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Simon Brooks

BBC News - World Cup stewards walk out in pay strike - 0 views

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bbc news world cup pay strike

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  • South Africa's World Cup chief, Danny Jordaan, said it was "unacceptable" for the stewards to be trying to disrupt the games.
  • He said it was an "employer-employee wage dispute".
  • Protesting stewards in Durban told reporters they had received 190 rand (£17; $25) for their work, but they had been promised much more.
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  • The firm employing the stewards, Stallion Security, told AFP news agency that the workers had been "misled" by jealous commercial rivals who failed to get the World Cup tender.
  • Simon Brooks on 21 Nov 11
     
    This article highlights how employee action can cause potentially damaging consequences for businesses. The stewards walked out after they had been paid less than they were 'promised' - it emphasises the impact of poor employer-employee relations on business functioning.
Simon Brooks

Dispute over trade union rights in soap manufacturer - 0 views

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trade union dispute soap manufacturer

shared by Simon Brooks on 30 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • manufacturer of household cleaning and detergent products
  • employs about 240 workers, of whom over 150 are union members
  • the enterprise has a relatively high union density
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  • A dispute has arisen within PZ Cussons Polska S.A. between the largest representative trade union, NSZZ Solidarnosc, and the company’s chief executive officer (CEO)
  • 50% of the workers are trade union members
  • five trade union organisations
  • membership is widely dispersed
  • Independent Trade Union of Chemical Workers
  • representing 15 workers
  • smallest union
  • largest union
  • Independent and Self-Governing Trade Union Solidarity
  • over 80 workers
  • controversy has a long history
  • 2002 when a dispute arose over certain irregularities concerning the allocation of the employee benefits fund
  • trade unions only took collective action in relation to the dispute in 2003 when the premises was flagged;
  • ade union flag
  • management removed the t
  • trade unions appealed to the court
  • company’s management of obstructing trade union activity.
  • conflict escalated
  • company’s management decided to move the headquarters of the trade unions to space outside the premises
  • The unions once again appealed to the court to reverse this decision, but the court again dismissed the appeal
  • staged a protest
  • culminating point in the conflict occurred in June 2006
  • according to the unions
  • at CZ Cussons once again disregarded the preliminary social fund expenditures schedule.
  • remove the flags and transport them outside the company’s premises
  • A scuffle between the union activist and the security staff ensued, resulting in minor injuries to the former, according to trade union sources.
  • NSZZ Solidarnosc shop steward was dismissed from the company on disciplinary grounds.
  • not able to appeal against the decision within a statutory time frame.
  • management also tried to prevent the next union meeting from taking place and attempted to keep the dismissed union member off the premises
  • The trade unions claimed that PZ Cussons had clearly ignored Polish union law
  • The unions warn that they will fight the case until the company’s management reinstates the dismissed trade union member.
  • caused a dangerous situation and broke work regulations in his protest against the removal of the trade union flags from the premises.
  • car without permission
  • As this represented a gross abuse of an employee’s duties, the management agreed to the shop steward’s disciplinary dismissal. The case has since been sent to the labour court.
  • Simon Brooks on 30 Nov 11
     
    An example of a trade union dispute in a household cleaning and detergent manufacturer. Explains how the dispute came about as well as how it was resolved.
Elizabeth Durant

Industrial disputes | Business Link - 0 views

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business link industrial dispute employee relations

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  • Lawful industrial action
  • Elizabeth Durant on 21 Nov 11
     
    advice for handling industrial disputes
chantelle simons

Unions facing threat of strike-law reform if pensions protest goes on - Politics - Scot... - 0 views

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unions facing pensions employer employee relations

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  • chantelle simons on 21 Nov 11
     
    Public sector walkout 30th November 2011
Duncan Innes

Harley-Davidson unions back deal | Business | The Guardian - 0 views

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Unions Human Resource Management Harley Davidson Cuts Redundancy Production Change Globalisation Milwaukee Employees

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  • Motorbike manufacturer's workers agree to steep cuts in jobs and wages to avert threat of Harley-Davidson leaving city that has been home for 107 years
  • Duncan Innes on 13 Oct 10
     
    Harley Davidson workers agree to 7 year wage freeze to keep jobs
Duncan Innes

Tesco launches four-hour shift system | UK news | The Guardian - 0 views

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Human Resource Management Business Studies Guardian flexible working TESCO part-time

shared by Duncan Innes on 15 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Tesco famously claims "every little helps" – now Britain's biggest private-sector employer is among the first to offer the option of working "slivers of time" to its employees.
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