Tuesday, March 28, 2006

The 'employers' are scrabbling for excuses

Made a mistake. The new "Industrial Labour laws" took effect yesterday.

Total so far (according to the "news") Three employees "laid off" and offered 're-employment' at less than they were being originally paid.

And yes, the 'Employers' are quoting "difficult economic times".

Makes one wonder about the Prime Minister, and Treasurer's statements about "growth in the economy".
(Oh, oops, i forgot to check my 'dividends' from BHP Billiton and the Commonwealth bank.)

5 comments:

Davoh said...

ah, sheesh, here's me working my little leggies off 8am-6pm for a packet of noodles to eat .. so forgot to buy the shares.

GreenSmile said...

we have "growth" like that too :(

Anne Johnson said...

If you ask me, the economy's growing as fast as a rock. When nobody's left to buy stuff, The Man will get his.

The Editor said...

"scrabbling for excuses" ??? I would have thought that they don't need to bother with any now...

Davoh said...

Excuses?? Nah, with Malcolm TurDbull running the show, the "New American Republic" is well on the way to fruition.