tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post6975813285323860..comments2024-03-29T14:15:33.681+00:00Comments on On Probation Blog: Latest From Napo 85Jim Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258147767051200157noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-33163181384736372972015-11-07T23:42:44.242+00:002015-11-07T23:42:44.242+00:00Said it before and I will again, Napo GS, chairs a...Said it before and I will again, Napo GS, chairs and vice chairs are involved in as much political spin as the Toty party themselves, couldn't lie straight in bed if they triedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-81383378676765543162015-11-06T12:54:39.239+00:002015-11-06T12:54:39.239+00:00Is is really tenable to link the lack of facility ...Is is really tenable to link the lack of facility time with low AGM quoracy? Not all CRCs refused facility time, lest the impression be fostered it was across the board. It's clutching at straws to blame less facility time. <br /><br />The lack of facility time cannot be spun to explain low voter turnout in recent ballots and it's a specious explanation for the low AGM turnout and nor will it explain a shrunken membership base if members fail to check-off. <br /><br />The reasons for disengagements are more likely to be caused by low morale in the workplace and also in the effectiveness of the trade unions to make a difference to working conditions through collective bargaining, as was evident in the weakness of the framework agreement to uphold enhanced redundancy terms. When dispirited members see that being in the union seems to make no difference the next step is not to bother, to sink into inertia. High morale equals working conscientiously, enthusiastically, gaining job satisfaction and feeling a part of something worthwhile in which individuals are valued. When morale erodes the worker feels undervalued, becomes fatalistic, loses motivation and despairs of a workplace that is increasingly insecure, exploitative of loyalty, and a free fire zone for the bosses.<br /><br />There was no motion to merge with another union. There was a motion to carry out a review into the longevity of the union and explore the 'possibility' of an affiliation. Given that the membership has been in decline, this was a reasonable undertaking to consider. However, the plan to hold a nationwide consultative exercise is probably tantamount to meeting the objectives of the defeated motion. Netnippernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8578343158425987632.post-28692190573207480972015-11-06T10:50:07.604+00:002015-11-06T10:50:07.604+00:00Been there, done that, repeat:
"The Probatio...Been there, done that, repeat:<br /><br />"The Probation Service has a target to reduce re-offending by 5 per cent ... Today's report shows it has already achieved a figure of 3.1 per cent and is well on course to meeting this target.<br /> <br />"But these results are more than simple statistics. They are thousands of crimes prevented, of potential victims protected. They are proof that the probation service offers effective sentences in its own right.<br /> <br />"Although these figures pre-date the advent of the new National Probation Service, the research suggests that the improvements are the result of the move to radical new methods which have since been adopted nation-wide as well as a much stronger emphasis on enforcing sentences."<br /><br />Lord Falconer, Oct 2002.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com