>tezza wrote in message <6gleno$isg$1@nswpull.telstra.net>...
>>David Proctor wrote in message <6glb39$1g5$1@wbn.sydnet.com>...
>>>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.
>I beg to differ. AFAIK my job is a secure as any in this current (pre
April
>98) climate, which is as good as we can expect. I am not part of any
Union,
>I am employed as part of a small company, on a mutually agreed Salary
(I
>have not an Idea where the award stands in relation to my position).
Workers can't do this, especially with large corporations and therefore
require the Union to represent them.
>Other people I know would also fail to loose their jobs after the
destruction of
>this union. Currently the union membership rate as a percentage of
Full
>Time employment is at an all time low (around 1 in 4 [ABS 1996]). The
>majority of us are surviving quite well without any union involvement
thank
>you.
If reith and corrigan win because of their illegal actions more and more
Workers will loose their jobs in all industries and have to go on the
dole. More and more Workers will have their wages and conditions
downgraded. The end result is less people paying tax; more people
draining the public purse; less spending; less saving; businesses will
sell less; businesses will lay off more people. This will steamroll. As
more small businesses fail, so too will more large companies start to
fold. Eventually even the shareholders will start to feel it as their
shares become worthless. More and more people will default on their
mortgages, ending up in public housing, draining the public purse more
and more. The governments will have to raise taxes to make up for the
lost taxes; the governments will have to raise taxes to pay for all the
extra people on welfare and public housing. And remember, it's not the
millionaires who pay taxes; it's not the companies who pay taxes, it's
the workers. So, as all the Workers start going, eventually the
non-productive parasites feeding off them will also start dropping.