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 npn  Crowborough 14 Dec 16 1.22pm |
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Originally posted by nickgusset
If people boycott argos they will have a word with the company to sort it. OK, so I assume you are also boycotting any company who has staff coming in on Southern trains (when they occasionally run), for the same reason? Don't see it working myself, but everyone's at liberty to boycott whoever they please. All that would happen is that Argos would terminate the existing delivery contract as it is negatively impacting their business, doubtless putting those same drivers out of work - sounds like the sort of 'victory' the miners got.
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| sickboy Deal or Croydon 14 Dec 16 1.52pm |
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Originally posted by Part Time James
I might go on strike from this forum until I get what I want. What do you want?
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 14 Dec 16 1.58pm |
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Originally posted by Stuk
Are you boycotting milk? Seeing as they deliver over a billion litres of that per year. Milk is the devil's spunk. The Independent said that it's Argos who owe the drivers money.
Union members voted overwhelmingly for the walkout after they said Argos had failed to pay holiday back pay for two years, amounting to £700 per worker on average.
The delivery of Christmas gifts from Argos, such as iPhones, could be seriously disrupted as drivers are set to strike for 72 hours over the failure to honour holiday back pay, Unite, the country’s largest union, warned today (Tuesday 13 December). The drivers work for Wincanton based at Argos’ flagship national distribution centre (NDC) at Barton-under-Needwood, near Burton on Trent, in Staffordshire will strike for three days from 00.01 on Tuesday 20 December. The drivers voted by 83 per cent to strike and by 95 per cent for industrial action short of a strike over Wincanton’s failure to honour holiday back pay for at least the last two years. Each driver is owed an average of about £700. The reason that the Staffordshire site is so critical is that it supplies the other seven Argos NDCs across the UK which, in turn, deliver to the Argos shops – Unite said that a strike would have a knock-on effect causing ‘havoc and mayhem’ to deliveries in the crucial days running up to Christmas. The dispute with Wincanton centres on how holiday pay is calculated. Legal cases have established that overtime and extra shift payments should be taken into account when assessing holiday pay. The management has offered to backdate the holiday pay from April this year, while Unite says the pay should cover at least the last two years, hence the estimated £700 owed to individual drivers. In a separate dispute, Wincanton drivers working at the Argos centre in Basildon in Essex are voting on whether to take industrial action over a disciplinary system relating to ‘uncontrolled vehicle movements’. This ballot result is due on Friday (16 December). Unite regional officer Rick Coyle said: "The drivers have patiently tried to resolve this matter for over two years. Now they would like the money they are owed in time for Christmas, which is not unreasonable. “It is very difficult to understand why Wincanton has allowed this saga to get out of hand because this strike by our members will cause havoc and mayhem to deliveries to Argos shops in the run-up to Christmas. “There will be a lot of very unhappy Argos customers, if they don’t receive the iPhones, TVs and ‘white’ goods that they have ordered as presents for relatives this Christmas. ENDS- If you have any information about milk tanker drivers or sainsburys being involved in the dispute I'd love to see it.
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 14 Dec 16 2.01pm |
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Originally posted by npn
OK, so I assume you are also boycotting any company who has staff coming in on Southern trains (when they occasionally run), for the same reason? Don't see it working myself, but everyone's at liberty to boycott whoever they please. All that would happen is that Argos would terminate the existing delivery contract as it is negatively impacting their business, doubtless putting those same drivers out of work - sounds like the sort of 'victory' the miners got. If there was an official picket line, I wouldn't cross it. So you'd rather Argos just sacked the striking workers instead of just paying them the few hundred quid each they are owed? I wouldn't want to work for you.
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 14 Dec 16 2.02pm |
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Originally posted by sickboy
What do you want? Coley not doley
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| oldstand Christchurch 14 Dec 16 2.20pm |
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Originally posted by Part Time James
I might go on strike from this forum until I get what I want. Fair shout , I'm in. And if we don't get 3 points tonight, I'll extend it till new year.
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| Stuk Top half 14 Dec 16 2.23pm |
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Originally posted by nickgusset
Milk is the devil's spunk. The Independent said that it's Argos who owe the drivers money.
Union members voted overwhelmingly for the walkout after they said Argos had failed to pay holiday back pay for two years, amounting to £700 per worker on average.
