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Ah yes ... at hubby's work - where they are on darn good mining wages - the retrenchment knife has recently been going thru. We are sitting fine ... but many of his co-workers are suddenly looking with dismay at their mcmansions, boat, flash new car, caravan, holiday home etc - and the...

I totally agree that this is both a human rights AND union issue. Unions were formed initially to improve rights and conditions working in the mines in the UK - oh - a couple of hundred years ago (although considered illegal for the first hundred). Right up until the mid 1900's unions had a...

Which is one reason a lot of our production jobs (canning etc) are actually going to New Zealand ... a first world country ... because the government removed penalty rates for outside "normal" working hours shifts (ie Mon-Fri 9-5). Believe it or not, some people would prefer to work outside...

Hubby (in management position) is learning to drive a bobcat and digger tomorrow in anticipation of union strikes coming soon - due to no pay rises in the rounds this year. However - none of management has a payrise either. Payrises will mean staff being sacked. Personally I'd rather have a...