being penalised for taking strike action

[Guineveretoo]

Thanks, that's good to know. I know the smaller one does allow double carding. The larger one I've no idea, but maybe I just won't ask them... But if the bigger one doesn't, would that affect my legal status at all?

It would affect your legal status if you can't join them!

 

[Brainaddict]

I've realised that what I should have said as well is that those going on strike are outsourced. And this means that it makes no difference whether I join their union or not - as technically the employers are different.

 

[Brainaddict]

So this is going to be interesting. I'm happy to join the smaller union but any action by me would stil be secondary action with no protection - meaning I could in theory be dismissed without any right to a tribunal. I know some of the people in the smaller union and some of them are happy for me to show solidarity in ways that fall short of actual secondary action, but at least one of them is keen that I actually strike proper. What would you do urban?

I think the ideal answer is to develop collective action among other people with my employer and take some actually effective action together and risk the trouble together. Alas, this is an unlikely scenario in a workplace with about as much solidarity as can be found among Tory cabinet ministers.

 

[1927]

no, what's happened is they've said 'pickman's wasn't in that day so we won't pay him for any of it' rather than 'pickman's wasn't in that day so we will deduct 1/260 of his annual wages'. tbh i don't object to 1/260.

If you worked 5 days a week 1/260 would be 1 days pay, but surely as you only do 2 and half days a week, a day equates to 1/130 of your annual pay!