Walked passed the URTU trailer in Orwell truck stop last week and noticed that 1 of the benefits of joining is improved pay and conditions for drivers!
Now I know they have been quoting this for years, have any of there members had there pay and conditions improved since joining them?
So, let me see now, I join the union, tell my boss about it, and he gives me £5 PH pay rise and a 35 hour week? hmm sounds too good to be true… 
I think they mean “theoretically”. If every truck driver was in a union then we could take the type of united action that train drivers do, but we aren’t and we don’t, and that’s why train drivers are on £50,000+ a year and we are on bog cleaners’ wages.
Harry Monk:
I think they mean “theoretically”. If every truck driver was in a union then we could take the type of united action that train drivers do, but we aren’t and we don’t, and that’s why train drivers are on £50,000+ a year and we are on bog cleaners’ wages.
So theoretically, it’s a waste of time being in one, unless of course your a tanker driver!
Yes, I suppose that’s a fairly good analogy, tanker drivers are well paid because they are unionised and the union is able to negotiate better pay and terms for them that they could individually. I believe that tanker drivers are members of UNITE rather than URTU though.
And H.M.Government are planning major reductions to our un-unionised Military personnel while tippy toe-ing around the unionised Civil Servants in the M.o.D.
Joining a Union is theoretically worth it if the Union has the power to take action when it sees fit - and not get “injunctioned” at every turn. Might as well just go the whole hog and make it illegal outright, and call employees on a contract “indentured servants”. 
weeto:
Walked passed the URTU trailer in Orwell truck stop last week and noticed that 1 of the benefits of joining is improved pay and conditions for drivers!
Now I know they have been quoting this for years, have any of there members had there pay and conditions improved since joining them?
I think you misread it slightly 
If you join it means improved benefits and conditions for the union bosses 
billybigrig:
weeto:
Walked passed the URTU trailer in Orwell truck stop last week and noticed that 1 of the benefits of joining is improved pay and conditions for drivers!
Now I know they have been quoting this for years, have any of there members had there pay and conditions improved since joining them?I think you misread it slightly
If you join it means improved benefits and conditions for the union bosses
Oh right, also they can waste it on over priced “private plates” for there canvassers vehicle, lol.
Where is he? It’s a union post and he’s not here?
Spacemonkeypg:
Where is he? It’s a union post and he’s not here?
URTU
Great for representing the individual worker on individual issues - thats it