| Comment | >Surely this could've been handled better?
My point is that Unite have shown themselves up here. If you are a union promoting strike action to members, I would argue it is gross misconduct to mislead members as part of their decision making.
Their sell here was the owner is making "millions" off the back of paying the workers poorly / not investing in the business. A quick review of the company's accounts (and an ounce of common sense I might add) quickly discredits this. The business was doing poorly financially and the owner was having to prop up the business in prior years. Good luck finding any hospitality business in Scotland in a good financial position at this moment in time.
If you were reviewing the situation with members' best interests in mind, the advice would have been to resign and look for new employment asap, not waste time and money striking for an outcome that financially was never realistic. But a union is never going to advice members to take action that doesn't promote / benefit the union, hence the strike action and publicity. |
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