Unite union wants £500 Olympic pay bonus for Greenwich Council staff
2:41pm Tuesday 10th July 2012 in Where I Live By Mark Chandler
Onay Kasab
BUS and tube drivers have already tried it - now it's council workers turn to demand a bonus for working during the Olympics.
The Unite union says it is pursuing a claim for Greenwich Council staff which would see them issued with £500 extra during the Games. But council chiefs say they are unaware the demand has even been made.
Branch secretary Onay Kasab, who also wants more cash for workers on the Woolwich Ferry, cited reported bonuses for senior transport chiefs as proof that ordinary workers should get more.
He said: "The impact on our members will be significant. Those who drive as part of the job will in particular find the job harder to undertake due to the various traffic restrictions. Journeys will be delayed significantly. Staff are being denied leave and time off."
With three venues in the borough and a significant amount of the roads and train network affected by transport changes during the Games, people in Greenwich are likely to experience disruption in the coming weeks.
Mr Kasab said: "Our members, who will face increased stress and worry over the Olympic period, deserve recognition for the fact that they will have to perform over and above what they are normally paid for.
"If it's good enough for senior managers at Transport for London, its good enough for those who will keep London moving, clean, safe and fed."
He claimed the demand had been put in at a regular trade union liaison meeting back in March.
But a Greenwich Council spokesman said: "Staff will continue to be paid during the Olympics and Paralympics in accordance with the standard terms and conditions agreed with the unions.
"We are unaware of Unite's request for staff to receive bonuses for working during the Olympics."
Comments(24)
PaulErith
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3:39pm Tue 10 Jul 12
handymanchris
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3:42pm Tue 10 Jul 12
the wall
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3:55pm Tue 10 Jul 12
Citygirl83
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4:07pm Tue 10 Jul 12
How will they suffer more stress and worry than someone else travelling further and will have queuing/penning at their station when they travel home?
goldenbroomboy
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5:09pm Tue 10 Jul 12
PaulErith wrote:How are you going to train hundreds of people to do their jobs within two weeks? Come on now, that is ridiculous!
Awful - once again, it's pure greed. Sack the lot of them if they don't want to work during the Olympics.
goldenbroomboy
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5:13pm Tue 10 Jul 12
the wall wrote:Onay is a member of the Socialist Party, formerly Revolutionary Socialist League, later known as Militant Tendency. Whilst I was aware that RSL have taken over the mainly civil service Public and Commercial Services Union, they obviously have a foothold in UNITE as well.
Google Onay Kasab and have a read.
Oldchap
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7:16pm Tue 10 Jul 12
Yet I'll have to leave home earlier & will probably get back later, essentially free overtime
Who's going to give me £500?
GreenwichGuy
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10:49pm Tue 10 Jul 12
Come on Mr Roberts, as the demigod and Lord and Master of all things Greenwich put your house in order and tell these idiots to 'bug' off.
RoyalCitizen
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9:01am Wed 11 Jul 12
GreenwichGuy wrote:"Come on Mr Roberts, as the demigod and Lord and Master of all things Greenwich put your house in order and tell these idiots to 'bug' off."
Greenwich Council workers are the most retarded group of people you could ever meet. If they, for one second, support this ridiculous claim it only further supports my statement. Their union should be ashamed to put this forward. And this just weeks away from the Olympics.
Come on Mr Roberts, as the demigod and Lord and Master of all things Greenwich put your house in order and tell these idiots to 'bug' off.
How much does Mr Roberts earn, compared with the average Council employee?
How much does the Chief Executive earn? For doing what exactly?
Council employees' pay has been frozen, for 4 years, many have had their pay cut by 10% or more, compared with inflation of 3-4% per annum
RoyalCitizen
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9:10am Wed 11 Jul 12
But with every restructure, we see many people lose, but some always seem to gain!!!!!!
PaulErith
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10:05am Wed 11 Jul 12
goldenbroomboy wrote:I only said about sacking them a bit 'tounge and cheek'. However, stick by the fact that it is hugely greedy. My journey time is going to be significantly impacted by the Olympics, but I'm not demanding bonuses.
PaulErith wrote: Awful - once again, it's pure greed. Sack the lot of them if they don't want to work during the Olympics.How are you going to train hundreds of people to do their jobs within two weeks? Come on now, that is ridiculous!
Jeeepsie Joe
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11:39am Wed 11 Jul 12
Good !! We cant keep paying morons to lean on a shovel or shuffle paper. Most council function should be outsourced, put out to tender to private companies.
RoyalCitizen
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12:01pm Wed 11 Jul 12
That's where you get the minimum amount of service the private entity can get away with, whilst charging for every little extra they can.
Not unlike PFI contracts, that have now put our local hospitals into administration.
Jeeepsie Joe
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12:32pm Wed 11 Jul 12
RoyalCitizen
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1:31pm Wed 11 Jul 12
Do you think the Chief Executives of Greenwich and Bexley Councils be able to accommodate this standard?
Jeeepsie Joe
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5:44pm Wed 11 Jul 12
Markselondon
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3:33am Thu 12 Jul 12
Oldchap wrote:i work for southeastern trains and all drivers, ticket office staff and platform staff are NOT getting any bonus when the games start.
So my journey to work is going to be disrupted due to changes to trains (where workers are getting £500 bonus) so what am I going to get?
Yet I'll have to leave home earlier & will probably get back later, essentially free overtime
Who's going to give me £500?
We are not greedy like other transport companies.
Rev. Sue Scottley
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11:17am Thu 12 Jul 12
Rev. Sue Scottley
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11:19am Thu 12 Jul 12
PaulErith
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12:25pm Thu 12 Jul 12
Rev. Sue Scottley wrote:How is a tube driver or train driver impacted directly? I'm going to be more impacted because I have to travel on the train. Driver just sits in his cabin and drives.
People whose jobs are DIRECTLY affected - like transport workers, and suchlike - should totally get a bonus. £500 seems reasonable. But there is no way in heck that people who are just doing their normal job with no extra pressure should get a bonus.
DrDBexley
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5:39pm Fri 13 Jul 12
Rev. Sue Scottley wrote:Every person who works in or around London will be directly affected, so does that mean every employee in London should be paid £500 extra!?
People whose jobs are DIRECTLY affected - like transport workers, and suchlike - should totally get a bonus. £500 seems reasonable. But there is no way in heck that people who are just doing their normal job with no extra pressure should get a bonus.
No.
It means that these leeches should be slung out of their jobs for not abiding by their contracts.
Their argument that the people on top are getting a bonus so they should too is just pure ar5e water as well. The fact that person a gets something that's wrong isn't justified by extending the wrongness by giving it persons b, c and d!! Stop person a from getting it and, if its budgeted for anyway, give it to charity or the eldery!
Scum sucking bunch of leeches. Clarkson had it right, shoot the lot of them.
the wall
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1:54pm Sun 15 Jul 12
PensionerPete
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1:02pm Mon 16 Jul 12
Just a fiver would go a long way.
Jeeepsie Joe says...
3:29pm Tue 10 Jul 12
Think yaself lucky ya have a job A holes !