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Do you reckon we will get much help against such a big company?
Potentially any trouble makers will just get their jobs made harder. Always been the case
That's why a union - to give you the help of a big organisation against your big company and so you aren't the easily replaceable Mechanic123 being a nuisance, but the much less easily replaceable group of most of their mechanics together.
You need a job, but they need employees.
But a banker, engaged at enormous expense,
Had the whole of their cash in his care. Lewis Carroll
Neither did Ryanair until they were faced with a strike. But there’s a lot more to unions than strikes like free employment law advice, H&S training etc
Originally Posted by shortcrust
"Contact the Ministry of Fairness....If sufficient evidence of unfairness is discovered you’ll get an apology, a permanent contract with backdated benefits, a ‘Let’s Make it Fair!’ tshirt and mug, and those guilty of unfairness will be sent on a Fairness Awareness course."