Re: conditions as train operators

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@sd5.mailbank.com>]

Roy Wilke wrote in message <384ddad5.43463589@news.bit.net.au>...
>On Tue, 7 Dec 1999 22:24:20 +1100, "Rod" <comtrain@mpx.com.au> wrote:
>
>(snip)
>
>>You have no right to broadcast wage rates to all and sundry, in fact I
hear
>
>He didn't. He elected to tell the fellow what he *personally* was
>paid. Anyway, one of the first questions anyone asks when enquiring
>about a job is "what's the wage like?" and they're generally told that
>it's "about $xx per hour", "$xxx per week" or "around $xx,xxx per
>year."
>
>Take a look in the employment advertisements one day in the paper -
>you'll find that the approximate wages for a wide variety of jobs are
>publicised there.
>
>However, Rod, if I were to find out without your permission what you
>are personally paid per hour/week/year/decade, and into which bank
>account that money was paid, then told sundry and all that
>information, then you might be able to take legal action against me.
>
>But, somehow, I doubt it. Look at last week's news, and the set-up
>between Packer and Acxiom which will make available personal
>residential and financial details on about 15 million Australians
>without their knowledge or consent. There's no law against that.

Rod has been remarkably silent since he made his claim of illegality, hasn't
he?

Dave