Dispatches: The Unions

[flyingjase]

Did anyone else see this?

How can Derek Simpson earn £200k a year and pay £1 per week for his union bought £800k house?

And use the excuse 'I haven't taken a payrise for 2 years, I inherited this salary' Here's a novel idea, how about taking a pay cut like a lot of the private sector has in the last 2 years?

Those guys are socialist hypocrites

They should change the law to say that strike action can only be carried out with a majority of the members votes, not just the majority of those that bother to turn out to vote.

[russ_a]

This is why I will never join a union

[smack]

Nothing new, union bosses cashing in on their members. But nice that it does make the press from time to time.

But their members believe the BS they serve up, so it will stay the same.

[Traveller]

flyingjase said:

Did anyone else see this?

How can Derek Simpson earn £200k a year and pay £1 per week for his union bought £800k house?

And use the excuse 'I haven't taken a payrise for 2 years, I inherited this salary' Here's a novel idea, how about taking a pay cut like a lot of the private sector has in the last 2 years?

Those guys are socialist hypocrites

They should change the law to say that strike action can only be carried out with a majority of the members votes, not just the majority of those that bother to turn out to vote.

You read my mind... spooky. Only thing missing is that git Bob "soccer hooligan" Crow and Tony "walking corpse" Woodley to be added to this list of disease ridden sputum, much like the top of the new liebore party.

[eldar]

russ_a said:

This is why I will never join a union

Then you won't be able to vote for the leader of the labour party.

[flyingjase]

Traveller said:

flyingjase said:

Did anyone else see this?

How can Derek Simpson earn £200k a year and pay £1 per week for his union bought £800k house?

And use the excuse 'I haven't taken a payrise for 2 years, I inherited this salary' Here's a novel idea, how about taking a pay cut like a lot of the private sector has in the last 2 years?

Those guys are socialist hypocrites

They should change the law to say that strike action can only be carried out with a majority of the members votes, not just the majority of those that bother to turn out to vote.

You read my mind... spooky. Only thing missing is that git Bob "soccer hooligan" Crow and Tony "walking corpse" Woodley to be added to this list of disease ridden sputum, much like the top of the new liebore party.

Quote from the programme - "Bob used to be a communist"

Ummmm....Bob would still be a communist if he didn't take a 6 figure salary like a good little capitalist

The only sensible bloke shown was the candidate for the General Secretary role who said that he would only draw the UK's average salary if elected (are you listening Commie Crow & co)

[Ozzie Osmond]

It is certainly "regrettable" the Prescott-like noses in the trough.

There's no denying that unions can, despite their limitations, provide useful support to workers at the bottom of the pile who might otherwise be very badly treated by unscrupulous employers.

As in all human activity, there's good 'uns and there's bad 'uns.

[hornetrider]

And they looked from the pigs to the men, and back to the pigs, and could no longer tell the difference

[Bing o]

Ozzie Osmond said:

There's no denying that unions can, despite their limitations, provide useful support to workers at the bottom of the pile who might otherwise be very badly treated by unscrupulous employers.

Emoployment law has moved on a lot, we now have the minimum wage etc. The UK should be encouraging employer rights now to kick start the economy.

[Scraggles]

had union round the first workplace, director was with him making a list of who joined, asked him what he could actually offer me, the result was nothing

never seen the point of them and in consultancy now, so unions will not work...

[TedMaul]

hornetrider said:

And they looked from the pigs to the men, and back to the pigs, and could no longer tell the difference

Never ceases to amaze me how well written that book is. Should be compulsory reading at school.

[motco]

hornetrider said:

And they looked from the pigs to the men, and back to the pigs, and could no longer tell the difference

[Mikeyboy]

Didn't see the programme but one of the things that always gets me about the Unions (and to a lesser extent charities) is how they have enormous central offices in central London. I have never seen why they see the need for that. Whats the matter with an office in Sheffield or somewhere cheaper to buy or lease?

[deeen]

Mikeyboy said:

Didn't see the programme but one of the things that always gets me about the Unions (and to a lesser extent charities) is how they have enormous central offices in central London. I have never seen why they see the need for that. Whats the matter with an office in Sheffield or somewhere cheaper to buy or lease?

Because then we would not see how important they all are.

[alangla]

TedMaul said:

hornetrider said:

And they looked from the pigs to the men, and back to the pigs, and could no longer tell the difference

Never ceases to amaze me how well written that book is. Should be compulsory reading at school.

It was at mine! Is or was one of the main texts used for Standard Grade English coursework in Scotland.

Did I hear that programme right, Birmingham City Council pay their binmen £50k a year???

[flyingjase]

alangla said:

TedMaul said:

hornetrider said:

And they looked from the pigs to the men, and back to the pigs, and could no longer tell the difference

Never ceases to amaze me how well written that book is. Should be compulsory reading at school.

It was at mine! Is or was one of the main texts used for Standard Grade English coursework in Scotland.

Did I hear that programme right, Birmingham City Council pay their binmen £50k a year???

Not quite, but 1 binman did earn £50k with bonuses / overtime etc, I'm sure that isn't the norm, but it is amazing that a binman used to have the ability to make that amount of cash.

The reason I say 'used to' is that now all rubbish collection is outsourced, there is no way on God's green earth a private contractor would allow that to happen.

[Mikeyboy]

TVR Moneypit said:

Mikeyboy said:

Didn't see the programme but one of the things that always gets me about the Unions (and to a lesser extent charities) is how they have enormous central offices in central London. I have never seen why they see the need for that. Whats the matter with an office in Sheffield or somewhere cheaper to buy or lease?

Back in Saint Arthurs day the NUM did build a multi million pound office in the centre of Sheffield, only to vacate it and move back to London maybe five years later.

Jees

[Fittster]

flyingjase said:

They should change the law to say that strike action can only be carried out with a majority of the members votes, not just the majority of those that bother to turn out to vote.

Can we have that rule for general elections? Unless the majority of the population vote for a party we have no government.

[richardxjr]

Unite's got a big comfy seafront hotel in Eastbourne too http://www.eastbournecentre.co.uk/

[johnfm]

This is how much tax payer's money was used to fund the unions:


http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/unionfunding.pdf