Rjan:
LazyDriver:
They negotiated the best deal available at the time for anyone joining the company from that point onwards.Utter claptrap. They have reserved better terms for themselves in exchange for cutting loose workers who join the firm in future to do the same work.
Naturally, the bosses will be delighted at both the prospect of wages falling over time, and of the existence of an aristocracy who are prepared to break solidarity with their future colleagues in order to keep their own feather-bedding for the time being.
Such behaviour by unionised workers should be immediately confronted by an overwhelming attack by the new workforce, to ensure the aristocrats are brought down to the same level that they seemed to think was appropriate for others. Then we will see how happy they are with the terms they have negotiated.
Agree. Unions always seem to use “incoming staff” as their sacrificial bargaining chip, agreeing any amount of poor conditions in return for their parity pay they’d expect to get. It won’t be much longer until this thin-end of the wedge rolls uphill - with the “job for life” concept already eroded beyond being of any use in a serious full timer grievance…
“You can’t get me - 'cos I’m in the Union” - is very much a thing of the past already.