sir baconface
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and you sound like someone informed by the first line of my post that you dismiss. What trades union experience do you really have? Why do you think there are still so many businesses that recognise union representation - for the good of their operation?
Well, when you start a post with a lazy insult, it deserves to be dismissed.
I was in industrial relations management in the mid 1970s and early 1980s, negotiating with multi-union workforces in heavy industry. I’ve experienced constructive union relations at first hand and I’ve also witnessed bolshy twats and flying pickets trying to shut businesses down.
For the last 20 years I’ve worked freelance in many sectors, mainly commercial but also NFP, and specialising recently in high tech. Is that good enough for you?
Not a single one of my client tech companies would dream of recognising unions, yet a number of them appear in “top companies to work for” surveys. They are nimble, they pay well and they treat their people as individuals. “One size fits all” would be anathema to them, although I accept it suits some large, traditional orgs.