El Cid 220 #1 Posted February 21, 2017 Figures compiled by this newspaper show more than £68 million of public money is spent a year on paying for public sector workers to carry out trade union jobs. Its an old story, but I assume it still goes on? I believe Leeds City Council pay one full time union official per 1,000 employees. I guess that is a paid union official instead of paying a line manager to sort out the problem. What happens in Sheffield, do other councils do things differently, do private companies have this practice? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8815280/Taxpayers-pick-up-68m-bill-for-thousands-of-union-reps.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
petemcewan 27 #2 Posted February 22, 2017 (edited) It's a complete and utter anti-trade union story. Public sector workplace trade union representatives are normally allowed paid time out of their contracted hours . In all probability these representatives will be earning enough to pay tax, thus contributing to their own paid time out. So what's the problem? Edited February 22, 2017 by petemcewan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
El Cid 220 #3 Posted February 22, 2017 It's a complete and utter anti-trade union story. Yes, I agree. Its quite easy to be anti union without any real facts. Getting rid of full time officials could cost councils more money, because they would have to pay manager to sort out the issues. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...