The delivery of Christmas gifts from Argos, such as iPhones, could be seriously disrupted as drivers are set to strike for 72 hours over the failure to honour holiday back pay, Unite, the country’s largest union, warned today (Tuesday 13 December). The drivers work for Wincanton based at Argos’ flagship national distribution centre (NDC) at Barton-under-Needwood, near Burton on Trent, in Staffordshire will strike for three days from 00.01 on Tuesday 20 December. The drivers voted by 83 per cent to strike and by 95 per cent for industrial action short of a strike over Wincanton’s failure to honour holiday back pay for at least the last two years. Each driver is owed an average of about £700. The reason that the Staffordshire site is so critical is that it supplies the other seven Argos NDCs across the UK which, in turn, deliver to the Argos shops – Unite said that a strike would have a knock-on effect causing ‘havoc and mayhem’ to deliveries in the crucial days running up to Christmas. The dispute with Wincanton centres on how holiday pay is calculated. Legal cases have established that overtime and extra shift payments should be taken into account when assessing holiday pay. The management has offered to backdate the holiday pay from April this year, while Unite says the pay should cover at least the last two years, hence the estimated £700 owed to individual drivers. In a separate dispute, Wincanton drivers working at the Argos centre in Basildon in Essex are voting on whether to take industrial action over a disciplinary system relating to ‘uncontrolled vehicle movements’. This ballot result is due on Friday (16 December). Unite regional officer Rick Coyle said: "The drivers have patiently tried to resolve this matter for over two years. Now they would like the money they are owed in time for Christmas, which is not unreasonable. “It is very difficult to understand why Wincanton has allowed this saga to get out of hand because this strike by our members will cause havoc and mayhem to deliveries to Argos shops in the run-up to Christmas. “There will be a lot of very unhappy Argos customers, if they don’t receive the iPhones, TVs and ‘white’ goods that they have ordered as presents for relatives this Christmas. ENDS- If you have any information about milk tanker drivers or sainsburys being involved in the dispute I'd love to see it.
The Independent is wrong. "Unite said the dispute with Wincanton centred on how holiday pay was calculated." Sainsbury's own Argos, so if you think Argos are to blame (which they aren't) you'd also boycott them.
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Jimenez  SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 14 Dec 16 2.43pm |
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Originally posted by Stuk
The Independent is wrong. "Unite said the dispute with Wincanton centred on how holiday pay was calculated." Sainsbury's own Argos, so if you think Argos are to blame (which they aren't) you'd also boycott them. Gusset will be showing solidarity while this dispute is ongoing by refitting his kitchen!!
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| npn Crowborough 14 Dec 16 2.43pm |
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Originally posted by nickgusset
If there was an official picket line, I wouldn't cross it. So you'd rather Argos just sacked the striking workers instead of just paying them the few hundred quid each they are owed? I wouldn't want to work for you. Argos can't strike the workers, because the workers don't work for Argos. The dispute is between the workers and the delivery company they work for. Argos have a contract with the delivery company to do their deliveries. This dispute is absolutely nothing to do with Argos (it's just their deliveries which are suffering)
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 becky over the moon 14 Dec 16 2.44pm |
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Originally posted by nickgusset
Milk is the devil's spunk. The Independent said that it's Argos who owe the drivers money.
The drivers voted by 83 per cent to strike and by 95 per cent for industrial action short of a strike over Wincanton’s failure to honour holiday back pay for at least the last two years. Each driver is owed an average of about £700. The reason that the Staffordshire site is so critical is that it supplies the other seven Argos NDCs across the UK which, in turn, deliver to the Argos shops – Unite said that a strike would have a knock-on effect causing ‘havoc and mayhem’ to deliveries in the crucial days running up to Christmas. The dispute with Wincanton centres on how holiday pay is calculated. Legal cases have established that overtime and extra shift payments should be taken into account when assessing holiday pay. The management has offered to backdate the holiday pay from April this year, while Unite says the pay should cover at least the last two years, hence the estimated £700 owed to individual drivers. In a separate dispute, Wincanton drivers working at the Argos centre in Basildon in Essex are voting on whether to take industrial action over a disciplinary system relating to ‘uncontrolled vehicle movements’. This ballot result is due on Friday (16 December). Unite regional officer Rick Coyle said: "The drivers have patiently tried to resolve this matter for over two years. Now they would like the money they are owed in time for Christmas, which is not unreasonable. “It is very difficult to understand why Wincanton has allowed this saga to get out of hand because this strike by our members will cause havoc and mayhem to deliveries to Argos shops in the run-up to Christmas. “There will be a lot of very unhappy Argos customers, if they don’t receive the iPhones, TVs and ‘white’ goods that they have ordered as presents for relatives this Christmas. ENDS- If you have any information about milk tanker drivers or sainsburys being involved in the dispute I'd love to see it. It appears to me that you think people shouldn't fight for what is there's. There you go : [Link] As the United article say, the drivers work for Wincanton at the Argos depot.... the history of the plc says that it's origins were in the bulk delivery of milk and that it is the main distributor for Sainsbury's..... Oh, and you will have to also boycott the Co-Op as it delivers for them too.....
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| Stuk Top half 14 Dec 16 2.55pm |
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Originally posted by becky
There you go : [Link] As the United article say, the drivers work for Wincanton at the Argos depot.... the history of the plc says that it's origins were in the bulk delivery of milk and that it is the main distributor for Sainsbury's..... Oh, and you will have to also boycott the Co-Op as it delivers for them too..... Oh and don't use sugar either, as they deliver for the company who produces half of the UK's supply. Or Magnet, or Majestic wines, or Screw Fix etc...
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| Part Time James 14 Dec 16 2.58pm |
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Originally posted by sickboy
What do you want? Oh, I'm not sure really. I thought the point of this forum was to not really be sure what you want but fighting very passionately for it anyway.
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