Ambridge Socialist
3rd May
Grey Gables Update: Shah & Stirling still attempting divide & rule. Fight for all jobs
It would appear that Adil Shah and Oliver Stirling noted the strength of the Ambridge Socialist May Day rally and have acted to try address growing anger amongst the Grey Gables workforce over the hotel’s sudden closure. They have offered the existing manager Kathy Perks a job on a new contract to manage the transition to new Grey Gables after she slammed their failure to consult staff. Roy reneged on the attempt to fight for jobs & grovelled to Shah for the job, but it didn’t work as grovelling never really does.
They are also ‘considering’ whether some staff with shorter service such as Tracy might get a better pay off. However Shah has decided that the criteria for such a payment must be performance and not service. More viciousness. They have also decided to offer a free bar to all staff on the final night-Thursday.
Ambridge Socialist Editor Keith Flett said, this is why we have called for Grey Gables to be unionised. Stirling and Shah’s divide and rule strategy must be rejected out of hand. If this is what the campaign so far has made them do, a continued fightback could make them retain ALL staff during the transition period on new contracts with better terms and conditions.
Redundancy and class
Tracy will get little money from statutory redundancy at Grey Gables particularly now Shah has blocked a bonus. There are bills to pay, living expenses and food to buy. Meanwhile Ian and Adam have been reviewing how to spend his redundancy money(and additional bonus) which according to some reports may be towards £30K with a 3 month enhancement on statutory terms. That is not a huge amount but in a low wage economy far from insignificant. They have invested in a pizza oven with Ian looking to set up a street food business.
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