tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post5005948614676080800..comments2024-03-27T01:58:22.445-07:00Comments on The Gazetteer: TDDIC...Unleash The Bogeymen!RossKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-61168359681583371372017-06-20T08:30:47.244-07:002017-06-20T08:30:47.244-07:00http://www.straight.com/news/926171/martyn-brown-p...http://www.straight.com/news/926171/martyn-brown-pouring-cold-water-bc-liberals-deathbed-repentance<br /><br /> (a horse a horse my kingdom for a horse-oh a unicorn will do though?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-27204398514317690482017-06-19T17:09:33.377-07:002017-06-19T17:09:33.377-07:00Yes, historically Unionization has done more for b...Yes, historically Unionization has done more for balancing the economic equation than any other type of "worker system." Most other non union methods, it is the employer or industry that controls the workers. Without unionism, the capitalist system takes over and burys the worker eventually into serfdom. With lax labour, employment and regulatory standards, you end up with a third world Orwellian nightmare for workers, with virtually no way of reform, or modification. As wealth and power accrues to the employers, the wealthy and the elites, the rest are left to wallow in low wages, little or non existent benefits, and poor employment opportunities.<br />The period after world war 2 till the early 1980's, was marked by union strength, and a system that worked far better for the common man. Reaganism, Thatcherism and the rise of deregulation, along with resergance of the Republican doctrines, led us to the mess we are in now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-8315492023930343522017-06-19T08:58:04.892-07:002017-06-19T08:58:04.892-07:00https://theleftcoast.ca/2014/05/30/jessica-mcdonal...https://theleftcoast.ca/2014/05/30/jessica-mcdonald-appointed-ceo-b-c-hydro/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-50982319258175374012017-06-18T22:35:30.563-07:002017-06-18T22:35:30.563-07:00with ever greater income inequity Unions need to b...with ever greater income inequity Unions need to be here and they need to be able to organize and the card check system works best. anything else and the employer starts bullying. Just ask any organizer.<br /><br />In the mid 1970s they started building and selling apartments in Kits. They cost $34K. A lot of us were making $25K. In 1971 you could purchase a split level for $25k on a quarter of an acre. You could purchase that on a teacher's salary. Today that lot is almost 2 million. Teachers are making approx. $70K. Yes we need Unions. Anywhere in the world where working people make a decent living you have active Unions. Where their is abject poverty Unions are suppressed and their leaders murdered or tossed in jail. <br /><br />All that happens when Union aren't able to function in a fair manner is corporations make more money while the workers make less and child poverty goes up. Just remember when el gordo fired and broke the collective agreement of 9K hospital cleaners. When the contractors were offering jobs they were at min. wage or a couple of bucks more. And guess what? Child poverty went up in this province. it was the largest mass firing of women in Canadian history. <br /><br />even if Unions aren't making inroads in some industries, employers wil improve the working conditions, salaries, benefits because they are afraid if they don't the workers will unionize.e.a.f.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-33614262143247241472017-06-17T21:22:13.381-07:002017-06-17T21:22:13.381-07:00Thanks Anon--
.Thanks Anon--<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-63529640303104606702017-06-17T21:19:22.237-07:002017-06-17T21:19:22.237-07:00the usual load of post-media *crap*. Who read this...the usual load of post-media *crap*. Who read this anymore?! <br /><br />I was at the BCGEU convention when John Horgan spoke. Members were very happy to see him: smart, straight-forward and principled. <br /><br />Can't wait to see some good governance in this province after 16 years of corruption and incompetence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-23646754517713245042017-06-17T16:49:16.849-07:002017-06-17T16:49:16.849-07:00Fixed.
Thanks, as usual, NVG!
.Fixed.<br /><br />Thanks, as usual, NVG!<br /><br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-13317998358077954022017-06-17T16:44:39.504-07:002017-06-17T16:44:39.504-07:00"Employers have said it’s key to preventing w..."Employers have said it’s key to preventing workers from being intimidated by co-workers into union certification."<br /><br />Since when did Employers become the protectors of employees rights to join a union? Where is the backgrounder from Eagland on what the Employers have said? Have the Employers thrown out the Regulations on Bullying?<br /><br /><br />BTW RossK ... a typo its an A not a U in NICK Eagland<br /><br />Nick Eagland's Bio<br /><br />http://www.nickeagland.com/<br /><br />I live in Vancouver, B.C.<br />I'm the morning reporter at The Province and Vancouver Sun.<br />Lately, I've been carefully ??? covering the overdose crisis.<br />I make short films. I'm learning how to code.<br /><br />neagland@postmedia.comNorth Van's Grumpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17571810726275726952noreply@blogger.com