You may wonder what this has to do with success...but stick with it for a few paragraphs...
You may have heard about the British Airways check-in staff's unofficial strike that happened last week.
It was about the introduction of 'swipe cards' that would be used by the staff to 'clock in' and off.
They walked out because they felt that BA were using these cards to eventually change their working practices...which BA has always denied.
The weekend walkout cost BA £30m ($50m)!
Yesterday, in meetings with the unions...both sides came out smiling after agreeing on exactly what would happen with these cards.
The most telling thing that arose from all of this were the comments made by one of the union leaders in the dispute - Kevin Curran of the GMB union.
Most of the 2,500 staff involved were women with families, he said, and BA had guaranteed that the information collected under the new system would not change their working patterns.
Now...THIS is the thing that you would NEVER have heard just a few short years ago...
"It was a 21st century dispute where low-paid, mainly women, workers stood up and demanded dignity, respect, and consultation from their employer," Mr Curran said. "I believe that THIS DISPUTE PROVES THAT TIME IS THE NEW MONEY, and work-life balance and the quality of people's lives will become a major part of the collective bargaining agenda."
Wow! My ears literally pricked up when I heard that!
I couldn't agree more!
So...if this is now the case...are you SPENDING your 'new' money wisely?
Posted by vurnumg
