I Just saw this in the newsfeeds. It seems that those dinosaurs at PCS are at it again.
The DVLA’s IT staff are contracted from Fujitsu, and it is they who are involved in a pay dispute. Fujitsu has made a pay offer, but it says:
PCS has decided not to ask its members to vote on our pay offer, which we believe is a fair one, but has decided instead to ask them to vote on whether to take industrial action.
You see! PCS isn’t interested in resolving any dispute – it just wants to take strike action. And to add insult to injury, PCS has said:
[Fujitsu could face financial penalties for missing service agreements if the strike goes ahead.]
How childish and petty can they get?
It seems to revolve around the fact that some senior managers are likely to get bonuses of up to £14k, but the pay offer is for rises of 1.5-2.5%.
This is why unions are outdated and out of place in modern society. They STILL keep harping on as if we were in the 1930s and have failed to learn that senior managers DO earn more than shopfloor staff. And always will.