Do you belong to a Trades Union?

[Westdene Seagull]

Have never belonged to a Union and never will.

Any issues I have ever had at work I have either dealt with myself or my solicitor has dealt with - always successfully.

 

[The Large One]

Yup, NUJ.

Never been the Father of the Chapel or anything, mind.

 

[Alby]

RMT

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Used to be NUJ. Was the office rep.

Then three NUJ members on a confidential loop email among reps decided to forward some comments I made out of context to my MD.

After that - and the completely toothless support we got when our local division went back on a three year pay deal just 12 months in - made me lose all confidence in the union.

Which is a crying shame because, quite frankly, a decent NUJ would be fairly handy the way the media business is heading...

 

[robinsonsgrin]

oh yes....voice union... can't not be in a union in the teaching profession....far too risky not to have back up!

 

[Skintagain 1983]

likewise

PCS....Then there were 3.

 

[Skintagain 1983]

I agree with that especially with the planned cuts and I've been on strike several times in support of PCS. I am a middle manager and there are too many seniors so the organisation is effectively the shape of an inverted triangle.

The Con-Dem attacks on the public sector will be unprecedented and the response of the public sector trade unions will need to be equally ground-breaking. It'll be interesting to see how many senior managers "get their jotters" (get paid off) on the cheap like is planned for the rest of us? PCS will be a key player in organising the response of public sector workers. Get ready for a battle to save your livelihood.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

PCS....Then there were 3.

Four

 

[Skintagain 1983]

Four

Go PCS Seagulls

 

[The Spanish]

ASLEF, albeit a retired member

what is it an anagram of?

 

[KNC]

what is it an anagram of?

fleas

 

[happypig]

Were you in the NCU or UCW previously?

NCU

 

[Spacegull]

Fire Brigades Union.... London Region.

 

[KNC]

what is it an anagram of?

fleas

If you meant an abbreviation

Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen.

(Firemen meaning the geezers what used to shovel the coal!!!!)

 

[Blackadder]

Another PCS member here. Even though I TUPE'd out of the Civil Service 13 years ago!

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Yes, PCS

 

[Tooting Gull]

Another for the NUJ. Was never that impressed with the effectiveness of a fairly demoralised chapel at my previous place of employment, but probably now as a freelance there is certain legal help etc that could prove useful one day. Some of the training is okay as well (and considerably cheaper than the market rate).

 

[Skintagain 1983]

PCS Seagulls tally is now 6..


Skintagain 1983
Spicy
Tesco in Disguise
Thunder Bolt
Blackadder
Freddie Goodwin

 

[cheshunt seagull]

PCS Seagulls tally is now 6..


Skintagain 1983
Spicy
Tesco in Disguise
Thunder Bolt
Blackadder
Freddie Goodwin

Was a CPSA rep in the 80's, so some connection

 

[HampshireSeagulls]

UCU. Tried ATL but they were too much of a non-entity. Was with NUT but they were too much like lefty tree huggers so I joined the NASUWT. They were just as bad so I left them when they started sending me "Vote Labour" bollocks in the post. Joined because in the world of education you would have to be a nutter not to have some form of protection.