Felixstowe Docks in trouble?

FungusFighter

ccrasher26 wrote: »

http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=xDefault&itemid=IPED04%20Feb%202009%2022%3A41%3A27%3A253

Now its official - More redundancies at the port!!
Worrying times ahead!!

The most eagerly awaited press-release on MSE and no one thanks you?

This place has gone to pot

SingleSue

I read it first in the Evening Star and then rushed over here to see if anyone had posted it.

I was beaten to it.

ccrasher26

FungusFighter wrote: »

Leave Pickles alone mate, he may be in eejit but we love him:beer:

He's only the tea-boy but he does his best :rotfl: :rotfl:

I actually miss him quite a bit Wish he'd come back so we could do some more gay banter,

Work wouldnt be the same without old pickles, he is a good bloke really, just doesnt know everything!! Ill tell him that you miss him when i see him next!

FungusFighter

ccrasher26 wrote: »

Work wouldnt be the same without old pickles, he is a good bloke really, just doesnt know everything!! Ill tell him that you miss him when i see him next!

I'm leaving actually, going back to the DFW board, just sticking around to say my goodbyes :beer:

agent_orange_2

With the employer now holding the 'whip hand', the danger for remaining employees is a drastic change to existing agreements. Whether the Port management have intentions to change flexibility of working hours (ie, no ships = no hours paid) will remain to be seen. But the priority of the union is now firmly with maintaining as many jobs as possible and not necessarily on terms and conditions.

I wish all the workers well and hope all redundancies can be on a voluntary basis.

jetski690

Got to love the papers, it's now gone up by a hundred in one day. http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=xDefault&itemid=IPED05%20Feb%202009%2023%3A47%3A23%3A490

ccrasher26

Lets just hope forced redundanies dont happen to soon!! if the port dont get the 200 volunteers needed what will teh next step be?

pickles110564

Originally Posted by pickles110564
PN, at the moment all our Jobs at the Port of Felixstowe are very safe.
The Port is undertaking a massive expansion project which will create many hundreds of new jobs and will have a positive knock effect for the whole of the area.
Not only that the Port is investing Millions into the Countrys Rail infrustructure which will also create/secure jobs nationwide.

ccrasher26 wrote: »

This lasted well then, maybe not as much in the know as he claims to be????
Redundancies, less hours etc. pickles got it wrong again

At the time I posted this statement everything was correct.
The Port is still undertaking the massive expansion project and investing millions into the country's infrustructure.
With the packages that the company has put forward shows what a caring company it is.

jetski690

You make me die:rotfl:

pickles110564

jetski690 wrote: »

You make me die:rotfl:

I might be in tonight, if so I will treat you to a Hot Choc.