I.A.T.U. Butler. You really do need to read the Individual Agreement. It was not as many believe a new contract . Quite the opposite. Some of us left BASSA pre December 2010 as we realised that it was time to move on. We then signed upto the Individual Agreement as it is clearly written that in the event of a more favourable deal being secured from negotiations then it will aplly to all crew irrespective of whether you have signed up or not signed upto the individual Agreement. The Individual Agreement actually secured a pay deal, an Annual Top Up should you earn less than the average for your grade and nothing more. It was a no brainer. There are some who have now rejoined BASSA after signing upto the Individual Agreement. Once again it was not a new contract in any shape or form.
There are several thousand of us now waiting to rejoin UNITE when the timing is right and there is new direction. Hopefully several of the respected reps who are in the present discussions will take over as there is respect and great support out here for several of them. 2000+ people all paying £16.38 per month is considerable money to UNITE. Once this is over people will realise that they achieved nothing. This was all about cost savings and the imposition of removing a crew member was the quickest way to make an inroad into this saving. People should be asking questions and looking to UNITE to rebrand. This could have turned out so different.
If the reps had agreed to trial the imposition of removing 'one off' then people would not have lost staff travel, people would not have been suspended and sacked for their words and actions, people would never have lost money for striking, people would never have had pay deducted for going sick, new crew would have joined existing fleets on new contracts and pay scales, VCC's would never have been trained. What a waste of time, emotions and money.
Last edited by prism; 21st Apr 2011 at 09:25.