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I'm interested in finding out how to start a union in my work. Although I only work there a couple of days a week the heat is sometimes overwhelming and there are loads of complaints from customers.
I work in Bhs and we had a listening group meeting and the reason there is to be no installation of air con in store is because if we get it all the other stores have to get it and it's too expensive. It angers me to think how much money Philip Green has and how little interest he has in his workforce.
Anyway, if we had a union surely something would have to be done? At present we don't even have water coolers
I work in Bhs and we had a listening group meeting and the reason there is to be no installation of air con in store is because if we get it all the other stores have to get it and it's too expensive. It angers me to think how much money Philip Green has and how little interest he has in his workforce.
Anyway, if we had a union surely something would have to be done? At present we don't even have water coolers
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For info about work temperatures:- http://www.usdaw.org.uk/getactive/network_journal/03/WorkTemperatures.html
ETA: Glittery beat me to it while I was searching for it!
if i have any problems i'll sort them out myself. :yeees:
I think I'll mention it to a few other people before I think about joining. I'm only a part timer plus one person won't really make a difference.
not sure quite how it works..
Guess that shows how well the union is promoted in my store then, I don't even know what it does.
Unison have been helpful for the wife in her old job, its only a couple of quid (less if you're a student) and its money well spent.
Also, during recent pay review talks, because the majority of T&G union members on site voted in favour of the offered rise, we all got it. If they hadn't, we wouldn't have got anything.
I'm not a union member. I don't think I have a strong enough opinion to challenge what's going on around me. The union reps are always campaigning for new members.. always hounding me..
Lucy - I'm going to be there during uni. Either that or I'm getting all the training I can and moving on but for the time being, I'm there.
I read the thing on usdaw.org - I'd be something like 1.23 a week which would probably be worth it as I quite like my job.
I'm not too sure whether I should speak to the admin manager or not because she's management and as we all know - the management are the enemy (Sorry Margaret :razz: )
However, if the temperature is 30 or above you can request longer breaks, access to more drinking water and fans. Whether you'll get it or not is another matter, but you should.
www.hse.gov.uk is a good place to have a look.
Er I actually work in retail part time like the original poster...(Although doing a different job in my gap yr along with travelling).
But going back to the point I really don't see how joining a union is going to help on this one. As bongbudda has also said the op's best change of getting somewhere is emphasising the number of customer complaints received - and encouraging customers who complain themselves to complain directly to BHS.
We don't get paid for breaks so I'm not too happy with pushing for longer breaks
I will, however, be taking a thermometer with me and if the temp gets too high I will stop working. Considering I'm the only one in my dept next Sunday (again) I don't think they will be too happy