Argos depot staff on strike at Magna Park, Lutterworth, over pensions

“Workers need to see all the angles before they consider strike action.
For starters, their jobs are secured by making profits, companies are not a bottomless pit of money and their job with the company are a privilege not a right!

Consumers are demanding ever lower prices on everything they buy.....this in turn, puts pressure on companies to keep prices down, this snowballs into ever decreasing profits from which wages and pension contributions are paid from.

So, workers, ask yourselves the question..........when you are making demands on the company you work for, are you fully understanding that there is a limited pot of cash you are demanding from? Are you one of those shoppers that is constantly trying to get the cheapest..........if so, then YOU are part of the reason that companies can't afford the generosity you expect from them...........live with it! or fight on and drain the company so dry that they can't afford to employ you or your colleagues in the future.”

“What a shame.

Welcome to World were all the other Workers who get no Pension Contribution at all in the wage packet or retirement.

Look at this way, least you get something unlike trillions of many others who get nothing from there employer !!!”

“All the overtime avaliable to none striking workers, the company will get its own way, you will lose out and your colleauges are laughing!”

“welcome to the real world!”

“10% worse off? oh, welcome to the real world of being shafted at work”

“What Argos is not telling is that they have threatened their staff with cancelling current contract and replacing with a worse contract if they do not agree to cancelling final salary scheme term in contract, when it states that the company would, if removing the final salary, replace it with an equivilent or better scheme. If they are allowed to do this then they could change whatever they wanted to in the future.”

“My views are not about the rights & wrongs of unions - as I do believe in & support Unions

But there are times in any negotiation when it is not working and individuals have to step back - as fresh faces and a different approach can assist - sometimes.

As the workers are not themselves in the discussions, it is the job of the union representatives to negotiate suitable positions that do not require strike and the knock effects that that brings”

“If what Peter says is correct, it just goes to show how useless trade unions can be. I requested some help from my union a while back and the answer I got from the so called "helpdesk" was rather rude and abrupt to say the least. Argos though isnt the only company to try to do this.”

“This strike action seems to be the failure of the union representatives to be able to do their job.

If the union is representing its members, then they need to find ways to negotiate and reach an agreement, which if the individuals cannot do, then the union needs to replace them with other individuals.

A strike risks jobs as it costs money to everyonw involved and also if there is no effect on service to stores & customers, then shows an accountant a possible efficiency saving

This is a worrying development for all employed at Argos Magna park”

“I reckon they've done well to keep a final salary scheme going for this long considering the number of these schemes that have ended over recent years. It's a fact of life that companies can no longer afford to run them so be grateful if you joined Argos before it ended.”