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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Debs. on 11 December 2010, 17:44:40
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Not a nice time of the year to be called out on strike :'( ....looks like we`ll be seeing more of Andy next week!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-11976830
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thats not good for the workers
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"Make no mistake, this strike will hit Christmas production."
There's a run on Baked Beans over Christmas ????
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that'll be another firm moving out of the uk then :-[
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Not a nice time of the year to be called out on strike :'( ....looks like we`ll be seeing more of Andy next week!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-11976830
There will be a strike next Thursday, that's my rest day, so this one won't make any difference to the time spent here. ;)
I know it makes us look greedy grabbing workers, but there's been a loads of incidences of p poor managing etc that has resulted in this action. It's not as though Heinz is struggling.
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Sainsbury's have got my favourite baked bean on special at £1-22 for a pack of 4! ;D ;D ;D ;D :y
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Sainsbury's have got my favourite baked bean on special at £1-22 for a pack of 4! ;D ;D ;D ;D :y
stock up whilst you can ;D
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Sainsbury's have got my favourite baked bean on special at £1-22 for a pack of 4! ;D ;D ;D ;D :y
stock up whilst you can ;D
thats all we need. people "od" ing on beans and sprouts in crowded shops..!
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If I can't get the product I usually buy, I try a different, cheaper, one. I sometimes stick with that product if it's not much different. So the arguement that Christmas stocks will be affected is, once again, suicide. ;D
PS. I can't think of one heinz product I would use over Christmas. :-/
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Sainsbury's have got my favourite baked bean on special at £1-22 for a pack of 4! ;D ;D ;D ;D :y
stock up whilst you can ;D
I have Millwall! My cupboards are bursting with beans!! ;D ;D ;D ;)
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Sainsbury's have got my favourite baked bean on special at £1-22 for a pack of 4! ;D ;D ;D ;D :y
stock up whilst you can ;D
I have Millwall! My cupboards are bursting with beans!! ;D ;D ;D ;)
lizzie your farts will be on top form :y ;D ;D
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Sainsbury's have got my favourite baked bean on special at £1-22 for a pack of 4! ;D ;D ;D ;D :y
ASDA: 2X4 packs of Heinz...£2.
Or..£2.16 for one pack ;D
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Sainsbury's have got my favourite baked bean on special at £1-22 for a pack of 4! ;D ;D ;D ;D :y
ASDA: 2X4 packs of Heinz...£2.
Or..£2.16 for one pack ;D
Well they will not last long Steve! ::) ::) ;D ;D ;)
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Sainsbury's have got my favourite baked bean on special at £1-22 for a pack of 4! ;D ;D ;D ;D :y
stock up whilst you can ;D
I have Millwall! My cupboards are bursting with beans!! ;D ;D ;D ;)
lizzie your farts will be on top form :y ;D ;D
Lizzie is above such behaviour.... :y...P.S. Heinz beans are too mushy for me......C and B are much better... :y.
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Sainsbury's have got my favourite baked bean on special at £1-22 for a pack of 4! ;D ;D ;D ;D :y
ASDA: 2X4 packs of Heinz...£2.
Or..£2.16 for one pack ;D
Well they will not last long Steve! ::) ::) ;D ;D ;)
My shed is full already ;D ;D
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:( :( http://www.foodbev.com/news/1200-heinz-workers-will-strike-for-24-hours
the media just seems to say we're rejecting the 3.3% pay offer, but generally people are more miffed about the management continually meddling with the bonus and linking sick (Bradford points) to the bonus .......
I have to say I was not one of the 95% ::) ::)
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If I can't get the product I usually buy, I try a different, cheaper, one. I sometimes stick with that product if it's not much different. So the arguement that Christmas stocks will be affected is, once again, suicide. ;D
PS. I can't think of one heinz product I would use over Christmas. :-/
Not even tomatoe sauce on your turkey dinner?
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If I can't get the product I usually buy, I try a different, cheaper, one. I sometimes stick with that product if it's not much different. So the arguement that Christmas stocks will be affected is, once again, suicide. ;D
PS. I can't think of one heinz product I would use over Christmas. :-/
Not even tomatoe sauce on your turkey dinner?
Thats just wrong [smiley=thumbdown.gif] [smiley=thumbdown.gif] [smiley=thumbdown.gif]
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Not even tomato sauce on your turkey dinner?
and besides, it's made in Holland now, moved from Kitt Green years ago.
