Support the Tesco 1,000

Mint Aero wrote: »

In my day we the lay people would bycott the likes of Tesco until staff had their dispute resolved. That would deliver a swift jab to the nuts. Also why aren't the post 96 workers striking for better pay and conditions like the teachers are. No difference between a Tesco employee and a teacher in this dispute. That would send a left uppercut square in the ball sack.

Also very few people use commas when writing 1,000 or 10,000 or 100,000 or 1,000,000 and so on.

1. There is a difference between most Tesco workers and teachers; mainly a degree as well as a HDip and/or a masters degree. The job itself is also more involved. I'm by no means a fan of teachers often crazy demands but those are the facts.

2. The strike itself seems elitist. If I was an average Tesco worker I'd be walking past the picket line. Why should I be on strike so some workers can continue to earn more than me for doing the same job. The 1,000 workers didn't give toss about everyone else for the last 20 years.

3. Maybe they don't want to go on strike because they feel that they are earning a fair wage for the work they are doing. People have been so misled in this country by Union's.

Dravokivich wrote: »

So, if we aren't supposed to go to Dunnes over zero hours and can't go to Tesco because of some legacy contracts, where can we go? Surely there's a scandal in the midst with Supervalu...

Supervalu uses job bridge.

http://www.thejournal.ie/jobbridge-report-2732754-Apr2016/

kneemos wrote: »

What became of the Dunnes workers dispute?
Haven't heard an utterance since the strike.

Its been taken care of .........and if you know whats good for ya you'll stop asking questions!!!!!!!

Mint Aero wrote: »

Lidl are good and responsible employers I hear.

They pay well. They treat their staff badly apparently. Especially low-mid management.

Mint Aero wrote: »

In my day we the lay people would bycott the likes of Tesco until staff had their dispute resolved. That would deliver a swift jab to the nuts.

Supporting all striking workers regardless of the details of the strike is just as bad as ignoring a valid strike.
There was a day when people would do this, but thankfully we've moved on. Your use of the word "lay" demonstrates your belief in an "us -v- them" mentality, as if the management of Tesco are part of some elitist ruling class oppressing the proletariat.

Also why aren't the post 96 workers striking for better pay and conditions like the teachers are.

Because they're probably satisfied that they're being fairly paid.

Our employment laws are such at this stage that for the most part if you're being treated unfairly it's because your employer is breaking the law and you don't know how to go about enforcing your rights.

Zero-hour and similar exploitative contracts are something of an abberation that emerged when workers were plentiful and jobs were short. As the economy continues to recover, the likes of Dunnes won't continue to get away with it because people will just go work for someone else. And hopefully someone will have the foresight to outlaw them.

The details of this issue are:

Tesco has said previously that 70 per cent of staff employed before 1996 had agreed to accept a recent offer of voluntary redundancy.

This involved payment of 5 weeks per year of service uncapped. For pre-1996 staff who did not opt for redundancy, Tesco said it would pay compensation equal to 2.5 times the annual loss of income experienced by moving to the new contract.

So basically they had the option of taking a redundancy payment of at least two years' pay, or getting the balance of their wages up to the end of 2018 paid to them upfront.

The company itself is in serious turmoil, it's going to be moving into closing down stores and laying off staff in the next 5-10 years as it fights to keep up with the competition from Lidl and Aldi. Sounds to me like the unions have quite badly misled these workers into thinking they're losing out by not accepting Tesco's offers.

Superhorse wrote: »

Support on Boards.ie for workers? You must be aving a larf.

If it's not me benefiting from it, they can shag off. That's the response from your average Boardsie.

redlead wrote:

I think the main reason most people don't boycott strikes anymore is that they usually don't see them as just causes. The vast majority in this country are paid fairly for what they do.

The vast majority of workers in this country use the vast majority of their income in serving their debts. An unsustainable economic model

ThisRegard wrote: »

It's about both, pre 96ers are extremely inflexible and cost the company in both money and adaptability.

I'll give you the examples of butchers, how many Tesco stores haven't had butcher counters since they took over certain stores? Lots, and many still employ butchers who stil arrive into work long before the store opens for preparation time for the meat.
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Then move those staff to a department that doesn't need staff before the store opens. Again, this inflexible hours argument makes no sense to me.

ThisRegard wrote: »

It's about both, pre 96ers are extremely inflexible and cost the company in both money and adaptability.

Agree with this. I worked in a Tesco store for 4 years, so have seen this first hand.

The pre-96ers (in my store anyway) were nothing but childish bullies who would throw their toys out of the pram if they didn't get their own way. The majority of them were so lazy and barely covered their duties, if at all, and got paid exorbitant amounts for the privilege.

Also these would never work a Sunday, of course until it was a bank holiday and they were getting triple time! :eek: And then when they were in on those days, did even less and the store was in more of a mess, putting us regular staff under more pressure because there wasn't enough budget to bring in people who would actually work!

They were always a clique onto to themselves, them vs us (regular staff/mgmt vs pre-96), and that divide was solely created by them!

Bit of a rant but had to put up with a lot of their s**t over the years I worked there.