DD,
Incoming.It's quite clear that when our fantasmigorical union stitched up the Atco 3 units at the time,then management must have thought this is wonderful.The union is doing our dirty work for us.
The Banding formula only confirmed this again.I burst out laughing when the union were explaining how they had spent so much time,stabbing us in the back again.
I cannot see how anything will ever change with this issue.The damage is done,and the pay differential will only increase every year.The answer is look after your own interest.If people leave for the sandpit then excellent.They are looking after themselves.If people stay put,then you only get what you pay for.The ones that are doing extra this,or free that are only doing managements job for them.If people did nothing else than what they are contracted to,and that includes stopping AVAA then we might just get somewhere.If people want to leave the union,then why not.I pay the same as a Band5 Atco,but what do we get in return? A magazine.
As far as I'm concerned,my ''career'' ended in Nats in 1991.Since then I am a freelancing contract Atco,who works there because of personal circumstances.I care about Nats as little as they care or have cared about me.
