26th March 2010, 07:53 PM
Even if I'm employed, surely my contract is a document agreed to by myself and my employer, otherwise i wouldn't have the job?
I'm fine with unions pushing for things in a contract that aren't being provided, dangerous practices, lack of welfare, etc. I can also see the benefits of collective bargaining.
For me, I think in terms of pay that when I've started a job, thats the price, as an adult "of sound mind and body" that I've agreed to work for. I don't believe that I should be able to walk out of a job until I get a higher wage, and hold a private company to ransom. If I want more cash, I am freely available to leave and seek work elsewhere. Maybe its got a lot to do with the fact that I work for a great unit at the moment who have given me a lot of opportunity, and that I feel demanding more cash would be ungrateful, or maybe its just a part of my upbringing.
In terms of the industry as a whole, I can see benefits. If others want to go ahead and use a union, thats fine. Its a purely personal decision for me.
Chartered - I didn't think so either. I remember most of the arguments from last time. Minimum pay by BAJR and the IfA is a good thing, but then neither have the "official" capacity to enforce such pay scales which is needed really in a free, commercial market.
(Again, probably the subject of an old thread)
I'm fine with unions pushing for things in a contract that aren't being provided, dangerous practices, lack of welfare, etc. I can also see the benefits of collective bargaining.
For me, I think in terms of pay that when I've started a job, thats the price, as an adult "of sound mind and body" that I've agreed to work for. I don't believe that I should be able to walk out of a job until I get a higher wage, and hold a private company to ransom. If I want more cash, I am freely available to leave and seek work elsewhere. Maybe its got a lot to do with the fact that I work for a great unit at the moment who have given me a lot of opportunity, and that I feel demanding more cash would be ungrateful, or maybe its just a part of my upbringing.
In terms of the industry as a whole, I can see benefits. If others want to go ahead and use a union, thats fine. Its a purely personal decision for me.
Chartered - I didn't think so either. I remember most of the arguments from last time. Minimum pay by BAJR and the IfA is a good thing, but then neither have the "official" capacity to enforce such pay scales which is needed really in a free, commercial market.
(Again, probably the subject of an old thread)