Do you know the story of the frog in the pot getting warmed up? > "Social-democrats" keep the frog from leaping out. Sorry, I don't get it. --------------- Ed, I think that Chris is referring to the way in which social democrats provide just enough social change so that the masses don't truly revolt. Things get worse, a little ammelioration is provided, things again get worse and so on. Soon the workers are stuck at the bottom of the food chain. -----------------
Yoiks!! Does this mean that everytime I want to pay a Visa bill or take some money out I'll have to go to India?? ---------------- With the magic of broadband the Internet all of this can be done remotely. You don't have to go to India. Just have send Canadian jobs to India. And keep doing so until there are no longer jobs available in Canada and then you won't have to worry about paying a Visa bill or taking some money out. arthur ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Weick Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 4:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Christoph Reuss Subject: Re: [Futurework] Future of work? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christoph Reuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [Futurework] Future of work? > 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. Sorry, I don't get it. > > >> 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)? Don't know. It would depend on how the government of BC handled things. If it moved services back into the public sector, some employees might become public servants. But I think we'll have to wait and see. Governments often find their way around awkward situations or pretend to be doing something but not doing anything. > > >> 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. Yoiks!! Does this mean that everytime I want to pay a Visa bill or take some money out I'll have to go to India?? > > Chris > Ed > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ > SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword > "igve". > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca <mailto:Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca> > http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework <http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework>
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