"Mike Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tuesday, September 18, 2007 8:53 AM [GMT+1=CET], >Dorothy Robbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Most of my working life was spent in companies where there was no >> trade union presence, so the employers had more scope for running >> their companies the way they wanted. In my last job (where I spent >> nearly 22 years, so no complaints about it), if anyone was off sick >> for more than a couple of weeks and the bosses realised that the firm >> could manage without them, there was a fair possibility that that job >> would become redundant! > >Yet another illustration of the need for Trade Unions.
Mike, you seem to saying that Trade Unions are a good thing because they can force employers to keep redundant staff/positions. Is that really what you mean? <puts down spoon> Adrian Adrian Stott 07956-299966
