> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adrian Stott > Sent: 18 September 2007 16:53 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [canals-list] Re: Sally Ash > > > >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> > I take the spoon as a smiley, Adrian, BUT....
Mike is clearly saying that legislation to protect employees from abuse ought not to be so weak that any unscrupulous employer can find an easy way around it without too much trouble! Ian (ex TU rep and Branch secretary for a now long gone Union called APEX) Ian Cardinal "History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. " Sir Winston Churchill
