Sheffield Wednesday - players and staff paid late 2 months in a row (p7)

Chris_from_Sidcup

Bedsaddick said:

Still haven’t been paid Septembers wages apparently.

To be honest any player that wanted to walk away had the opportunity to do so in the summer. The ones that are left know the situation, they know they might get paid late, and they're still there. So Chansiri probably thinks it doesn't matter much as they're not going anywhere anyway.

For staff (some of whom may live paycheck to paycheck) it's obviously a lot more difficult and stressful.

MrWalker

se9addick said:

CaptainRobbo said:

Possible 15 points deduction 

Ugh, on the one hand it means they are likely to go down so one less relegation spot for us to worry about (and avoiding relegation is still my biggest aim for the season). On the other hand 15 points is a really brutal penalty, and the people that suffer won’t really be the one man that’s behind all these issues. On the third hand it’s Wednesday, so fuck ‘em. 

Are you speaking as a Norwich fan?

charltonkeston

jose said:

According to this article workers at Sheffield Wednesday have joined the Trade Union Unison in an effort to help them with conditions and especially their pay. The article is from the 7th October 2025.

https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-wednesday/sheffield-wednesday-union-action-payment-5348577#

It is at times like this when people begin to consider the value of Trade Union membership.

Here is a link from the Trade Union Unison that outlines some of the historic benefits that have come from Trade Unions, not from bosses like Chansiri.

https://hulluni.unison.site/2024/04/12/what-have-the-trade-unions-ever-done-for-us/

As someone who has been in a union for much of my working life, starting out in the AEU in 1981before it morphed into the union it is today.  It gives me a bit of the hump when people only see the benefits when faced with problems they can't fight on their own or have no idea what their rights are. 
I have spoken to many people over the years, including my own wife, who mistaken believe they are able to speak for themselves or can negotiate with employers on a level ground, they can't. I worked in a place where a guy removed his thumb in a press. Open and shut case most thought. The company got taken to court by the HSE and fined the maximum about £24K and the the 9 fingered man fought for compensation. He had a friend who was a solicitor and thought, quite rightly everything would be a formality, it wasn't. The company agreed to meet him in court. He nor his mate had the means or the wherewithal to take on a multi-national. He got nothing.
I pay 15/month, my pay deals are negotiated for me, free legal representation, free financial advice and pension advice. As well as all the working conditions my union and others have won over the years. 20 odd years ago I paid off half my mortgage from the redundancy my union fought for.
  
I feel for the ordinary workers at Sheff Wed and wish for a good outcome but really they should have seen this coming months back. 

DA9

My partner is a regional organiser for a teaching union, I hear some horror stories about people trying to represent themselves, surprisingly quite a few go to her union for advice then take separate advice from a solicitor, which then means her union wont represent them any further.

charltonkeston

DA9 said:

My partner is a regional organiser for a teaching union, I hear some horror stories about people trying to represent themselves, surprisingly quite a few go to her union for advice then take separate advice from a solicitor, which then means her union wont represent them any further.

Thats exactly what the guy in my story did. Basically he believed he could have got a better deal for himself and his friend would also benefit.
Derailing this thread a bit here and getting a shade political so I'll leave it there apart from saying, I remember 1999 and their supporters so not wanting anyone to lose their livelihoods just suffer a bit this season and for the next few in leagues below us.