anon_expat
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« on: January 20, 2011, 08:24:32 AM » |
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tinyzombie
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« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2011, 12:05:56 PM » |
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I thought this thread was going to be about the Hamster Emeritus.
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Correct, as usual, TZ. That's because you are not Dude. TZ, however, is Dude. TZ is my favorite. I wish YOU began with A. |
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the_walrus
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« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2011, 09:24:20 AM » |
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Anyone willing to say whether they voted for strike action or not? I did, ever so reluctantly. I don't trust the union one bit not to screw everything up entirely, from making us go on strike and then coming away with exactly the first offer given by the unis, to just plain losing the ballots, but I trust uni management even less.
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anon_expat
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« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2011, 05:58:02 AM » |
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Anyone else have mildly threatening letters sent out threatening staff that might strike next week? Or would 'breach of contract' letters from the centre be expected?
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drspouse
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« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2011, 11:09:25 AM » |
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Yes, mildly threatening here in our weekly roundup - salary to be docked - but that is normal I feel.
What is slightly surprising is that we took part in ASS (action short of a strike, but I like the TLA much better!) a few years ago and the letter we got this week implies that we should have lost about 6 weeks' pay during that action, I do not recall that we did.
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observer3
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« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2011, 05:58:14 AM » |
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That is a useful link!
The Union is all we have - without them we are screwed. And luckily the types that try to use it for foreign policy purposes are quiet now because the tasks that the union is actually for - work conditions - are so pressing.
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qrypt
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« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2011, 07:13:42 AM » |
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That is a useful link!
The Union is all we have - without them we are screwed. And luckily the types that try to use it for foreign policy purposes are quiet now because the tasks that the union is actually for - work conditions - are so pressing.
My experience has been that *with* them we are screwed -- though I concede that it's a matter for debate as to whether we are more screwed with them. |
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"I'm tired of being your love slave!"
"Does that mean I'm not going to get my coffee?"
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drspouse
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« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2011, 06:39:32 PM » |
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Hard to tell, since we have not run a double blind placebo controlled trial.
Anyway, I'm going to try hard not to die tomorrow (won't say exactly why but some of you may have seen a UCU news item).
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wegie
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« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2011, 06:32:51 AM » |
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Anyway, I'm going to try hard not to die tomorrow (won't say exactly why but some of you may have seen a UCU news item).
<wanders off to UCU website> <reads article> <feels vaguely ill> I suppose it's too much to hope that certain people's cars received a damn good egging on the way in this morning? |
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monkeywoman
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« Reply #11 on: March 22, 2011, 07:34:54 AM » |
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Anyone else walking the picket line today?
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snape
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« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2011, 08:03:47 AM » |
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We are working today, going on strike on Thursday in accordance with a message distributed by our local UCU, which seems to go against the national message.
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expatinuk
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« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2011, 08:34:30 AM » |
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I'm probably going to annoy some of you, but I don't see anything wrong with raising the retirement age to 65. I really would like to see any mandatory retirement age eliminated.
There are other issues that are much more important.
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Expatinuk seems to be a Soviet Satellite in stationary orbit over the UK
It is what it is.
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qrypt
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« Reply #14 on: March 22, 2011, 09:24:27 AM » |
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I'm probably going to annoy some of you, but I don't see anything wrong with raising the retirement age to 65. I really would like to see any mandatory retirement age eliminated.
There are other issues that are much more important.
I agree with this as well. In fact I think we'd be in a stronger position to prevent the *really* undesirable changes (inflation cap, higher contributions) if we pushed harder in the direction of a higher retirement age (and indeed abolishing mandatory retirement altogether -- though isn't this supposed to have happened already?). I am also not convinced that final-salary is more desirable, particularly as someone who has no aspiration to anything above bog-standard professor. |
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"I'm tired of being your love slave!"
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