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Our union at the theatre stops us working on Sundays or before 8am, meaning we have to work harder and faster to get jobs finished.
Surely if everyone knows these restrictions are in place it's not the unions fault if time is allocated unrealistically for the amount of work needed?
It happens without unions too, just means that people end up working 18 hour days, 7 days a week.
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^ yeah this
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18 * 7 = 3 * 42 = 4 * 31.5
Stop hogging all the work.
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Surely if everyone knows these restrictions are in place it's not the unions fault if time is allocated unrealistically for the amount of work needed?
It happens without unions too, just means that people end up working 18 hour days, 7 days a week.you can place 'fault' with the union or the employer, but the fact is employers will try to save money however they can within the rules. I can make myself more valuable in a freer jobs market. As I said above, I'm happy to work those kinds of hours by choice if it's worth my while.
I would say however that my experience is not typical, you can't really be a freelance railway worker or steelworks worker, so the same choices don't apply. In these cases the jobs market can drive wages down, as we know.
spiderpie
Emyr
William.
Unions. A mixed blessing. Our union at the theatre stops us working on Sundays or before 8am, meaning we have to work harder and faster to get jobs finished. I've gone freelance to get away from the union, I can make more money as a carpenter that way. They can definitely restrict progress. On the other hand, the lack of union support has often meant my Girlfreind, an actress, gets fucked over by directors.