glad it didnt take the union 5 years to get me a better pay deal!
thanks to union top end action - I got a 9% increase for all the new (daily) initiatives while management experts were putting a bandaid on all the systems that couldn't run the new initiatives.
The top end didnt want to even hint industrial action because they wanted us to be able to jump over the Evil Work Act - workchoices. Apparently no threat of protected action left the door open to vary the current agreement, but in July it was slammed shut when the company applied to exterminate it.
Lots of unions are being reported in the media lately about losing their legal battles and being turfed out because they haven't got all their ducks in a row. But not ours, no disgrace or bad press there.
Glad the union had my back, my mortgage and kept my union fees down by not having to pay a legal bill which didnt progress anywhere.
No disgrace from where i'm sitting checking my bank statement, only well thought through business sense, possibly thought through in the other part of their job.
