A Rising Tide Lifts All Ships
We demand wage increases, job re-descriptions, and other workplace improvements
Wage Increases for All Staff are a Moral Imperative
Inequality and wage suppression are very real, and very dangerous. The pandemic has provided us the opportunity to seize our surplus value and demand higher wages.
Here is a brief history of income suppression via inflation and stagnant wages that the 1% has perpetrated
How do we know that wages have not kept up with the cost of living? Look around, everything from food to gas, cars to homes has exploded in price, not in value.
Today, the circumstances for demanding wage increases are self-evident. Even on cable news they are acknowledging what they call “labor shortages”. There are no labor shortages, there are wage shortages.
Via @JoshuaPotash on Twitter.
RBS IIs Demand Better Treatment from Management
While we demand higher wages for ALL staff, we also know there are other things our members both deserve and expect like fair treatment, respect, and the training they need to do their jobs.
Staff in Member Services Center have reached out to the union to voice their misgivings and complaints about certain actions recently undertaken by management.
These are their stories:
Member Services is grossly understaffed, and staff are being asked to take on more and more. These requests go beyond job descriptions and member experience and service is therefore suffering despite the best efforts of staff.
New responsibilities require training to help staff achieve, not leave staff in the dust to fend for themselves. These responsibilities include virtual member assistance calls that are not in our job descriptions.
When new duties are added, class descriptions must be expanded. New duties = new benefits, bonuses, overtime, and higher wages.
We demand equal treatment by management who often play favoritism. RBS IIs need equal provisions for telework, RDOs, training, and department transfers.
RBS IIs are extremely concerned that the boundaries set by their job responsibilities will continue to erode if management is allowed to take these actions.
Management needs to hire more RBS staff if they want to expand services so drastically. This is not a staff issue, this is a staffing issue.
We need to act quickly to bring this matter to the attention of higher management who need to understand that these responsibility expansions are reckless.
How do we fix this? Set us up for success.
It’s clear that there is a direct relationship between declining union membership and wage suppression. The more people who are involved, who speak their voice, and flex their numbers, the more likely we are to defend our wages against a greedy 1%.
Via Daily Poster