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From: Costa del Swanwick
I understand that LATCC management wish to meet IPMS to discuss changes to the national working practices agreement. Topics include possible overtime in AC to get around the fact that management now realise that the ratio of instructors to students on the C&D modules is not going to get the required results.
The August watch rosters have been issued only upto 10th Aug , whilst they try to persuade people to go to NERC when not expected to do so.
The roster was published with a letter of apology from DGM AC(A.L) and Mgr Ops Swanwick (R.H). But even then the 1st paragraph was a lie, as the NTT recommended the ratio of 2:1 as long ago as January. At this rate they'll be realising that they don't really have the staff to open it properly anyway!!!!!
The August watch rosters have been issued only upto 10th Aug , whilst they try to persuade people to go to NERC when not expected to do so.
The roster was published with a letter of apology from DGM AC(A.L) and Mgr Ops Swanwick (R.H). But even then the 1st paragraph was a lie, as the NTT recommended the ratio of 2:1 as long ago as January. At this rate they'll be realising that they don't really have the staff to open it properly anyway!!!!!
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From: I sell sea shells by the sea shore
torpids....
Any industrial action will have to be presented honestly, but providing provision of people to NERC isn't affected, which could lead to accusations of "NERC ain't gonna open because the staff weren't cooperative" (untrue), then IPMS and it's members have little to fear.
As for the strikes of the 1970's, well do YOU remember the Fire Fighters strike? No? Well let me enlighten you. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) had forged an agreement with the Home Office and Local Authority Employers to bring it's members wages up to a reasonable level by an inflation plus index. They had to do this because recruitment and more importantly retention (sound familiar?) were becoming a serious problem.
In 1978 the agreement was unilaterally recinded by the "employers" with the excuse that "we could never have afforded it anyway" and government policy has changed. It was insinuated that the FBU knew this all along (Still sound familiar??)
Cue the six week strike. Well, the FBU won. They went back, on MUCH better terms than the original agreement and (thankfully) we haven't had a national FireFighters strike since then.
Yes there were other disputes, but I see a lot in common here, not least of which is the root cause. Appalling inept management.
Rgds BEX
Any industrial action will have to be presented honestly, but providing provision of people to NERC isn't affected, which could lead to accusations of "NERC ain't gonna open because the staff weren't cooperative" (untrue), then IPMS and it's members have little to fear.
As for the strikes of the 1970's, well do YOU remember the Fire Fighters strike? No? Well let me enlighten you. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) had forged an agreement with the Home Office and Local Authority Employers to bring it's members wages up to a reasonable level by an inflation plus index. They had to do this because recruitment and more importantly retention (sound familiar?) were becoming a serious problem.
In 1978 the agreement was unilaterally recinded by the "employers" with the excuse that "we could never have afforded it anyway" and government policy has changed. It was insinuated that the FBU knew this all along (Still sound familiar??)
Cue the six week strike. Well, the FBU won. They went back, on MUCH better terms than the original agreement and (thankfully) we haven't had a national FireFighters strike since then.
Yes there were other disputes, but I see a lot in common here, not least of which is the root cause. Appalling inept management.
Rgds BEX
