Unions

[Stuuuuuu]

...I dont know of one thing that is ' Made in Australia ' and the talk of a high standard of living left me wondering....How the hell.....Surely the country must be up to it's eyeballs in debt.

The best microphones are made in Australia. But I only remember that because I can't think of anything else other than obnoxious tourists in London.

 

[Barcon]

Blundstone boots are the best thing to come out of Australia.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Sorry if already posted, but go on a visit to this museum, its just round the corner for mancs.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_History_Museum

Terrific place.
Used to take year 6 kids every year to give them a sense of the history of the struggle that continues against spiv bosses.

 

[Owdman]

Blundstone boots are the best thing to come out of Australia.

And there's me thinking it was Kylie's arse.

 

[Barcon]

And there's me thinking it was Kylie's arse.

I don't know him mate. Does he work out?

 

[Cellarite]

Our place has an on-site Union but the woman who is the current head of it is as thick as fuck. God help the hourly paid staff when she goes into pay negotiations.

 

[BimboBob]

Blundstone boots are the best thing to come out of Australia.

Oh I love a blundstone. Comfy, yet sturdy and such a good looking boot.

A winner in my eyes.

 

[sir baconface]

Heath treated the Unions with far more respect than Thatcher ever did. Perhaps if the Unions had reciprocated a little more, Thatcherism wouldn’t have happened.

Heath was a wet fart. If Thatcher hadn’t happened, we’d be churning out 125 coal-fired Austin Allegros a year with a taxpayer-funded workforce of 90,000.

 

[goatinho]

Trains can drive themselves and ticketing is automated. Every train crash in this country has involved an overpaid human driver FACT. Probably a fucking union member too

hahahaha what a weapon, im not even taking you on no more

 

[bluethrunthru]

Heath was a wet fart. If Thatcher hadn’t happened, we’d be churning out 125 coal-fired Austin Allegros a year with a taxpayer-funded workforce of 90,000.

yeah coz its still 1976 not 2020 eh?

 

[idahoblues]

And there's me thinking it was Kylie's arse.

Scrawny little ****

 

[Bill Walker]

Blundstone boots are the best thing to come out of Australia.

Wife prefers UGG boots

 

[Bill Walker]

Scrawny little ****

I would.

 

[idahoblues]

Heath was a wet fart. If Thatcher hadn’t happened, we’d be churning out 125 coal-fired Austin Allegros a year with a taxpayer-funded workforce of 90,000.

Regardless of what had happened, I'd still have been out, growing up in the 70's in England was like a weird sci fi movie, still love City but can't ever feel comfortable there

 

[Bill Walker]

Heath was a wet fart. If Thatcher hadn’t happened, we’d be churning out 125 coal-fired Austin Allegros a year with a taxpayer-funded workforce of 90,000.

Now they're taxpayer funded on the dole.

 

[idahoblues]

I would.

I've seen your gold coast babes, I guess you get what you get

 

[Bill Walker]

Regardless of what had happened, I'd still have been out, growing up in the 70's in England was like a weird sci fi movie, still love City but can't ever feel comfortable there

Feel the same, full of weirdos.
Violent undercurrents.
And that's just Donaster on Friday night.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

I could have sworn that was a two gun Bob post till I got to the end

No, three gun CB! ;-)

Growing up in Manchester, and during the Maggie years, watching my parents struggle to make ends meet and the factory and mining cities endure decades of devastation was formative.

By current UK standards, I’m sure I’m viewed generally as conservative, but in Yank terms I’m thought of as a socialist! It’s mental!

Either way, I understand who controls the forces of production and who reaps the outsized rewards of the hard work and increased productivity of the modern worker.

Especially in high value, capital-intensive companies/industries, it is imperative that workers have enforceable rights, and I am, and have been, willing to both fight for them and put my money where my mouth is!

I pay over $7,000 per year in union dues and just recently voted to give another $3,500 assessment to a medical insurance fund for the thousands of pilots who are going to be laid off on October 1st and lose their family medical insurance. I have pledged to pay that for the next few years. I also contribute $1,000 per year to the pilots’ Political Action Committee (ALPA-PAC) in the hopes of helping elect and elevate politicians who have spoken favorably on both union issues and pilots specific issues.

As the ex-Chairman of 2,000+ Chicago pilots, I have also represented the union in litigation and arbitration’s, in order to ensure the lawful and just application of both labor law and our own legally-binding terms and conditions. After stepping down, I have, of course, continued an active role in the union, to include passing numerous resolutions at meetings in furtherance of pilot issues.

So, given the time I dedicate, and the money (~$1,000/mo) I give, to the union cause, I guess you could say I’m a staunch fan of organized labor and it’s absolute necessity in any civilized industrialized society.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Sounds like a lead swingers charter.

Save you a seat?

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Heath was a wet fart. If Thatcher hadn’t happened, we’d be churning out 125 coal-fired Austin Allegros a year with a taxpayer-funded workforce of 90,000.

Because if Thatcher hadn’t happened time would have stood completely still In the UK for 41 years despite staggering increases in human technology over the same period?

Or maybe we’d have evolved into a society with a greater equilibrium between the interests of capital and labour, like Germany.