helimutt - thanks for the advice, I agree with pretty much you say. After what whrils said I checked up on the matter in more detail and of course you are both right. Trouble is, I am not sure if it is worth the effort to try and get whats owed to me already. 2 blokes have already gone somewhere else.
Ivor - thanks for the advice and I am sure its the sensible thing to do but trust me on this, the 'boss' / bosses are completely un contactable. In fact I don't think anyone has ever seen them let alone talk to them. I havent. Everyone else in the company with any position is helpless and cannot do a thing except try to perpetuate a load of garbage because they don't know what is going on. Or if they do they are too scared to say.
Somebody PM me and said to look at the replies but some seem to have been removed. Anyone there care to tell me what the gist of it was please?