And you're a fucking parasitic idiot!
>I know that I am not prepared to lose pay
You're the sort of bloke who'd scab on his mates.
> over bludgers who were being paid over $70,000 pa on average for less
than
>35hours a week work.
Show us some proof, the media haven't been able to.
>It is exactly the same situation that occurred with the
>removal of the second person from the XPT's and the removal of the
>brake-van! Efficiencies had to be made, the union screamed foul, it
didn't
>have to happen, the jobs were essential, etc. Several years of running
has
>proven the union wrong.
The AFULE was doing it's job - trying to protect the jobs of Workers.
The many delays and accidents since that a manned brake-van could have
avoided prove the Union was right. The sleep study being done for the
last couple of years will prove the Union right on the XPT too.
>We have already seen in Brisbane that trainee wharfies are moving
containers
>at a higher rate than the bludgers who have just been sacked.
Where on earth did you get that bullshit from? The reported rates in
Brisbane were 10 per hour. In Fremantle 6 in 5 hours!
>Patrick will win this one, and Australia will be a better place for it.
I don't think they will. If they do we can all put our heads between our
legs and kiss our arses goodbye and wait for the crashlanding.