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Raising quotas discarding benefits
by Kingfisher Sunday, Oct 14 2007, 1:00pm
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The proud labour movement of Oz has allowed itself to be decimated by management, you know, the people who continually raise work quotas but maintain low wages; the managers who sit in workers' meetings and monitor those who openly question oppression and exploitative work practices. The breed that thrives on DISPARITY, INEQUITY, DIVISION and D-I-S-U-N-I-T-Y!

As a result of corrupt labour/union officials lining their own pockets and pursuing their own interests, workers have been fed to corporate dogs and reduced to relative slavery.

Underpaid, highly pressured workers have been carried from their workplaces on stretchers for failing to meet totally unreasonable quotas while indifferent managerial staff and corporate directors feast on the spoils that inequity and exploitative work practices provide. Do not wonder how the many are controlled by the few. The responsibility for failing to question AND TEST the procedures involved in determining work quotas rests with labour. Testing whether or not these quotas are reasonable should be the initial response from the workers.

The burden of PROOF obviously lies with those who create the quotas – MANAGEMENT! In other words managers should be required to demonstrate to the workforce – over an extended period – the ease with which new work quotas can be achieved. No doubt the awkward attempts of managers attempting to fulfil new quotas would be a source of considerable amusement for workers and INDEPENDENT ASSESSORS alike!

Proving unfair work practices and exposing exploitative corporate strategies/tactics is far easier than acquiescing to unreasonable corporate demands. However, the option taken by the new Oz labour force, is to remain DIVIDED and ACQUIESCE to the unreasonable demands of management! So there’s no one to blame but yourselves or more accurately your timidity, gutlessness and lack of mutual support! Do you imagine for one minute that directors and managers are divided in their response to workers?

Australian workers today are enjoying the fruits of disunity, timidity and fear. Their options have been drastically reduced by their retractive behaviour; today Oz workers are faced with either asserting their inalienable rights or EATING SHIT AND LEARNING TO LIKE IT – the choice should be clear!

The situation in Australia has degenerated to the extent that the leader of the ‘Labor’ Party, Kevin Rudd, is PROUD to be a union bashing, conservative! Surely his background as a petty bureaucrat and hypocritical Christian should have alerted every Aussie that the leader of the Labor Party is NOT representative of Labor’s interests. Kevin Rudd has already promised management he will toe THEIR line – isn’t that right Mr. Murdoch?

This diminutive (in every respect) politician has done nothing but emulate his ultra-conservative opponent, John Howard, on more issues than I care to recount – never in the history of the Australian labour movement have we seen anything quite like this! But who is to blame? Surely the fault lies with our leaders, it couldn’t be us, or could it? Well, yea, it COULD!

Democracy is quite simply MAJORITY RULE via representation; if no united majority exists then expect non-representative leaders!

Have you any idea what occurs when a CONSERVATIVE BUREAUCRAT (anal personality) takes power? All opposition is met with contractionism until finally the fear of any dissenting independent thought becomes so threatening STALINIST methods are adopted. Just watch Rudd come down like a ‘ton of bricks’ on the labour movement while he maintains his servile and accommodating attitude to the Corporate sector – they don’t call him ‘custard face’ for nothing!

Anal conservatives and petty bureaucrats make the best totalitarian dictators; but don’t believe me, just wait and see!

It is clear the union movement has failed the people; the corporate sector has thoroughly corrupted union leaders and stigmatised them as thugs and criminals in the process. The lesson learnt from this experience is that leadership roles should be regularly rotated within each group; this practice prevents corrupting influences targeting traditional forms of leadership. Humans are frail animals few are able to resist temptation over long periods – we are ALL saved (in every respect) by the group.

“We are One or we are Nothing.” This often-repeated slogan is not difficult to understand it contains a simple formula for success and a clear warning!

If you would survive then form mutually supportive groups in the workplace and every other sphere of your lives; support each other at ALL times but especially in times of great need. Understand by freeing your brothers and sisters you automatically free yourselves; imagine the shock criminals and exploiters would receive if faced with resolute unity – it is in the most adverse times when unity demonstrates its constructive power!

Unity is not only a matter of tribe, group or nation; it applies to all humanity – GLOBALLY – especially in times when our brave brothers and sisters suffer great adversity such as in Burma today. Lay down your tools, disconnect your terminals, leave your keyboards for one afternoon in solidarity and support of our brave Burmese brethren. When faced with unified peaceful action in support of our fellow human beings the powers eventually respond.

A message of PEACE is sent to the entire world through this action. If one afternoon of peaceful action does not succeed in freeing our brethren/ourselves then extend the action to a day then a month and continue the engagement until governments around the globe are forced to act in the interests of the people!


We are One!

Peace.