The Work Programme New Thread

LadyMissA

It's always the JC, the council, the tube, trains, firemen etc on strike never have I see regular office workers on strike with shop staff. That would be funny if all shop workers said sod this !!!! we are going on strike!

donnajunkie

LadyMissA wrote: »

It's always the JC, the council, the tube, trains, firemen etc on strike never have I see regular office workers on strike with shop staff. That would be funny if all shop workers said sod this !!!! we are going on strike!

the big public sector strikes get lots of publicity but that does not mean there arent other disputes going on around the country that we dont know about.

LadyMissA

donnajunkie wrote: »

if you were doing the same job and everyone else got a pay rise and you didnt then the union may be able to help you. also i am sure its not unheard of for a strike to happen in support of one worker who has been treated badly.

A tube driver gets sacked then the tube go on strike as blackmail. An office worker gets sacked somewhere in the UK and the union does not go on strike at all its how the real world works.
Maybe all the shop workers should go on strike - that would be funny if all the shops shut!

I didn't get a pay rise one year as they told me 'you all do the same job' but that wasn't the case and I stuck up for myself saying I do more and I answer all the queries and deal with all the problems. The reply I got was a shrug of the shoulders! Since I had been there 3 years longer than anyone else and had miles more experience I said it was the others fault and the company for not paying them the same when they took them one and I was being penalised. A few months later in my appraisal I was told not to do the queries or answer anyone elses questions and just get on with my own work.
I still couldn't do anything about it.

scooby088

I always thought that where i worked it was a bit unequal really, i was on the end process on a production line and i was paid less agreed it was only pennies less but still less. I opened my mouth and was told that was the way it was. It was a private company and in essence the workforce wouldn't stick together even if we had a union.

jayne30

out_of_cash wrote: »

They are also trying to trick people while filing in forms while doing job searches so they can contact the employers being found by the applicant. Do you have to fill in job searches etc at the WP.

I have not had to go to any job search sessions yet, if asked I will try to get out of it its too noisy there not even a seperate room like my 1st providers. Only had 1 one to one meeting as yet and I showed him my job search and he typed it up on my details, didn't sign any forms. If people did not sign the consent form to contact a future employer I am not sure if that counts for all the job applications we make too. I don't think providers have time to chase everyones job search up tbh if anyone can chase an application up it should be the job centre they're the ones who pay us and who we have a agreement with to apply for so many a week.

jayne30

update -

when I was given the deadline of Friday by County Training for a letter to arrive about my complaint it never arrrived. Got in touch with Serco who contacted them apparantly they sent a letter out on Thursday at my local office, well it still didn't arrive by Saturday so I think they weren't even investigating my complaint.
I won't know on Monday if a letter has arrived as on that course and not home till gone 6pm just hope they aint sent it recorded.

Anyway the guy at Serco was told the letter was inviting me to a face to face meeting week on Tuesday.

Wonder what thats all about, there is not an excuse they can come up with as to why my future employer was hassled when I didn't give consent. Only explanation possible is that they never look at consent forms to check first.

They cost me a job so nothing is going to compensate that and whatever they say I will proceed to the ICE.

Hope that my current provider allow me to go to this face to face meeting as its on the 2nd last day of my course.

LadyMissA

jayne30 wrote: »

I don't think providers have time to chase everyones job search up tbh if anyone can chase an application up it should be the job centre they're the ones who pay us and who we have a agreement with to apply for so many a week.

The Govenment pay JSA and both the JC and the WP are paid by the DWP

out_of_cash

LadyMissA wrote: »

It's always the JC, the council, the tube, trains, firemen etc on strike never have I see regular office workers on strike with shop staff. That would be funny if all shop workers said sod this !!!! we are going on strike!

And these are the ones with the secure jobs and nice pensions, well most anyway.

The way things are going in this country, i think there maybe a lot of resentment/backlash as the dole ques grow & people start looking to the state for help and the cash will have run out:eek:

john539

LadyMissA wrote: »

It's always the JC, the council, the tube, trains, firemen etc on strike

never have I see regular office workers on strike with shop staff. That would be funny if all shop workers said sod this !!!! we are going on strike!

They've still got unions are still reasonably organised.

Many other workers, industries have been isolated & emasculated.

I think it's good workers are properly consulted & fight for their rights.

LadyMissA

john539 wrote: »

They've still got unions are still reasonably organised.

Many other workers, industries have been isolated & emasculated.

I think it's good workers are properly consulted & fight for their rights.

What workers? No private sector workers are ever consulted or treated fairly.
See the Sunday trading hours are going to be changed for the Olymipcs. I pitty the poor shop workers who will probably be made to work all hours and it will be put up or shut up!