On Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:07:25 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Then, without even noticing the hypocrisy, he told me that when he was
an apprentice, almost everyone was in the union, that everyone was
entitled to 13 weeks off ill on full pay and they were encouraged by
the union to take it, to the extent that anyone actually taking time
off ill was blamed for upsetting the rota!

Any employer who allowed that deserved to go out of business.

The unions would have twisted the employers into it over time. The big
industry unions were too powerful and the membership sheep behind the
leadership.

Of course stories like that abound, but are more often than not proved
false.

But often based on fact, 13 weeks is stupid 13 days more likely...

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Cheers
Dave.