Chris Heck - President of Business Operations

[Stu]

Not necessarily. If the employee isn’t unionised then they’ll be picking up fees themselves.

[Demitri_C]

Not necessarily. If the employee isn’t unionised then they’ll be picking up fees themselves.

Cant speak for anyone elses but my union is useless. They are in bed with the management

[London Villan]

IF there are summary style firings without any due process then the club will already be facing employment tribunals

That depends. An agreement may have already been reached following the sacking. Experienced that at places i’ve been at too.

[VillaTim]

Not necessarily. If the employee isn’t unionised then they’ll be picking up fees themselves.

Cant speak for anyone elses but my union is useless. They are in bed with the management

Always join a union they aren't aligned with . They hate that

[Demitri_C]

Not necessarily. If the employee isn’t unionised then they’ll be picking up fees themselves.

Cant speak for anyone elses but my union is useless. They are in bed with the management

Always join a union they aren't aligned with . They hate that

Yeah thats good point but unfortunately i woek in nhs and my union is unison. God they are so bad. Even when you right their main number outside no one gets back to you. You have that sense of being ignored. I am seriously considering cancelling my membership

[Stu]

Not necessarily. If the employee isn’t unionised then they’ll be picking up fees themselves.

Cant speak for anyone elses but my union is useless. They are in bed with the management

Sorry to hear it.

[VillaTim]

Not necessarily. If the employee isn’t unionised then they’ll be picking up fees themselves.

Cant speak for anyone elses but my union is useless. They are in bed with the management

Always join a union they aren't aligned with . They hate that

Yeah thats good point but unfortunately i woek in nhs and my union is unison. God they are so bad. Even when you right their main number outside no one gets back to you. You have that sense of being ignored. I am seriously considering cancelling my membership

Ah sorry to hear that .

[The Edge]

They need a decent employment lawyer. If I come across any I’ll let you know.

Havent read the whole thread so point may have been made…they need to be unionised

Not sure if this still stands but my brother was a Unite the union official and they had 98% of the staff signed up a few years back.

[kippaxvilla2]

I thought it was just a fad.

i think it's fairly obvious

No I was talking about the internet.

[astonvilla82]

Not necessarily. If the employee isn’t unionised then they’ll be picking up fees themselves.

Cant speak for anyone elses but my union is useless. They are in bed with the management

Always join a union they aren't aligned with . They hate that

Yeah thats good point but unfortunately i woek in nhs and my union is unison. God they are so bad. Even when you right their main number outside no one gets back to you. You have that sense of being ignored. I am seriously considering cancelling my membership

They help non union members just as well, the ones that wouldn't support any industrial action when required

[VillaTim]

I randomly joined the GMB union years ago when I had an issue and they had absolutely no connection with my employer or line of business at the time. They were really excellent. I've stayed with them ever since but barely used them just the odd phone call occasionally for off the cuff advice

[DeKuip]

I’m surprised how many people think this is total BS.  I mean it’s a bit far fetched for someone to write four pages against Heck and Hatton just because one’s an American and they don’t like the crest?

I'm only following the flow from the people who would be ITK from these type of things. Some people on here have a lot of contact with insiders at the club and they haven't mentioned anything like any of these complaints. Remember this is supposed to be representative of most of the staff in the club, yet all we have is currently this one person posting.

Genuine ITKs wouldn’t say anything to break confidences or risk causing problems for whoever told them.
And don’t read that as me knowing anything, I’m just saying that’s how it works.

[AlexAlexCropley]

I’m surprised how many people think this is total BS.  I mean it’s a bit far fetched for someone to write four pages against Heck and Hatton just because one’s an American and they don’t like the crest?

I'm only following the flow from the people who would be ITK from these type of things. Some people on here have a lot of contact with insiders at the club and they haven't mentioned anything like any of these complaints. Remember this is supposed to be representative of most of the staff in the club, yet all we have is currently this one person posting.

Genuine ITKs wouldn’t say anything to break confidences or risk causing problems for whoever told them.
And don’t read that as me knowing anything, I’m just saying that’s how it works.

David Grusch enters the room

[tomd2103]

I’m surprised how many people think this is total BS.  I mean it’s a bit far fetched for someone to write four pages against Heck and Hatton just because one’s an American and they don’t like the crest?

I'm only following the flow from the people who would be ITK from these type of things. Some people on here have a lot of contact with insiders at the club and they haven't mentioned anything like any of these complaints. Remember this is supposed to be representative of most of the staff in the club, yet all we have is currently this one person posting.

Genuine ITKs wouldn’t say anything to break confidences or risk causing problems for whoever told them.
And don’t read that as me knowing anything, I’m just saying that’s how it works.

If it was as bad as it suggests in that letter then surely it would have got out by this point?  It might just be me misunderstanding something, but why would the 'Aston Villa Staff' be writing a letter to the Fan Advisory Board? 

[Risso]

Cry for help? Trying to embarrass Heck?