the 6% pay increase kicking in from 2024 if we chose that option. Definitely would have took the higher amount knowing we can’t trust the company but the option has been removed anyway. Jam today dammit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobystag Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 56 minutes ago, Mr_Danger said: Yeah with the 6% pay increase kicking in from 2024 if we chose that option. Definitely would have took the higher amount knowing we can’t trust the company but the option has been removed anyway. Jam today dammit! No, it's 2% from 2024. Always was with both options. The £500 lump sum was with 6% from April 2023. £1,500 lump sum with only a 2% increase from April 2023. Please make sure you read the fine print carefully before voting on it as you've already been misinformed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 8 minutes ago, cobystag said: No, it's 2% from 2024. Always was with both options. The £500 lump sum was with 6% from April 2023. £1,500 lump sum with only a 2% increase from April 2023. Please make sure you read the fine print carefully before voting on it as you've already been misinformed. Not according to Royal Mail and the CWU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobystag Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 (edited) You are aware what you posted confirms exactly what I told you above right?  Option A: £500 lump sum with 6% from April 2023.  Option B: £1,500 lump sum with 2% from April 2023.  EDIT: Actually, my apologies, £500 gets 2% from next April. £1,500 gets 6% from next April.  I mistook and thought you were on about THIS year. That's my fault if that was never the case so I'm sorry there.  EDIT 2: Yeah. Your argument was always about 2024 and I was the one who incorrectly assumed. Plus I didn't clock the 2024 difference.  I was blinkered thinking about this year's money!  But that makes sense now. My bad again.   Edited April 22, 2023 by cobystag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nexus Posted May 2, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted May 2, 2023 Lost my sixth day of pay this year on strike again.  Shit like this makes it all worth it though: https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/primary/coronation-dfe-wildflower-seeds-primary-schools  Absolute fucking cretins of a government. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_3165 Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 In the NHS it is so demoralising at the moment.. Unison et al have no back bone and the RCN is on its own, as the only player willing to hold their nerve. Sadly I think 5% is all we will be getting. If teachers etc get a better deal there will be fury. Same if my medical colleagues get a better deal (haven't seen it yet) there will be alot of resentment. The fact is we work way beyond what we get paid for and if we all stuck to our paid hours the NHS would crumple. At the same time we aren't a charity, as highly specialised and skills professional people we need proper recompense for the psychological and physical bashing we take every day. I've spent all those claps from 2020 as have my colleagues.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ReturnOfTheMack Posted May 26, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted May 26, 2023 My union has started a strike ballot over pay for schools and council workers. I hate, and I mean hate, that I'm going to have to strike if it goes through, but it's desperately needed. Â I hate it because of my specific job role (if my team strikes, there are no funerals, and I hate to potentially be upsetting people like that), to be clear. I'm all for strike solidarity, and I will be on strike if that's the vote result! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 (edited) Really enjoyed this two part series about the strikes in the last year, Strike: Inside The Unions. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0fd5mlf All really interesting stuff, but the state of Eddie Demspeys hat. Mate. You're not a Chicago baker from the 1920s. Come on now. Edited June 7, 2023 by SuperBacon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted June 7, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted June 7, 2023 Disneyland Paris staff have been going on strike. Proper strikes. Hi vis jackets, in the theme parks, parades cancelled. It’s been great. Facebook groups have been a mix of supporting the staff and complaining their holiday was ruined because one night the firework show was cancelled. I wish we would strike like the French over here. Like we used to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nexus Posted July 31, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted July 31, 2023 So the NEU have accepted the pay offer. I rejected it, but I knew that inevitably it would get accepted.  I worked out I'd lost about £1k this academic year from going out on strike, and I don't think that the pay offer is anywhere near fair. However, the cowardice of the other unions has meant that the NEU has been on its own, and has done all of the hard work, and now everyone else gets the benefit - good for them but it fucking sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westlondonmist Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 On 7/31/2023 at 3:43 PM, Nexus said: So the NEU have accepted the pay offer. I rejected it, but I knew that inevitably it would get accepted.  I worked out I'd lost about £1k this academic year from going out on strike, and I don't think that the pay offer is anywhere near fair. However, the cowardice of the other unions has meant that the NEU has been on its own, and has done all of the hard work, and now everyone else gets the benefit - good for them but it fucking sucks. I didn't think it sounded a great offer, as a good chunk has to come from existing funds which basically means teachers will end up having to spend some of that extra money themselves to run the class. My sister in law has said she has had to pay for photocopying, pens for kids and board markers. She didn't strike every time, it got close to GCSEs for her liking and didn't want to take it out on the kids, the government knew sympathy for kids would come into it. She also said on strike days she still ended up working doing marking and class planning so government just got free work from her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 There’s power in a union. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Whilst not a strike, everyone favourite punk pioneers have announced a change in their wage structure to help out those at the bottom of the ladder.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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