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Not even tomato sauce on your turkey dinner?
and besides, it's made in Holland now, moved from Kitt Green years ago.
We are going to have nothing left here soon if everything else buggers off overseas >:( :(
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Not even tomato sauce on your turkey dinner?
and besides, it's made in Holland now, moved from Kitt Green years ago.
We are going to have nothing left here soon if everything else buggers off overseas >:( :(
If you were running the show and had a choice between strikes and cheap foreign labour.. which would you pick? ;)
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Not even tomato sauce on your turkey dinner?
and besides, it's made in Holland now, moved from Kitt Green years ago.
We are going to have nothing left here soon if everything else buggers off overseas >:( :(
If you were running the show and had a choice between strikes and cheap foreign labour.. which would you pick? ;)
You know which one I would pick as there is only one winner ...... it just goes to show we are a finished nation :( :( :( :(
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If you were running the show and had a choice between strikes and cheap foreign labour.. which would you pick? ;)
if I was running the show there's loads I'd do. Clear a couple of layers of management for a start, buy from local suppliers instead of buying from the big boys like BSL etc who all add a massive percentage to the cost of parts. Put parts in stores that we actually want and f***
Eriks (http://www.eriks.co.uk/) off from the site & buy directly ..... but that might mean that the stores managers might have to ............. er ............. manage!
Whether a workforce strikes or not won't deter companies from moving abroad, Cadbury bought Hall's Mentholyptus and shifted production to Turkey & Canada within a year of buying it. The B all & end all of big companies is the share holder & f*** the workforce.
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*steps away from Andy*
Sorry Andy, didn't mean to set you off quite like that :-X
I realise there's sometimes a good reason behind a strike (although I'm jealous - if I go on strike I get fired, no unions for me ;D ) - anyway.. as you were..
*runs off and hides*
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Andy, Re reading your posts about what the strike is about and its the same at our place as managers try to keep their budgets in order, so the share holders /upper management get their bonus for keeping cost down
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*steps away from Andy*
Sorry Andy, didn't mean to set you off quite like that :-X
I realise there's sometimes a good reason behind a strike (although I'm jealous - if I go on strike I get fired, no unions for me ;D ) - anyway.. as you were..
*runs off and hides*
coward ;D ;D ;D ;D
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*steps away from Andy*
Sorry Andy, didn't mean to set you off quite like that :-X
I realise there's sometimes a good reason behind a strike (although I'm jealous - if I go on strike I get fired, no unions for me ;D ) - anyway.. as you were..
*runs off and hides*
;D ;D Sorry, I didn't intend to appear to go off on one ;), as said before, I actually voted against strike action, but I was one of 10%.
There's no such thing as no union for you, everybody is entitled to join one.
http://www.wigantoday.net/news/heinz_strike_threat_1_1542797
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*steps away from Andy*
Sorry Andy, didn't mean to set you off quite like that :-X
I realise there's sometimes a good reason behind a strike (although I'm jealous - if I go on strike I get fired, no unions for me ;D ) - anyway.. as you were..
*runs off and hides*
;D ;D Sorry, I didn't intend to appear to go off on one ;), as said before, I actually voted against strike action, but I was one of 10%.
There's no such thing as no union for you, everybody is entitled to join one.
http://www.wigantoday.net/news/heinz_strike_threat_1_1542797
I was told that all you need is 50 % of the workforce to start one :-? :-? :-?
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Best of luck Andy... Local media branded us at the docks lazy when we threatened to strike over our pay review of 1.5%, neglecting to mention that we had taken an unnecessary 5% cut the year before!
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Best of luck Andy... Local media branded us at the docks lazy when we threatened to strike over our pay review of 1.5%, neglecting to mention that we had taken an unnecessary 5% cut the year before!
Thanks. :y
Selective reporting! :-X
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Selective reporting!
So, no-change there, then! :(
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The pay offer sounds pretty good to me.
They will shift production if they keep doing this.
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The pay offer sounds pretty good to me.
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It's not quite what the head line figure is, but I agree, it's not bad on the face of it.
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Wa hey!
The pay offer has been accepted 75% for and 25% against! [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif] [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]
End of dispute! :y :y :y
:-X :-X :-X Overtime on now for the next 3 weeks! :-X :-X :-X ;)
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Overtime on now for the next 3 weeks!
