Disputes Procedure

Renegotiation of “Hiring and Firing” Procedures

(motion for the reinstatement of Shop

Steward Jack Hartley, dismissed 18.03.89)

Redundancy Agreement

2. Recruitment, Promotion and Transfer of Personnel Training

Requirements

Hygiene, Comfort and Amenities at Workplace

4. Classification of Jobs, Responsibility Allowances

5. Negotiations for Annual Wage Increase

Provision to relate all Pay to Government's Retail Price Index

Please add below any other points that you would like to be raised.

6. Time and a half and time off in lieu of Bank Holiday working

7. Special rates for overtime and unsocial hours

8. Double time after lunchtime Friday

9. Review of Working Conditions + canteen, rest room facilities

10. End of time and motion studies

11. Increase in uniform allowance

12. Flexi-time proposals

13. Workers' representation on the Board

14. Reduction in Hours of Work, Increase in Holiday Entitlement

15. Minimum Compensation for Industrial Injury

16. Incentive Bonus Schemes

17. Productivity Deals!!!

18 Danger Money!

19 Proposals for Profit-Sharing Systems

20 Plans for Setting up of Workers’ Co-operative – w.e.f. next Monday

Study

An important aspect of work is our position, our status. Here are some of the ranks in the three British armed services.

Navy Army Air Force

admiral of the fleet commanding officer (CO.) air marshal

lieutenant colonel wing commander

able seaman warrant officer pilot officer

petty officer brigadier flight lieutenant

cadet sergeant squadron leader

commander lance corporal marshal of the air force

captain private flight sergeant

commodore commander- in-chief air commodore

First Sea Lord major group captain

leading seaman captain general

Practice 2

Now look at various ranks and positions you can have in the following places.

There are eight gaps. Read items 1-8 and write an appropriate number in each

1 Sergeant	5 Countess
2 Shop steward	6 Earl
3 Staff nurse	7 Housemaster
4 Vicar	8 Secretary of State
Police	Politics	Company
Commissioner	Prime Minister	Chairman
Chief' Superintendent	………….	Director
Chief Inspector	Junior Minister	Shareholder
…………….	Back-bencher
Constable	Parliamentary Private
	Secretary
	Mayor
	Councillor
Union	Priory	Hospital
Union Leader	Abbot	Matron
Member of the Executive ………	Prior	Sister
	Friar	…………..
Branch Secretary	Canon	Orderly
Conference Delegate	Monk
School	Aristocracy	Convent
Headmaster \ -mistress	King	Mother Superior
Principal	Prince	Abbess
Director of Studies.	Duke	Sister
Deputy Head	Marquis	Novice
Head of Department	………….\ Count
………. / -mistress	Viscount
Senior Teacher
Supervisor of Studies
Catholic church	Protestant church	Aristocracy
Pope	Archbishop	Queen
Cardinal	Dean	Princess
Bishop	Canon	Duchess
Deacon	……………	Marchioness
Priest	Parson	…………….
	Curate	Viscountess

Reading

Not everybody has a regular, steady job with a fixed income. Some are self-employed and work for themselves, some work part-time, some work irregular shifts, some are unemployed. Some have a job but it isn't what it should he. Some are apprentices, earning very little while they are being trained.

Read the words of the song below, noting how many people there are who are not Number One.

The key-words have been printed on the right so that you can test yourself later.

I know you've always got to have a kind of... substitute

who will throw all the balls back into play.

And you couldn't really do without a ... deputy manager

longing for the manager's holiday.

And the company will always need a ... vice-chairperson

praying for the chairperson's death.

It's clear that somebody has got to be the ... second string

and someone has to make do with ... . second best

Someone must accept that he's the ... twelfth man

waiting impatiently to play in the team.

Someone's got to act as the ... trainee secretary

typing out ream after ream.

Someone's got to be the magician's ... assistant

holding the maestro's gloves.

And someone's got to work as the ... auxiliary junior

wishing she was one step above.

I suppose there'll always be a place for the ... failed musician

turning the pianist's pages.

And you're always going to find a ... would-be trainer

who'll clean out the animals' cages.

And can the cast do without the poor ... understudy

fidgeting in the wings?

Can the golfer get around without his faithful … caddy

carrying his clubs and things?

I know that someone's got to be the ... student dentist

getting on everybody's nerves.

And there'll always be a need for a ... stand-in speaker

aware that she was ... first reserve

And it's no disgrace to be a plumber's ... mate

carrying the boss's tools,

Or the temporary relief, a … supply teacher

A stranger in a hundred schools.

I guess there'll always be a job for the ... commis waiter

Peeping through the restaurant door.

You can't have a fight without a heavy-weight… challenger

Landing in a heap on the floor.

And you'll often hear the stones of the ... stand-by sailor

Who never quite made it to sea.

I know all that, but I can't help wondering

why it's always got to be me.

Practice 3

1 Describe the structure of a company that you know or of a typical company in your town. Mention the number of employees, the working conditions, the chances for promotion, the directors, etc.

2 Describe how you think work will have changed in 15, 30 and 45 years' time. What new jobs will there be? What jobs will have disappeared? What will most people's working conditions be like?

3 Write or act out an interview between a candidate and his or her prospective employers from

the point where the interviewee is invited to ask questions.

4 Write an enthusiastic letter to a friend or your parents after the first week in your first job.

5 Write the first two paragraphs of a magazine article that has the headline:

Is any job better than no job at all?

Add here any other words about employment you may meet.

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