IDLE THOUGHTS OF AN IDLE FELLOW: The Ruminations of Robert Winter
Monday, January 9, 2012
Mayor Brown dissembles.
Mayor Brown disappoints. He has taken the media-driven anti-Munz route and joined the call for greater flexibility in the ports. This is despite the huge flexibility already in place. He has also rejected the privatization line being driven by many vested interests, but that rejection would be all the stronger if he took a balanced approach to the issues at the heart of the dispute. Still, as I argued yesterday, the tide has turned against Mr Gibson and his agenda. The road to privatization is increasingly strewn with debris.
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A useful history history of the dispute that provides a background that the media are unable to uncover:
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Balanced reporting appears to go out the window when unions are involved. The casualisation of workers is the ultimate goal of the government and many employers. Workers are regarded as a commodity that should be always be available but with no obligation from the employer to provide job security or certainty of work.
Doesn't certainty of work depend on continuity of business? If the ships stop coming to Auckland, the jobs will disappear.
ReplyDeleteInv2 - over here it is all about workers rights and to hell with the employer. Even if the mployer is Auckland Rate payers.
ReplyDeleteBTW - well said Len Brown.
ReplyDeleteLen Brown delivering on John Banks' agenda. Remind me again why I voted for Len Brown? Fuck this for a joke....
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