Keef

[Ournextstriker]

Ive never been part of a union and the only time I’ve ever sought their advice they were fucking useless.

When I was a union rep we were always deliberately useless for non members.

[baggy1]

Ive never been part of a union and the only time I’ve ever sought their advice they were fucking useless.

When I was a union rep we were always deliberately useless for non members.

Arf, imagine complaining about a service that you never paid for.

[Derek Hardballs]

Ive never been part of a union and the only time I’ve ever sought their advice they were fucking useless.

When I was a union rep we were always deliberately useless for non members.

Arf, imagine complaining about a service that you never paid for.

Imagine simply going to them as a potential member and getting some condescending prick greet you. I imagine you can comrade.

[Ournextstriker]

I used to battle all year to get a decent pay rise for all employees and encourage members to vote for it and non members to join so we would have a better bargaining tool. Won some good battles and better pay and conditions.

I don’t remember non members refusing more pay even tho they didn’t lift a finger to help.

[Derek Hardballs]

I used to battle all year to get a decent pay rise for all employees and encourage members to vote for it and non members to join so we would have a better bargaining tool. Won some good battles and better pay and conditions.

I don’t remember non members refusing more pay even tho they didn’t lift a finger to help.

I don’t work in a heavily unionised sector, there are no shop stewards or worker representatives. I’ve had one experience with unions when a number of us went for advice, which many people including myself would have given for free and we got fug all advice because we weren’t a member. No one wanted them to represent us, they just asked for some basic advice. 

I could lie and say even though we weren’t members, they still tried to help and encouraged us to consider or find a union that would be able to help but they didn’t.

[Protheroe]

You were surprised that an organisation that exists for its members, and is funded by those members wasn't particularly interested in helping you?

How odd.

[Derek Hardballs]

You were surprised that an organisation that exists for its members, and is funded by those members wasn't particularly interested in helping you?

How odd.

I know it’s completely incomprehensible to someone who only cares about money to contemplate trying to help others with some simple advice that would have taken a few minutes of their time. It may have made those that went for advice to consider becoming a member as well.

[man in the corner shop]

You were surprised that an organisation that exists for its members, and is funded by those members wasn't particularly interested in helping you?

How odd.

I know it’s completely incomprehensible to someone who only cares about money to contemplate trying to help others with some simple advice that would have taken a few minutes of their time. It may have made those that went for advice to consider becoming a member as well.

The fucking one-eyed irony. Cake and eat it eh?

Better to call it failure of statecraft

[Ournextstriker]

I quickly learnt after helping a non member who management had singled out that it wasn’t in anyone’s interest to assist her.

[Derek Hardballs]

I think I’m glad I’m not part of a union given the attitude of… we wont give you a few minutes of our time unless you’re a member, and when i say minutes i mean just that, not hours or days. Up the workers… as long as you’ve paid pay your subs.