> David Proctor wrote:
>
> > MarkBau1 wrote in message
> > <1998040815301001.LAA05781@ladder03.news.aol.com>...
> > >Hopefully no self respecting unionist will not touch the train.
> >
> > Hmm - a double negative - "no self respecting" and "will not touch" - the
> > negatives cancel each other out, and thereforea self-respecting unionist
> > WOULD touch the train.
> >
> > Seriously, these wharfies were having themselves on - 5 weeks annual leave
> > with 27.5% loading? And the money they were on! For the job they did? It was
> > pathetic! I am a unionist (and a union rep too!), but the "rights" enjoyed
> > by the wharfies were way too extreme, and they needed to go, in the
> > interests of the national economy and an efficient waterfront.
> >
> > Why should the union have a veto over who is employed? Such an issue is one
> > for management, not the union, yet the MUA had the right to say "Yes, you
> > can employ that person" or "No, you cannot employ him". Also, why should the
> > employer have to foot the bill for every new employee to attend a half-day
> > union orientation course? The MUA are nothing more than gangsters, and
> > needed to be brought into line!
> >
>
> I agree, it is about time the company took back some control of what they have.
> It will teach the stirkers that they can't have everything there way. I'd love
> to be on half of what they have and wouldn't argue.
>
> --
> Bye for now,
> Eben.
>
> http://www.klever.net.au/~ebenlevy/
Yeh
Eben I hope you don't work shift work or double shifts or 14 shifts per fortnight
because if you are then you getting far to little for what you do.
I agree with you Tezza shift workers have never got what they deserve
On another note the head of Patricks got himself a 1.25 million bonus last week
when his shares when up on account of sacking his workforce.
What a joke this country is in when Govt can find the millions to pay Patricks
redundancies yet can't find the necessary money to up grade our rail systems