Originally Posted by
gr8tballsoffire
On the other forum there is debate whether PCCC reps/officers should be paid.
I was a rep in the old Apex union in the eighties for almost seven years and along with three colleagues were never paid for any work/time spent on union business. It didn't even occur to us to expect it.. We all took on the role, because we wanted to represent the views of our colleagues (not always the same as our own) to the best of our ability. BA gave us a limited amount of time for union business even when we were in dispute, however much of the time was during our days off.
It seems extraordinary to me that the BASSA hierarchy could be creaming off a percentage of their colleagues subs to line their own pockets. That is NOT what unionism should be about. It is not unreasonable for them to claim out of pocket expenses and for the full time Unite officials to be paid a decent salary, but to me the role of the lay rep should be on a purely voluntary unremunirated basis. I hope that the PCCC reps will take the same view.
Litebulbs, I would be particularly interested in your views on this.
Completely agree with your post. In 33 years of representing people I never got paid. Working on shifts often meant that everything was on your days off.
Expenses were even something I only claimed when travelling nationally.
I've never quite believed the BASSA 'pay scale' for it's officials. I certainly don't agree with it if it's true....The PCCC should certainly not pay any reps in my view.