As if I needed another reason to not buy C.U.B. products.

[wide eyed and legless]

I like my eggs to come from a chicken that stays in her allotted one square metre and not a millimeter more.

 

[Bridges]

Not that I believe anything that news limited publishes but I'd like this to be true...

 

[malt and barley blues]

I can believe it if it was researched this year,my investments returned in the negative this year.

 

[Curly79]

The rally to support these 55 workers who have been bent over by C.U.B is on in Melbourne tomorrow. Starts 11am in the Docklands and marching to Parliament House. Seeya there. I'll be the bloke in the fluro Orange tee shirt [emoji106]

 

[sp0rk]

Don't you mean bent over by the contracting company that won the contract?

 

[wobbly]

The rally to support these 55 workers who have been bent over by C.U.B is on in Melbourne tomorrow. Starts 11am in the Docklands and marching to Parliament House. Seeya there. I'll be the bloke in the fluro Orange tee shirt [emoji106]

One would hope that you are directly impacted and not just another Rent a Crowd member

Wobbly

 

[SBOB]

Don't you mean bent over by the contracting company that won the contract?

yeah, but thats nowhere near as AM radio talkback worthy

 

[Camo6]

One would hope that you are directly impacted and not just another Rent a Crowd member

Wobbly

Ahh, you do understand how unions won the rights we now take for granted, yeah?

 

[Liam_snorkel]

there was a good piece on radio national show "Background Briefing" the other week. Worth a listen if you've got half an hour spare. Or skim the transcript if that's your modus operandi
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/battle-of-the-brewery/7792416

 

[SBOB]

Ahh, you do understand how unions won the rights we now take for granted, yeah?

I dont think that means everyone needs to march and blindly support every workplace dispute? especially those where the union quote snippets only give half the story?

And there are plenty of countries with better employment conditions than us who dont have the same union-praising history

 

[Camo6]

I dont think that means everyone needs to march and blindly support every workplace dispute?

How else does a labour force get results without withdrawing labour?

 

[SBOB]

How else does a labour force get results without withdrawing labour?

so a labour force should be able to just get whatever they want, and if not, take their ball and go home?
If so, then shouldnt an employer of that labour force be equally able to just take their ball and go find some new players?

 

[manticle]

One would hope that you are directly impacted and not just another Rent a Crowd member

Wobbly

Who's renting?

I need some quick cash.

 

[Camo6]

so a labour force should be able to just get whatever they want, and if not, take their ball and go home?
If so, then shouldnt an employer of that labour force be equally able to just take their ball and go find some new players?

Sure can. But they'll struggle to reach the ground! Hahaha!

 

[Liam_snorkel]

so a labour force should be able to just get whatever they want, and if not, take their ball and go home?
If so, then shouldnt an employer of that labour force be equally able to just take their ball and go find some new players?

it's a bit more complicated than that. The work force had negotiated & signed a workplace agreement with the employer 6 months ago which was supposed to last for 3 years. They found a loophole to pull the pin on it and apply an agreement that was not negotiated with the affected workers (or any workers it seems). Besides, the replacement workers are a stop-gap at best. Have a listen to the podcast I linked to.

 

[moonhead]

I dont think that means everyone needs to march and blindly support every workplace dispute? especially those where the union quote snippets only give half the story?

Especially seeing how the union is treating the people who work for the new contractor. I can't see any reason at all to give them my support when they abuse people going about their legal work.

 

[Curly79]

One would hope that you are directly impacted and not just another Rent a Crowd member

Wobbly

Directly impacted?... no I don't work at CUB if that's what you mean. But if these greedy pricks get away this its just another step closer to me, as an employee of a large plumbing company, getting dragged into my bosses office and being told " hey Curly, I know I normally pay you $1,200 a week but I've decided I'm only gunna pay you $400. Here...sign this or **** off ". Directly impacted? Not yet. Rent a crowd? No. Here in victoria we call it solidarity.

 

[sp0rk]

Except that's a different situation to what's happened here...

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Ahh, you do understand how unions won the rights we now take for granted, yeah?

Your talking about Wobbly here...brother/sister of WEAL, so your time is truly wasted with them

 

[bradsbrew]

it's a bit more complicated than that. The work force had negotiated & signed a workplace agreement with the employer 6 months ago which was supposed to last for 3 years. They found a loophole to pull the pin on it and apply an agreement that was not negotiated with the affected workers (or any workers it seems). Besides, the replacement workers are a stop-gap at best. Have a listen to the podcast I linked to.

Found a loophole or used the loophole that they knew was always an option?