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CWU been in for nearly 30 plus years and as Redwurzel posts above I use it as an insurance and hope I never need to use them.
The fluffers unionAdult Performance Artists Guild (APAG)
ZZZZ - when did you work at Eaton Axles?
Was it after 1981 or before?
Only the Merchant Navy & Airline Officers Association but that was ages ago.
Same for 18 yrs, and when I needed them they were absolutely useless. Their poor advice almost cost me £24k that I was due. I had my solicitor act in the end and they sorted it with one letter.CWU been in for nearly 30 plus years and as Redwurzel posts above I use it as an insurance and hope I never need to use them.
One of my uncles was a manager there - he was made redundant at the end of 1981 when the workforce dropped to about 500 from 1200 a couple of years earlier. He never minced his words and was always conscientious, so I guess he was pushed out for rocking some boats probably with the other managers and some of the workers. He had 20 successful years after leaving them.It was part of work experience so probably around 1979/80
It was only about a month but one of the longest in my life
No idea but what was happening when I was there was unsustainable so it was inevitable.One of my uncles was a manager there - he was made redundant at the end of 1981 when the workforce dropped to about 500 from 1200 a couple of years earlier. He never minced his words and was always conscientious, so I guess he was pushed out for rocking some boats probably with the other managers and some of the workers. He had 20 successful years after leaving them.
When did the factory move to Poland?
I was the Regional co-ordinator during the 2002 strikes, which actually dragged into 2004. We never, ever registered an actual claim for 40%. An independent report was commissioned by the Labour Research Department to look at our job description, the roles we were expected to perform and to compare them against other jobs. The LRD report said that 30K was the going rate for the job. We presented that report to the Employers, but did not make a specific claim, we said to them have a read and make us an offer to put to our members. The employers eventually offered 16.6% over two and a half years. We then agreed to put that to a vote and virtually everyone I spoke to would have accepted that.FBU , who were fantastic sorting out bullying issues by management. Although the 30k fire pay strikes of 2002 weren't so successful, not sure who thought that we could win a 40% pay rise!!!