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Anger as BMW sacks 850 'agency' workers
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I believe they did however get as much free fruit as they could carry.0
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I think the unions have had their day in the automotive industry.
In the end they rolled over and they know it.
BMW bosses would have been quite happy to have seen a strike called and shut up shop for a month or two. That way they would have emulated Honda down the road in Swindon but with the added benefit or not having to pay 60% Salary while they were off.
Similar situation down in Southampton Transit plant at Ford. 1100 Workers and 500 are being laid off. Last year 300 went. Whats the union doing nothing. Couple of local MPs are making some noises but they know it wont have any effect.
Govt know its a disaster and react by reducing interest rates to next to nothing, paying peoples mortgages, and making sure they dont starve and just sitting there waiting for it to end...0 -
Govt know its a disaster and react by reducing interest rates to next to nothing, paying peoples mortgages, and making sure they dont starve and just sitting there waiting for it to end...
You mean the labour governments term for the next 11 years.I'm not cynical I'm realistic
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Well you are lead to believe incorrectly.I am not disputing what you are saying. I am just saying that we don't know the facts - except they were not warned and that the union were not involved.
Other examples of temps are in within office work ie. typing etc. again their rates are (I am led to beleive) 40% higher than permanent staff.
What tends to happen is that employers who ask and put into the contract the rate they want the temps to get, gets an agency who sticks to that there as lots of employers don't ask so the agency can take up to 50% of the money that the employer is paying. In some cases the agency will take more.
That's because they found an agency who realises that will get much better skilled and more reliable staff, and employers who will use them again and again if they pay more.Again some girls are on temping agencies permanently because of that.I'm not cynical I'm realistic
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