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I think these companies make these decisions to maintain profits. Yes they may be profitable now, but not if they remain here (Aus). It's no good to a shareholder if the company can turn $XXXX worth of profit now...but stays here (in the face of rising costs) and in a years time is worth $XX ....

Consider what would be left of the economy if ALL industries, occupations and employees were ONLY employed under union direction. We would be LESS globally competitive than what we are now!! Unions are not good for the economy. They ARE good for bludgers and work dodgers..."all bludgers and...

Just because you don't know of any labourers on $70k a year don't mean it ain't so...I know of such on greater rates than these. I am on a job at the moment with an $8.00 per hour site allowance. This is around $14k a year just on site allowance alone:eek: Maybe you should consider expanding...

The difference is you wrote the letters (unlike the little clones in the article), and presumably not when you were aged 4 or 5. Writing a letter to a politician, or any other party for that matter, is not dependant on having a union swayed upbringing...

Exactly...If you want to educate a heap of little pro-union clones then fund them yourself...don't ask hard working tax payers to fund the costs of brainwashing them...

Errrr...as I was saying: Pattern bargaining at it's best...."The guys at the desal plant are getting these rates so all construction sites should be on the same rates...."

What some people don't realise is that these higher wages and benefits have to be paid for by someone...if it is a govt department then tax payers are paying for it. If it is private industry then the end customer is paying for it. I am an employer and have no issue paying my staff $1 mill a...