31st March 2025

[comeracing]

So on this date there is supposed to be 2 weeks of intense talks between the Union & RM , to sort the pay rise , sick terms ,vr terms and new entrants t & Cs.
Really hope this is all sorted within this time frame .

[clashcityrocker]

It won't sort anything.
It will be "in principal" agreements until the new owners are in place.

To quote Mr Walsh:
It is very simple. The IDS Board won’t be in charge to honour any pay deal.
The new owners EP cannot sanction a pay deal until they’re the new owners which will now not take place till their late May.
We will be negotiating in principle pay and all the other issues which are contained within the EP agreement.
However the laws governed by the Takeover panel are quite clear that until the takeover is completed then it is only agreed in principle.

[chickenwittle]

It won't sort anything.
It will be "in principal" agreements until the new owners are in place.

To quote Mr Walsh:
It is very simple. The IDS Board won’t be in charge to honour any pay deal.
The new owners EP cannot sanction a pay deal until they’re the new owners which will now not take place till their late May.
We will be negotiating in principle pay and all the other issues which are contained within the EP agreement.
However the laws governed by the Takeover panel are quite clear that until the takeover is completed then it is only agreed in principle.

Which makes complete sense , whether we like it or not.

[Londonsburning]

It won't sort anything.
It will be "in principal" agreements until the new owners are in place.

To quote Mr Walsh:
It is very simple. The IDS Board won’t be in charge to honour any pay deal.
The new owners EP cannot sanction a pay deal until they’re the new owners which will now not take place till their late May.
We will be negotiating in principle pay and all the other issues which are contained within the EP agreement.
However the laws governed by the Takeover panel are quite clear that until the takeover is completed then it is only agreed in principle.

Which makes complete sense , whether we like it or not.

I honestly can't say I like a single decision RM or the CWU have made for the last 15 years. But hey, what they do makes sense if you are a late stage capitalist I suppose.

[clashcityrocker]

I think you will find a lot of things make sense if you don't start drinking before midday.

[Londonsburning]

I think you will find a lot of things make sense if you don't start drinking before midday.

Nothing makes sense at RM now, unless you start drinking before midday or are out of your mind tbf.

[tramssirhc]

So on this date there is supposed to be 2 weeks of intense talks between the Union & RM , to sort the pay rise , sick terms ,vr terms and new entrants t & Cs.
Really hope this is all sorted within this time frame .

The CWU is the only union in the world that could tell it's members that it can't agree anything because the people they are dealing with won't be the decision makers long after the decisions should have been made. There is no date for the matters to be resolved.

[chickenwittle]

I think you will find a lot of things make sense if you don't start drinking before midday.

Some early drinkers on here

[kazardaimenu]

How many Hobnobs you say?

[heraldmoth]

Can’t make a decision yet let’s go thru the motions anyway, wasting the subs of members and more importantly spending time skiving off proper work and leaving colleagues in already under staffed units to pick up the slack…….prawn sandwich anyone?

[Idk]

The current owners will be the owners in April so cough up. Then do a deal with the new owners, it's really simple

[world class male]

the union through us under a bus when agreeing the last 2yr pay deal of a massive 2% in the 2nd
they never ever conclude any pay deals until late autumn so why think any different, most other companies/unions have the new pay deal ready to start in april, but this is the cwu

[Hyrrokkin]

So on this date there is supposed to be 2 weeks of intense talks between the Union & RM , to sort the pay rise , sick terms ,vr terms and new entrants t & Cs.
Really hope this is all sorted within this time frame .

You must be joking right !