"UK economy in recession as households cut spending"
I know you've all been waiting for this one ;)
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/15/uk-recession-consumers-cut-spending-gdp
@renbymon How did the industrial action go by the way? There seemed to be a press blackout on it
@avon_deer Oh! So we got a lot of support from other parts of the union, despite all the press coverage of our company, so that was really good.
In the end we got 5% across the board (it had been 3% for some and 2% for others), a max 15% uplift for those below 70% which helped a lot more of the lowest paid, and an extra days holiday a year permanently. We got them to double the pay pot to allow for the above.
@renbymon Woah woah...hang on. Back up. Are you saying that it has been/resolved/ ? With just one strike?!
Can your union maybe give our doctors union some pointers?
@avon_deer I wish I knew how except to say that we aimed directly at the bank account of the company by withdrawing our labour at a time where it was likely to cause them to have to pay out credits in missed targets/SLAs/etc.
Not sure how you’d translate that to the NHS. :(
@renbymon Especially when the governments unstated aim is the destruction of the NHS as a concept by making it look unsustainable by starving it.
Money as they say talks. I am glad you got an acceptable resolution