In article ,
T i m wrote:
On Tue, 20 Feb 2018 13:51:44 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
T i m wrote:
Basically the idea of theorists with no real experience of working
those
conditions. And certainly no true figures to prove their theories
work.

When working for BT on bench electronics repair I was taken aside by
the union rep and asked to slow down.

Care to say which year this was?

Erm, 5 years in the late 70's or so?

I did wonder since BT is a very different company now. But thanks for
giving an example which does rather show that many base union experiences
on 40 plus years ago. ;-)

I understood it though ... different people worked at different speeds
and they had to agree a time for a batch of units that were actually
achievable by 'most people'. If you weren't able to hit their (union)
agreed targets mean you also got a talking to.

Not quite sure why you included (union) there as it's rather irrelevant.
Such targets could equally as well just have been agreed with the
workforce. But a union means the workers elect their spokesmen/negotiators
for such things. Making things rather easier for both the workforce and
management. In a well run company.

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