Re: Patricks Train

tezza (tezza@atinet.com.au)
Sat, 11 Apr 1998 01:36:25 +1000

David Proctor wrote in message <6glb39$1g5$1@wbn.sydnet.com>...
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>tezza wrote in message <6gl99n$fca$1@nswpull.telstra.net>...
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>>A small sacrifice to pay to stop the government and big business from
>>driving down Worker's pay and conditions even more than has happened
for
>>the last 10 to 15 years already.
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>You really are a nut!

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.