What Do Unions Spend Members Fees On?
Over on the left blogs, they claim that Unions are democratic organisations that advocate for workers rights.
Personally, back in my dark ages of being a member of the Bank Officers Union/Finsec, I never remember voting for any official, or being invited to anything apart from a pre-award/pre-employment contract negoitation and having no say in the running of the Union.
So, I wonder how many Union members would be happy to know that on Thursday, staff from various Unions (about 50 of them, altogether) were in Manners Mall handing out leaflets protesting against Government-sponsored employment law changes. They were opposed to changes which they say will make Working Families worse off, and that our rights at work are worth fighting for.
They even had bright Orange T-Shirts made up for the protest, so with the staff time, printing and T-Shirts it must have been a fair cost to protest employment law changes.
Now, you are probably wondering "What Employment Law changes? I don't recall Labour announcing any changes? And if they did, they wouldn't normally makes changes that Unions would be protesting!" And you'd be right.
You see, all the expense and effort of Unions Workers was to protest employment law changes in Australia.
And even if I did oppose these changes in Australia, what could I do about it? Nothing! Like just about every other person in Manners Mall that day.
What a waste of resources paid for by ordinary working New Zealanders. And I told them so.
Personally, back in my dark ages of being a member of the Bank Officers Union/Finsec, I never remember voting for any official, or being invited to anything apart from a pre-award/pre-employment contract negoitation and having no say in the running of the Union.
So, I wonder how many Union members would be happy to know that on Thursday, staff from various Unions (about 50 of them, altogether) were in Manners Mall handing out leaflets protesting against Government-sponsored employment law changes. They were opposed to changes which they say will make Working Families worse off, and that our rights at work are worth fighting for.
They even had bright Orange T-Shirts made up for the protest, so with the staff time, printing and T-Shirts it must have been a fair cost to protest employment law changes.
Now, you are probably wondering "What Employment Law changes? I don't recall Labour announcing any changes? And if they did, they wouldn't normally makes changes that Unions would be protesting!" And you'd be right.
You see, all the expense and effort of Unions Workers was to protest employment law changes in Australia.
And even if I did oppose these changes in Australia, what could I do about it? Nothing! Like just about every other person in Manners Mall that day.
What a waste of resources paid for by ordinary working New Zealanders. And I told them so.
posted by Michael at
10:45 AM
1 Comments:
What's funny here is that if the Exclusive Brethren borrow a template for a brochure from an overseas group, its an international right wing conspiracy. It is obvious the Unions overseas are well connected. But now, it's simply "international awareness" and "solidarity".
I wonder if they donate money to off-shore causes?
The government also 'tops up' Union Funds through various mechanisms. so tax payer stolen loot is effectively supporting this nonsense.
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ZenTiger, at 12:44 PM
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