Today I am fucking steaming!!!
Francis Maude and the Telegraph have set out their stalls where the time that Trade Union reps spend working for their members is concerned.
In a blatant attack on members now that other unions (YAY NASUWT, welcome to the party!!!) Are to ballot their members over strike action to protect their pensions, they will be cracking down on the time we spend on looking after members' interests.
Scarily there are some, who I thought would know better, who are nodding sagely saying 'oh yes, that sounds right...'
Well sage nodders, I have a question for you. Just one. Are you off this weekend?? Yes? Oh well then you can thank the unions. In your own time. No fucking rush!
The maths is totally wrong, the 'costings' way off. And I am sick to the back teeth of the whole 'paid for by the tax payer' thing. I AM the fucking taxpayer, so are my members as we have no fucking choice, unlike the bastards to evade/avoid it.
And I seriously object to the idea that union reps are doing nothing just because they spend less time doing core work. We half kill ourselves working on behalf of our members and we do so generally with scant regard for our own health, safety or welfare. The amount of reps I see burnt out is unreal. I'm in bed with my foot elevated because I'm off to the TUC tomorrow. In my own time. With no cost to the taxpayer. If I was just going to the office, I wouldn't go. And then I would be under threat of losing my job. Who would I turn to in my hour of need?
That's right sage nodders, the union!
And that is why Maude and the Torygraph need to check their facts and fuck off.
It's on now... Oh it's on!!!
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