Posted by: Glorious Failure, Glasgow on 12:55pm Fri 9 May 08
This takes the biscuit.
They are paid through EDC council tax payers. So now that council tax payers are getting a better value service the employees are greetin' about not getting OT anymore?
Well, I am sure if you have a look at your contract of employment Mr Binman it will not say anywhere that OT is obligatory.
This is not a wage cut, it's simply a change of contracted hours leading to a loss of overtime.
Dry your eyes and get on with it.
I despise the way public servants use this blackmailing tactic at evert turn.
"Am no happy, am goin' oan strike!"
This takes the biscuit.
They are paid through EDC council tax payers. So now that council tax payers are getting a better value service the employees are greetin' about not getting OT anymore?
Well, I am sure if you have a look at your contract of employment Mr Binman it will not say anywhere that OT is obligatory.
This is not a wage cut, it's simply a change of contracted hours leading to a loss of overtime.
Dry your eyes and get on with it.
I despise the way public servants use this blackmailing tactic at evert turn.
"Am no happy, am goin' oan strike!"
Posted by: roor06, glasgow on 1:28pm Fri 9 May 08
what a load of rubbish ...
what a load of rubbish ...
Posted by: rocker, Glasgow on 1:59pm Fri 9 May 08
Glorious - how insulting! This is NOT about overtime but about staff getting fair pay for the work that they do and getting paid for working unsociable hours. Given that they are already some of the lowest paid workers, the unsociable enhancements bring their salaries up to a resonable standard and they are more than entitled to it.
I am encouraged to see that some council workers have taken a stand and are fighting for what they beleive in.
The public sector is supposed to set the standard for how to treat its workforce and all too often the hard working staff are treated terribly.
Go Binmen!!! What would we do without you!
Glorious - how insulting! This is NOT about overtime but about staff getting fair pay for the work that they do and getting paid for working unsociable hours. Given that they are already some of the lowest paid workers, the unsociable enhancements bring their salaries up to a resonable standard and they are more than entitled to it.
I am encouraged to see that some council workers have taken a stand and are fighting for what they beleive in.
The public sector is supposed to set the standard for how to treat its workforce and all too often the hard working staff are treated terribly.
Go Binmen!!! What would we do without you!
Posted by: Rab Jones, Glasgow on 2:30pm Fri 9 May 08
I rememeber the old days when binmen were PROPER men. when they used to throw a heavy metal bin onto their shoulder and walk down your concrete steps to the truck.
Now they want the bins waiting for them at the pavement, and if its too heavy, they refuse to move it.
Bunch of women.
I rememeber the old days when binmen were PROPER men. when they used to throw a heavy metal bin onto their shoulder and walk down your concrete steps to the truck.
Now they want the bins waiting for them at the pavement, and if its too heavy, they refuse to move it.
Bunch of women.
Posted by: roor06, glasgow on 3:16pm Fri 9 May 08
The last big "Binmen" strike in the 70"s was a disaster ...
They called in the Army ...
The last big "Binmen" strike in the 70"s was a disaster ...
They called in the Army ...
Posted by: tam-m, southside on 7:24pm Fri 9 May 08
theres a guy lives down my street has been working as a bin man for twenty years and all hes trying to get is enough money for a wee boat if he can not afford his boat after twenty years these guys must be getting underpaid as it is.
theres a guy lives down my street has been working as a bin man for twenty years and all hes trying to get is enough money for a wee boat if he can not afford his boat after twenty years these guys must be getting underpaid as it is.
Posted by: Hail Hail, Lennoxtown on 10:00pm Fri 9 May 08
[quote][bold]Glorious Failure[/bold] wrote:
This takes the biscuit. They are paid through EDC council tax payers. So now that council tax payers are getting a better value service the employees are greetin' about not getting OT anymore? Well, I am sure if you have a look at your contract of employment Mr Binman it will not say anywhere that OT is obligatory. This is not a wage cut, it's simply a change of contracted hours leading to a loss of overtime. Dry your eyes and get on with it. I despise the way public servants use this blackmailing tactic at evert turn. "Am no happy, am goin' oan strike!"[/quote] Here its nothing to do with the OT. Its to do with them taking £38 of me personaly, with some guys loosing upto £120. So I think you WILL find it is a wage cut.
Glorious Failure wrote:
This takes the biscuit. They are paid through EDC council tax payers. So now that council tax payers are getting a better value service the employees are greetin' about not getting OT anymore? Well, I am sure if you have a look at your contract of employment Mr Binman it will not say anywhere that OT is obligatory. This is not a wage cut, it's simply a change of contracted hours leading to a loss of overtime. Dry your eyes and get on with it. I despise the way public servants use this blackmailing tactic at evert turn. "Am no happy, am goin' oan strike!"
Here its nothing to do with the OT. Its to do with them taking £38 of me personaly, with some guys loosing upto £120. So I think you WILL find it is a wage cut.
Posted by: I Predict A Riot, Glasgow on 1:46am Sat 10 May 08
Amazing how we can afford wars in Iraq & Afghanistan,unlimite
d legal aid and interpreters for asylum seekers,methadone for junkies,pool tables and tv's in prisons,yet we can't pay council workers for the very important job which they do.
Amazing how we can afford wars in Iraq & Afghanistan,unlimite
d legal aid and interpreters for asylum seekers,methadone for junkies,pool tables and tv's in prisons,yet we can't pay council workers for the very important job which they do.
Posted by: Scottish Rose, U.S.A. on 5:20pm Sat 10 May 08
[quote][bold]I Predict A Riot[/bold] wrote:
Amazing how we can afford wars in Iraq & Afghanistan,unlimite d legal aid and interpreters for asylum seekers,methadone for junkies,pool tables and tv's in prisons,yet we can't pay council workers for the very important job which they do. [/quote] Great comment!! Makes a lot of sense.
I Predict A Riot wrote:
Amazing how we can afford wars in Iraq & Afghanistan,unlimite d legal aid and interpreters for asylum seekers,methadone for junkies,pool tables and tv's in prisons,yet we can't pay council workers for the very important job which they do.
Great comment!! Makes a lot of sense.
Posted by: blue, saltcoats on 1:18pm Sun 11 May 08
Glorious failure you are spot on - "binmen are among the lowest paid" is that not market forces talking or are we suggesting a binman should get the same as a Chartered Accountant. I too hate the public sector answer to everything - if the private sector took that attitude there would be no money for these halfwits. Get them back to work or get some Poles in to do it. Binmen are far from indispensable.
Glorious failure you are spot on - "binmen are among the lowest paid" is that not market forces talking or are we suggesting a binman should get the same as a Chartered Accountant. I too hate the public sector answer to everything - if the private sector took that attitude there would be no money for these halfwits. Get them back to work or get some Poles in to do it. Binmen are far from indispensable.
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