Ed Weick wrote: > Chris, what we have to recognize is that it is often "little" decisions, > large on a local scale but small on a global scale, that work their way > through an economic and political system and bring about long term changes.
Do you know the story of the frog in the pot getting warmed up? "Social-democrats" keep the frog from leaping out. > By striking down a provincial law, the Supreme Court of Canada told the > Government of British Columbia and cannot cut its costs by outsourcing work > to private companies and that it has to bargain collectively with its > employees. It struck down a provincial law that permitted such outsourcing. What's the effect on employees of private companies (which, I assume, are most employees in Canada)? > There is another event currently underway in Canada that could bring about > significant change in the way large businesses treat their junior employees. > This is a class action suit against one of our major banks alleging failure > to pay front-line employees for overtime work. Again, a relatively small > action that could have widespread repercussions. Yes: to provide another incentive for companies to move jobs out of Canada. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