::) Three weeks!?!......you must be full of beanz! ;D
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::) Three weeks!?!......you must be full of beanz! ;D
4 seperate strike days means we're anything but full of beans, especially in the big warehouse next door. 3 weeks is to cover scheduled overhauls that have been put on hold.
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::) Three weeks!?!......you must be full of beanz! ;D
4 seperate strike days means we're anything but full of beans, especially in the big warehouse next door. 3 weeks is to cover scheduled overhauls that have been put on hold.
Blimey, just think of all that methane gas waiting to be liberated! :D ;D
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I,ve had the pleasure of meeting Andy & his lovely wife Annette a few times now so know them reasonably well. Not that well as up until now i did'nt know what the B (surname)? in his user name meant. It's perfectly clear now....
A million housewives every day pick up a tin of beans & say...
ANDY BEANZ!!!!!! :y :D
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ANDY BEANZ!!!!!! :y :D
;D ;D ;D ;D
You could argue it's better than the surname I share with Sandra & Tina Turner ::) ::) ::) :y :y :y
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ANDY BEANZ!!!!!! :y :D
;D ;D ;D ;D
You could argue it's better than the surname I share with Sandra & Tina Turner ::) ::) ::) :y :y :y
?? Can't make the cryptic connection there Andy. I'll kick myself when & if you tell me!
Otherwise you're lucky i'm not an admin, i'd be tweaking your username as we speak! Guy. :y
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ANDY BEANZ!!!!!! :y :D
;D ;D ;D ;D
You could argue it's better than the surname I share with Sandra & Tina Turner ::) ::) ::) :y :y :y
?? Can't make the cryptic connection there Andy. I'll kick myself when & if you tell me!
Otherwise you're lucky i'm not an admin, i'd be tweaking your username as we speak! Guy. :y
Sandra Bullock
Tina Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock :y :y :y
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ANDY BEANZ!!!!!! :y :D
;D ;D ;D ;D
You could argue it's better than the surname I share with Sandra & Tina Turner ::) ::) ::) :y :y :y
?? Can't make the cryptic connection there Andy. I'll kick myself when & if you tell me!
Otherwise you're lucky i'm not an admin, i'd be tweaking your username as we speak! Guy. :y
Sandra Bullock
Tina Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock :y :y :y
I prefer BEANZ. Go on change your profile!!!
I would'nt climb over Sandra to get to you either...unless i'd had a few!¬!!!! :o :o :D ::)
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ANDY BEANZ!!!!!! :y :D
;D ;D ;D ;D
You could argue it's better than the surname I share with Sandra & Tina Turner ::) ::) ::) :y :y :y
?? Can't make the cryptic connection there Andy. I'll kick myself when & if you tell me!
Otherwise you're lucky i'm not an admin, i'd be tweaking your username as we speak! Guy. :y
Sandra Bullock
Tina Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock :y :y :y
Stop talking bullocks and change your username. ;D
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The pay offer sounds pretty good to me.
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It's not quite what the head line figure is, but I agree, it's not bad on the face of it.
There have been pay rises on a personal level at our place. But we have not had a group rise got 3 years. It's bull shit, we are well in profit. But the fact is they could close the place and be running again elsewhere in europe within a week, and everybody knows it.
What really doesn't help is an arrogant management style. We have a very experienced work fource, and close to incompetent management and structure. The waist levels and ongoing supply issues are astonishing. Yet the staff have to cover it with cut backs, banked hours, restrictive holiday periods, blah blah.
Needless to say, I am not a fan of shareholder ownership. Those very same cut backs are restricting the profits they want, it's madness.
Strikes and union involvement are probably going to set us on the slippery slope tbh.
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There have been pay rises on a personal level at our place. But we have not had a group rise got 3 years. It's bull shit, we are well in profit. But the fact is they could close the place and be running again elsewhere in europe within a week, and everybody knows it.
What really doesn't help is an arrogant management style. We have a very experienced work fource, and close to incompetent management and structure. The waist levels and ongoing supply issues are astonishing. Yet the staff have to cover it with cut backs, banked hours, restrictive holiday periods, blah blah.
Needless to say, I am not a fan of shareholder ownership. Those very same cut backs are restricting the profits they want, it's madness.
Strikes and union involvement are probably going to set us on the slippery slope tbh.
Same management style as us then. ;)
While nothing is impossible re moving the site to somewhere else, moving the biggest canning site in Europe wouldn't be without its problems