BeViraam - that's very funny!

Shanghai
 

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so thats where the 175's are off.......:ok:

I cant believe management of a company can be so heartless and greedy. For a while now i have been reading all the posts on here , and i agree with nearly all of them . Being an employee of this company i,m disgusted by the way some of my colleagues have been treated when they really needed help. Not surprised but disgusted !!!! I really hope management come on here and read all these comments . But apart from all that the SA must be changed and pay MUST be sorted out .

JW posted:

8 Months this thread has been open, 8 Months! - 37 pages. And still the question is something needs to be done. Management should listen / care.

Anyone getting the picture yet ? Or are you going to sit about for the next 8 months and 37 pages as well?

This week I met the first 'yes' vote. A SFO who 'needs/wants' the back pay asap. (as I think most of us do!)
Apart from this person I know of no other yes... I have a feeling it will be a bigger turn out and a bigger 'no'... Or at least I hope so.
We'll find out tomorrow I think.

I even pointed out that the back pay could be more if we're strong and patient... Nope, no belief!
Fingers crossed for the count.

The result was as follows:

Yes: 29%

No: 71%

Ballot Papers returned: 80%

Ding ding, round two!

Another conclusive result...

So what happens now? Surely not more negotiations???

NO ACAS - it will just lead to more prolonged negotiations with ACAS potentially taking the companys view (it must be a risk they'll do this as they are a government quango taking cuts in pensions, pay and conditions - why should they support us?).

Hopefully they won't let the company dictate with another crappy pre-planned counter offer. No to ACAS. No independent could possible understand how bad our shift-pattern lifestyle versus pay actually is.

The company WILL move, but we need to get them, and more importantly the stock market worried first! RPI please?

5.1% in January.
5.5% in February.

Next publication date 12.04.11.

Doodle

Would you care to explain?

Hazard a guess at this.........

Good luck guys

Gone really quiet in here all of a suddden !!!!!

I made the same comment to some folk today SW.

I realise the CC are busy as I spoke to one briefly, but the onus really is on them to produce now. They have the mandate and patience is becoming very thin on the ground.

No Quick Fix
 

I think we need to set our expectations in the right place here.

The union have the mandate now, it couldn't be stronger, but we're only half way down a very long road.

The ball sits firmly with the company now. They have the choice of ending this now by giving a little, or stretching this into eternity with delaying tactics, pathetic improvements that would result in other time consuming ballots or forcing us to ballot for strike action. We made the decision to walk this path, which ever way it leads.

We have much on our side though, we hold the daily operation in our hands and the share price has hit an all new low of 200 in recent days. That's a drop of a third off the launch price.... Ouch.

If they make us happy, they'll reap the benefits long term. We'll get our heads down, work hard, throttle back and take the occasional shafting - happy in the knowledge were part of the same team, and seeing the rewards in our pockets.

JF, it's over to you. Quote me happy!

Well said LJ. I'm broadly in agreement with the email just sent out by the CC, but what dismays me is that 5 days later, management have made no response to the result, not even in setting a date for a meeting it seems.

SK, ref waiting for management's response. Is it not about time Balpa told Flybe what was going to happen next?

One of managements favoured tactis is delaying, as shown by over a year of "negotiating" for a pay rise. How many people are getting fed up and just want to vote yes for the back pay?

Sod Flybe, come on Balpa tell, demand, refuse but stop F*CKING about!

Ballot NOW for IA, guaranteed you'll get a response ASAP!