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I'm a union member.
They're funny things though.
This year, we had a new performance pay award take effect in April. Additionally, every year, we get an inflation based* pay rise.
This year, the Union fought so that those who got a lesser performance pay award (or none) - so those who didn't perform - will get a larger inflation based* pay rise... in the interests of fairness. To make up the difference.
And they won. Which really grips my shit, to be honest.
*it's more complicated than that and depends what band you're in, and where exactly in that band you are
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I always find it so depressing when workers vote against union recognition, especially working for a company like Amazon.
I get that there are loads of reasons why and it sounds like Amazon threatened workers with no pay rise and loss of benefits.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/17/amazon-workers-union-recognition-gmb-vote