tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post5842085440217962763..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: UNITE: Tory Cuts Bad, Our Cuts GoodIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-71768460727934956722010-09-13T15:24:38.986+01:002010-09-13T15:24:38.986+01:00Over 100 members who work in Redruth Cornwall wer...Over 100 members who work in Redruth Cornwall were abandoned by the Unite the Union.The company the members work for our changing their contracts from january 2011,were the unite members will be having to face pay cuts between 11-14 percent. Where was Unite? even though the latest profits from the company were 125 millon pounds. so much for solidaritymichael mercerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03376147760139167753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-82269025264881504212010-08-19T22:01:54.684+01:002010-08-19T22:01:54.684+01:00@ Simon
"I don't especially like Bob Cro...@ Simon<br /><br />"I don't especially like Bob Crow but he is very successful at negotiating pay increases, long holidays and so on."<br /><br />Indeed - particularly for himself.Unsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08307116169498533047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-83706606391900099672010-08-19T19:42:55.483+01:002010-08-19T19:42:55.483+01:00Are you sure poor old Bob Crow gets £133,000? I as...Are you sure poor old Bob Crow gets £133,000? I ask because I'm sure I read somewhere he rents his home from a housing association. Don't they receive public subsidies?Henry Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00447003961256484619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-8628539071790330092010-08-19T15:30:30.739+01:002010-08-19T15:30:30.739+01:00I don't especially like Bob Crow but he is ver...I don't especially like Bob Crow but he is very successful at negotiating pay increases, long holidays and so on.<br /><br />I bet his members generally think he is worth the money he's paid. And if they didn't, they could vote him out (which is more than could be said for eg the overpaid execs at Network Rail....)simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15333603569294208240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-15638139398131734202010-08-19T14:26:09.419+01:002010-08-19T14:26:09.419+01:00This is no surprise. The Unions will oppose what t...This is no surprise. The Unions will oppose what the coalition do pureley for opposition's sake.<br />Also, what, in a nutshell, is the purppose of a union? To get the most remuneration (wages, holiday, sick-pay etc)for their members for doing as little as they can get away with. Simples. With those sort of morals they are no better than the sweatshop employers they were formed to protect themselves from. Why are you surprised by anything Union bosses do or say?Steve Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09750000094014883295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-22443305369813724672010-08-19T14:23:06.407+01:002010-08-19T14:23:06.407+01:00What Tory cuts? Public spending is set to rise und...What Tory cuts? Public spending is set to rise under the coalition.<br /><br />http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=6798<br /><br />Your head line should be: Tory increase in spending Bad, Our increase Good.<br /><br />Actually both are bad. I thought Conservative government was about a smaller state.But then this is not a Conservative government.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12146467728776928724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-39067860708227546572010-08-19T14:19:55.520+01:002010-08-19T14:19:55.520+01:00Unite must be brought to account
They are damaging...Unite must be brought to account<br />They are damaging our societycharles hercockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12966301708632761516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-22986299242044214392010-08-19T14:18:25.861+01:002010-08-19T14:18:25.861+01:00All the same
Union hippocracyAll the same<br />Union hippocracycharles hercockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12966301708632761516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-73669679018950700572010-08-19T14:17:57.493+01:002010-08-19T14:17:57.493+01:00Sanctimonious, smug and still stuck in the attriti...Sanctimonious, smug and still stuck in the attritional war of envy, greed and class.<br /><br />Just check how much the leadership of this union pay themselves, plus benefits and expenses. Yet they claim to be representing the workers and are themselves working class. <br /><br />They are the new class of apparatchiks and are firmly ensconced as upper middle class professionals. As for looking after the interests of their membership, I'm afraid their interests are self-interests, which leaves the membership at sea.Penfoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16946700329323417719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-31440652245701111802010-08-19T12:39:00.440+01:002010-08-19T12:39:00.440+01:00Comrade Crow has vanished from our screens since h...Comrade Crow has vanished from our screens since his pay award became public knowledge....<br /> <br /><br />To be honest if that's all it takes to keep his sneering fat mug off my tv screen it's union subs money well spent. <br /><br />If the membership of his union are so supine as to accept his massive salary and most astonishing pay rise while they have to accept pay restraints then they deserve to be fleeced by the obnoxious trougher!Lossie Beachcomberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985258623113056390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-11198866060872850682010-08-19T12:16:18.745+01:002010-08-19T12:16:18.745+01:00According to today's Sun they have also FROZEN...According to today's Sun they have also FROZEN (so a cut in real terms) the salaries of their own staff! Still I suppose their "members" will be happy.<br />http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/money/3102496/Hypocrite-jibe-at-airport-union-Unite-after-pay-freeze-for-own-staff.htmlBardirecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12167919762034389133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-39256779839762815052010-08-19T12:06:49.327+01:002010-08-19T12:06:49.327+01:00These guys are real dinosaurs. All this Class War...These guys are real dinosaurs. All this Class War bollox has run its course. I'm staggered at the language and sentiment - it's straight out of the 1950s and 60s. Fred Kite would have said exactly this sort of thing - indeed there are some physical similarities. However, he would not have been so remarkably well remunerated as these 'leaders' - and even he would not have have been so venal and self-interested.Unsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08307116169498533047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-27907579365096721702010-08-19T12:02:35.094+01:002010-08-19T12:02:35.094+01:00"THose of an uncharitable nature might think ..."THose of an uncharitable nature might think the word 'hypocrites' is in order."<br /><br />In that case I am uncharitable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-53294681051984573202010-08-19T11:54:38.629+01:002010-08-19T11:54:38.629+01:00Iain, I hope somebody puts up a site that show the...Iain, I hope somebody puts up a site that show the pay and benefits of the union staff so their members can get a real flavour of where their subs go.<br /><br />I would also like to see the Tory party move to give companies operating individual wage and employment bargaining a tax break, which can be put back into wage and other benefits.<br /><br />It is time to take unions out of the equation for good.<br /><br />I would love to be the chairman of BA I would go into liquidation leave the pension pot in the old company and open up a fresh with non unionised staff.The Purplelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13824474829595685623noreply@blogger.com