• Gary Varga (10/23/2013)


    below86 (10/23/2013)


    Not to open a can of worms from a previous post, but for those of you with less time, wouldn't a union be great to fight for you to have more time off(paid)? I know I would, 30+ days off sounds better to me like they have in the UK.

    NHS staff = civil servants i.e. public sector workers.

    In theory, and very much historically, the larger amount of holidays was to cater for accepting a lower wage from whichever government body they worked for.

    As for unions it is a very complex issue. Just look at what they achieved at Grangemouth today. Or rather between the union and the employer over 1300 people have just lost their jobs. Please note that I am not putting any blame on any party as I don't know all the facts. All I am saying is that unions are not a panacea (silver bullets are not restricted to IT).

    It may not be the answer, but if I only had 10 days vacation and sick, I would be doing something to change that. I am not in a union, and have never been. Maybe I just have an over simplified view of what unions have done for us today. Having weekends off, paid vacation, paid sick time, paid holidays, etc. Not all of us are good negotiators, some of us would benefit from someone working on our behalf.

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