Guest Operation Bomberclad Posted March 22, 2003 Share Posted March 22, 2003 BBC STORY ON THE COLLAPSE OF ANSETT BBC Article http://makeashorterlink.com/?R56B12BE3 WHAT THE LEFT SAYS How The Free Market Ruined The Airline Industry: http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2002/484/484p11.htm WHAT THE LEFT WILL NEVER SAY It was the original propostion of any "left" oriented politic that priviledge was the destruction of an ideal society. But the "left" still sympathises with unions that regard their collective agreements as rights, though it may impact negatively on society. Such clauses as no layoffs guarantees the end of a company, and yet even the unions who adamantly defend these clauses accept layoffs in other portions of the same industry. These same unions even accept two tier wage structures with no limit to layoffs, as long as their own senior people maintain their own priviledged position. There is no defense for this position politically, economically or even under the concept of a union. A union that suceeds in making an egalitarian contract for all that respects the need to layoff when required is probably the best solution. Listening to Hargrove defend his members sounding too tired to repeat himself only indicates he too does not believe in no layoffs. Neither CUPE nor CAW, nor even ACPA takes seriously or entertains any notion of egalitarianism in their contracts and accept layoffs at Zip while the attempt to defend them for themselves. Jazz is also another example of the same story. The establishment of priviledge should never be the principle on which a union operates. It should also indicate the failures of a management that thinks it is too holy to make serious errors in judgement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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