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Camerons to cut 9 per cent of support staff as part of Integreon deal

What surprises me most about the situation support staff are in today is that very few of them belong to a union. Normally, when an employer seeks to sack people without good reason, make working conditions worse, or cut pay, then staff strike - often with some positive results for the staff. Unions will also provide legal support for anyone who needs it. (That's why people in Europe fought for decades to develop unions so they could help protect employees' rights in situations just like this.) Lawyers like to say how useless support staff are, then let them try and run the firm when half the staff go on strike on a Monday morning - just sit back and watch them sh*t themselves with panic as the machine grinds to a sudden and embarrassing halt. 'Oh dear,' says the managing partner, 'we do in fact need these people, after all.' I really hope the rest of the employees in the City understand what is coming and how best to fight it. If you do not demonstrate now that you have some leverage, then you cannot expect bosses to listen to your greivances in the future.

31-Jan-2011

5:11 pm