No.
I spent my youth in low paid work enjoying cheap beer and cheaper women. I may be having to work harder for the future now but theres not a pension scheme on the planet I would swap for those days.
Good for you.
I think...
Or perhaps I could negotiate for myself.
Yes,you could.
And end up with (in your words) a 'crap pension'.
Whenever I have a cause for concern I take it to my MD, if I'm not happy with the outcome, I find an employer that can offer more.
Good for you.
Again, I don't rely on others to fight my cause. If you can't justify your own argument to your employer, why should anyone else, paid or not.
It's called collective bargaining.
Look it up.
You never know,you might actually see the light.
Indeed,you might actually get the point.
Oh I'm sorry, I didn't realise that the railway was run by the union for the benefit of its members.
No need to apologise for flippancy - it's what i've come to expect from those too blinkered to get the point.
There you go again, fixated with mine and others pension as if it makes any difference to the argument.
It makes no difference to YOUR argument because the facts don't sit too well with your 'I did it all myself' mentality.
I care what I pay for my ticket, that the services is clean and reliable, and that you don't disrupt me and thousands every time theres an HR issue.
Bless your little cotton socks - I hadn't realised your personal 'disruption' meant so much.
Here's a thought - rather than labling unions as 'thugs' why not face the fact that EMT management caused this to save a few bob until their franchise ends?
Just because you have no teeth when it comes to bargaining don't go berating others that have that luxury.
You can believe what you want
Thanks for the permission.
but not everyone thinks the way you do.
Wrong.
Whilst you were proof reading your last diatribe I conducted a straw poll amongst everyone I met in 30 seconds and everyone agreed with me.
Tough for you but,sometimes,life's like that...
I don't resent others having something I don't.
Glad to hear that.
The shame is that you needed to spell it out...
paying a union fee isn't the same as fighting for your rights.
It is very similar.
The clue is in the name : Union 'representatives'.
Walking out of a job to get more money elsewhere is an option for people like you,I agree.
Hardly fighting for your rights is it?
Actually,it's closer to walking away.
My life is affected by the things I have; not what you have
Really?
I have a union calling for industrial action to stop an erosion of T&C's.
You don't.
And yet you cry foul at the thought of your important existance being affected by the possibilty of that same industrial action.
You seem confused mate.
so please drop the bitter twisted jealousy counter argument
I'll 'drop' it when it ceases to matter.
At this precise moment it still matters.
If you could work out a way to get your pension without effecting the travel plans and lives of thousands of rail users we'd probably be on the same side.
There is an answer (but you wouldn't like it - it might go against you quite obvious anti-union slant).
You want the answer?
Here goes:
Email EMT and ask them to stop meddling.
Ask them if the fallout THEY might cause is worth the (relatively) small amount of cash they'll save.
When you've received no reply,been ignored,had the policy implemented anyway then get back to me and we can discuss further options.
Or you could pay 50p a day for union membership and allow them to discuss on your behalf.
Have a think about it.
For what its worth, if if were my decision (but someone else's money), I would give you whatever pay and pension settlement you want.
No need for that.
I'm not a greedy man.
Just leave things the way the are,stop meddling and there'd be no need for any of this.
Have a think about that too.