Re: Unions don't know what's good for them

andrew (sasha@pobox.com.au)
Tue, 29 Jul 1997 18:33:20 GMT

On Mon, 28 Jul 1997 12:01:06 -0700, David Johnson
<trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

>
>I know senior officers in State Rail who have not received a pay-rise in 12
>years. They currently earn half of what they would be eearning for an
>identical job outside the railways. Demands for a 10% payrise would be quite
>justified IMHO.
>

Perhaps paraphrasing Margret Thatcher may shed some light as to why
they haven't received a pay rise. She once addressed the Board of
British Rail and told them

"I know that none of you are any good, because if you were, you
wouldn't be here"