Originally Posted by
gr8tballsoffire
Sorry Litebulbs, but that comment makes me really angry. Why should a lay rep earning a good salary from the company take ANY salary from the union. It would be right and just for out of pocket expenses and/or loss of earnings due union business to be recompensed, but not a penny more.
I was a senior APEX rep (now part of UNITE) and in seven years I never took any money (nor did any other rep in our branch) from the union.I took on the role, because I wanted to represent the views of my colleagues and to support them at disciplinaries to the best of my ability.
It is ourageous for you to suggest that it would be ok for DH or any other rep to be paid £50,000.
Why would it be outrageous? Look at what I have said. If it turns out in the ET that the branch secretary has been unfairly dismissed due to union activities, then the loss incurred would be the whole of his salary.
I get paid if I attend on a day off on a company called meeting. Is that wrong?