25-11-2007, 12:00pm
Not far off it with your last comment kawasuki. But that's only because the The trade union movement is only as strong as it's membership.
Interesting to note that the first option when wages increases are discussed was "offshore"
Management and CEO's never flinch from bigger payrises for themselves but always scream when the workers want it and use the offshore threat as a way of getting people to back down, then again how many businesses (big and small) actually give a fark about their employees these days?
Don't think it's unreasonable to expect that people should be adequately renumerated for their work, or being required to work after hours/weekends etc, and the statistics show that workers under AWA's are definitely worse off in the $ department (gee who pockets the difference?).
Interesting to note that the first option when wages increases are discussed was "offshore"
Management and CEO's never flinch from bigger payrises for themselves but always scream when the workers want it and use the offshore threat as a way of getting people to back down, then again how many businesses (big and small) actually give a fark about their employees these days?
Don't think it's unreasonable to expect that people should be adequately renumerated for their work, or being required to work after hours/weekends etc, and the statistics show that workers under AWA's are definitely worse off in the $ department (gee who pockets the difference?).