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You are correct, however in the statement before the ballot papers came out, the management proclaimed that in the event of a 'no' vote, they would not take the HTD away without further negotiation.
That is exactly what they did tho, in anticipation of a 'yes' vote.
Regardless of negotiated allowances, terms and conditions or whatever they effectively lied to us with the above statement.
That, more than anything, is the galling thing. If PCS had not screwed up on the ballot papers, we would have been none the wiser, and the management would not have been proved to have (again) been underhand and deceitful.
The HTD should have been on the table with the pay rise negotiations - we voted without knowing the full picture. That was deceitful by the management or stupid by the union. The january pay rise has almost been halved by taking away HTD.
You say it was subject to withdrawal with 3 months notice - so when did that happen??
Indignant maybe but only because this action is indicative of the way that we are treated by the management.
If they continue to treat the staff (their "main asset" to quote them) in this manner then a lot of things that the ordinary grade ATCO/ATSA/Engineer does out of goodwill (extra sectors for example) without extra pay will soon be stopped.
There is already one person I know of who is so p***ed off with the way that they are being treated over this and relocation that they are dropping their extra sector. This is set to happen more often.
The company will not be able to make any savings if it has to get in AAVAs or even close sectors because of lack of validations.
If they are not careful, the 'world leader in ATM' will soon be in such a bad way that the company will be increasingly difficult to remain a viable option. That will be a sad state of affairs that could so easily be avoided.
If bad feeling continues the way it seems to be, then I would not be surprised to see a vote of no confidence in the board. Things do not feel at all good at the moment within this company.
We should be one of the world leaders in ATM, we have some of the best staff to achieve this. Being led by a bunch of donkeys only damages us.
Last edited by anotherthing; 30th Mar 2006 at 15:41.