Strike!

[Lord Camomile]

I was trying to move on

 

[hitmouse]

uNiSoN

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

unison

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

ùnisôn

 

[Lord Camomile]

Don't make me open a ballot to picket this thread

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

Do it, I'm confident I've got Hitmouse onside and it's 23:18 on a Saturday night so no one else gives a fuck!

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

 

[Lord Camomile]

Hey, I'm not going to make the same mistake certain unions have made and have a ludicrously short balloting period.

Need time to make phone calls, do walkarounds, print all the leaflets and merch, and book Mick Lynch and Jeremy Corbyn for the rally.

 

[Ming]

I get paid in GBP about 50ish grand for doing exactly the band 5 standard RPN staff nurse post tasks that i did in the UK. Why? Because the union is strong here.

eta:

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

I get paid in GBP about 50ish grand for doing exactly the band 5 standard RPN staff nurse post tasks that i did in the UK. Why? Because the union is strong here.

eta:

YES

 

[Lord Camomile]

 

[hitmouse]

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Went to bed before seeing this at the time, but this is top-notch dedication.

 

[teqniq]

Scab alert:

London school uses law change to replace striking staff with agency workers | Schools | The Guardian

Drapers’ Pyrgo primary in Romford, where top managers were paid total of £1.49m in benefits, cut salaries or hours of 10 support staff<br>

web.archive.org

 

[hitmouse]

Article about the ongoing Polyflor strike, including picket locations:

Polyflor profits hit £52 million as struggling workers strike

Polyflor can clearly afford to do better

www.gmb.org.uk

There's a call for people to get down and support at lunchtime on the 13th, I've tried and failed to find a version of the flyer that isn't pixelated to fuck but had no success, at least the last few lines are readable though:

 

[moochedit]

Royal mail announce 6000 redundacies

I wonder how CWU will respond? (Already have 19 strike days I believe)

Royal Mail to axe up to 10,000 jobs as losses rise

The postal service blames strike action and widening losses for the mass redundancies.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Pickman's model]

Royal mail announce 6000 redundacies

I wonder how CWU will respond? (Already have 19 strike days I believe)

Royal Mail to axe up to 10,000 jobs as losses rise

The postal service blames strike action and widening losses for the mass redundancies.

www.bbc.co.uk

10000 in the guardian Royal Mail to cut up to 10,000 roles, blaming strikes and lower parcel volumes

 

[Louis MacNeice]

They are upping the rhetorical ante in the face of absolutely solid industrial action.

They are also ignoring the fact that they cannot meet their contractual obligations re. universal service provision with current staffing levels.

CWU will continue to defend our terms and conditions, defend everybody's Royal Mail and develop the services for the future.

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

 

[Lord Camomile]

Royal Mail also said it expects its full-year losses to hit £350m.

It said this included "the direct impact of eight days of industrial action"

Every time they make such a big deal of the financial impact (and others) of strikes, but never make the connection that that's the value their workers provide.

Well, they probably do, they just don't want to make that connection publicly...

 

[muscovyduck]

Every time they make such a big deal of the financial impact (and others) of strikes, but never make the connection that that's the value their workers provide.

Well, they probably do, they just don't want to make that connection publicly...

I don't think they do. I think they lie to themselves about it and a lot of the marketing and PR is to convince themselves rather than convince everyone else. There might be a couple people mixed in who understand but they'll be lying to themselves about other things, like the amount of agency they have over the situation and stuff like that.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Wanted to keep the strike thread about strikes, but because this is a bit more active than the other one, a little nudge in the direction of my question on the general union chat thread, in case anyone has any thoughts

 

[Louis MacNeice]

CWU live on YouTube/Facebook/Twitter this afternoon at 4.30. Request is that as many people as possible join in and publicise as widely as possible; non CWU members warmly welcome....spread the word!

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

 

[Lord Camomile]

CWU live on YouTube/Facebook/Twitter this afternoon at 4.30. Request is that as many people as possible join in and publicise as widely as possible; non CWU members warmly welcome....spread the word!

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

Have shared in our branch strike chat

 

[hitmouse]

NEU preliminary indicative ballot seems to have gone well:

Teachers call for strike action on pay

Teacher members have voted YES to formal ballot strike action on pay in preliminary ballot.

neu.org.uk

 

[hitmouse]

Deliveroo wildcats popping off again:

Delivery Riders Are Striking All Over the Place | Novara Media

In Luton, Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, Harlow, Slough and Basingstoke, riders are striking against abysmal pay and long hours.

novaramedia.com

 

[hitmouse]

Drone footage of the Polyflor strikers rally thing:

With Billy Bragg soundtrack, so best watched on silent.
Donations to their hardship fund at:

Help raise £10000 to help support our Polyflor mates who don't qualify for strike pay but who like the rest of us have bills to pay with zero wages coming in

Weʼre raising money to help support our Polyflor mates who don't qualify for strike pay but who like the rest of us have bills to pay with zero wages coming in. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

www.justgiving.com

 

[hitmouse]

Outsourced health workers organised in ùnisôn striking against OCS have won:


Also, just found out that uNiSoN members are striking at the National Coal Mining Museum - write your own punchlines for that one:

‘We want to get on with what we love’: what union activists are fighting for

A train cleaner, a 999 call handler and a museum guide say they are tired of feeling unvalued and being left behind financially

www.theguardian.com

Also, new RMT strike date announcements, it sounds like November 3rd and 5th are not going to be good days to travel:

RMT announces new Network Rail strike dates

Rail union RMT will take 3 days of coordinated strike action next month after Network Rail attempted to impose drastic changes in working practices on their staff.

www.rmt.org.uk

RMT launch strikes on train operating companies in national rail dispute

Rail union RMT will take strike action on 14 train operating companies on November 3 and 5 after no new offer on pay jobs and working conditions.

www.rmt.org.uk

 

[hitmouse]

UCU ballot doesn't close till tomorrow, but I've heard through the grapevine that they've booked a press conference through Monday and sent out a survey asking people when they want to take action. So it sounds like they're feeling pretty confident at the moment.

 

[hitmouse]

More Deliveroo/Uber Eats/Just Eat wildcats in Leeds and Derby:

'They use us like slaves': Leeds couriers striking this weekend over pay

Hundreds of couriers in Leeds are set to lay down their delivery bags this weekend in protest at the pay they receive.

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Uber Eats and Deliveroo couriers to protest outside McDonald's

There will be a protest at McDonald's in St Peter's Street

www.derbytelegraph.co.uk

Unite members at Uni of Glasgow now have a mandate:


UCU result won't be formally announced till Monday but it looks to me like they're getting ready to announce a successful vote.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Hmm, curious to see how this plays out

 

[muscovyduck]

Hmm, curious to see how this plays out

Yikes