Page 2 of 2 FirstFirst 12
Results 11 to 19 of 19

Thread: About time someone really shook up the LRA roost

  1. #11
    Moderator IanF's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    Jhb
    Posts
    2,679
    Thanks
    197
    Thanked 529 Times in 405 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by Greig Whitton View Post
    I don't think that is what the unions want. But I think that they are willing to risk it to get what they want.
    Now you have my interest what is the Union's endgame?
    Only stress when you can change the outcome!

  2. #12
    Silver Member Greig Whitton's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2014
    Location
    Cape Town
    Posts
    338
    Thanks
    33
    Thanked 105 Times in 86 Posts
    They're playing a game of political chicken with the ANC. The first one to blink loses the working class constituency. If neither of them blink, we all lose.

    Founder of Growth Surge - Helping entrepreneurs create more wealth and enjoy more freedom.

  3. #13
    Moderator IanF's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    Jhb
    Posts
    2,679
    Thanks
    197
    Thanked 529 Times in 405 Posts
    So now this political game causes mayhem and lousy service from utilities - and this won't lead to being just another failed African country?
    This looks like one of the consequences.
    Only stress when you can change the outcome!

  4. #14
    Silver Member Greig Whitton's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2014
    Location
    Cape Town
    Posts
    338
    Thanks
    33
    Thanked 105 Times in 86 Posts
    Don't get me wrong, I fully agree that widespread mayhem and failure is a definite possibility. But when you're playing poker and decide to go all in, you don't care how your chips feel about it.

    Founder of Growth Surge - Helping entrepreneurs create more wealth and enjoy more freedom.

  5. Thank given for this post:

    AndyD (07-Jul-14), Dave A (05-Jul-14)

  6. #15
    Site Caretaker Dave A's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Location
    Durban, South Africa
    Posts
    22,648
    Thanks
    3,304
    Thanked 2,676 Times in 2,257 Posts
    Blog Entries
    12
    Quote Originally Posted by Greig Whitton View Post
    Don't get me wrong, I fully agree that widespread mayhem and failure is a definite possibility. But when you're playing poker and decide to go all in, you don't care how your chips feel about it.
    That might just be the comment of the week!

  7. #16
    Diamond Member wynn's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    east london
    Posts
    3,338
    Thanks
    548
    Thanked 625 Times in 524 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by Greig Whitton View Post
    you don't care how your chips feel about it.
    When you say 'Chips' don't you really mean "Chops"?
    "Nobody who has succeeded has not failed along the way"
    Arianna Huffington

    Read the first 10% of my books "Didymus" and "The BEAST of BIKO BRIDGE" for free
    You can also read and download 100% free my short stories "A Real Surprise" and "Pieces of Eight" at
    http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/332256

  8. #17
    Site Caretaker Dave A's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Location
    Durban, South Africa
    Posts
    22,648
    Thanks
    3,304
    Thanked 2,676 Times in 2,257 Posts
    Blog Entries
    12
    More fireworks well and truly on the way - this time relating to the extension of collective agreements to non-parties.

    Metals sector faces further ructions.

  9. #18
    Site Caretaker Dave A's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Location
    Durban, South Africa
    Posts
    22,648
    Thanks
    3,304
    Thanked 2,676 Times in 2,257 Posts
    Blog Entries
    12
    As NUMSA rejects the 10% offer from employers and accuses them of "reckless shenanigans and unreasonable demands", we have Statistician-General Pali Lohohla with this to say:

    Lehohla on Monday tabled figures highlighting the sluggish recovery of South Africa's mining and manufacturing sectors in the wake of the 2008/09 recession.

    The figures were a repeat of those issued in Stats SA's last monthly release, tabled last week.

    They highlight the impact strikes and industrial unrest have had on the country's mining and manufacturing sectors.

    Among other things, they show that between June 2012 and March this year a total of 48 000 jobs were lost in the mining sector, a decrease of 9%.

    Further between September 2006 and March this year, the number of employees in the manufacturing sector decreased by 14%, a total of 188 000 employees.

    Asked why he was repeating the data, Lehohla said the strikes and industrial unrest experienced around the country were cause for concern.

    "Releasing these numbers in the context of a restive industrial environment helps to energise the discussion that society needs to have.

    "Government must engage these numbers and look at them, analyse them and feed them into the Nedlac [National Economic, Development and Labour Council], so that there is more peaceful industrial relations."
    I do believe it is long overdue that we call a spade a spade.

    There is something very wrong with our Labour Relations Act. It isn't working and it's causing ever increasing economic mayhem. And every day this problem isn't tackled, the hole we're digging for ourselves is going to be deeper and harder to get out of.

    The time to act is NOW!

  10. #19
    Site Caretaker Dave A's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Location
    Durban, South Africa
    Posts
    22,648
    Thanks
    3,304
    Thanked 2,676 Times in 2,257 Posts
    Blog Entries
    12
    Driving home this evening I heard a report that Mildred Olifant has now met the parties to try to settle the strike. The report mentioned that Mildred believes there needs to be new mechanisms put in place to prevent these damaging strikes.

    That sounded like progress, so I went hunting for some online reports of the statement(s).

    No luck unfortunately. But I did come across a report that dampens my hopes somewhat that government is finally waking up and seeing the problem for what it is. How the heck can we expect a sound solution when this is part of the paradigm:

    Oliphant said the government was intent on exploring the introduction of a minimum wage because salary disparities remained vast, despite the equal pay for equal work provision in the country's labour equity legislation.

    She cited differences in pay for rock drillers in the mining sector, saying those in platinum, gold and coal mines were not earning equally well, despite essentially doing the same job.

    "When you look at the way they work, all of them are doing the same job. The question will have to be: Why do you have people who are doing the same job not being paid equally?"
    from Government mulling minimum wage model on Moneyweb
    Gee Mildred. Great question!
    While you're about it, please find out why gold, platinum and coal don't get the same price per ounce on the open market?
    You might also want to research where the money to pay wages in the private sector actually comes from.
    Here's a clue - it isn't from taxes.

Page 2 of 2 FirstFirst 12

Similar Threads

  1. Chickens coming home to roost?
    By wynn in forum BEE and Employment Equity Forum
    Replies: 10
    Last Post: 14-Feb-13, 08:17 PM
  2. Time to get out in the sun
    By duncan drennan in forum General Chat Forum
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 01-May-07, 06:53 PM

Did you like this article? Share it with your favourite social network.

Did you like this article? Share it with your favourite social network.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •