On Wednesday 14 March 2012 11:59:48 Vivek Khurana wrote: > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 11:48 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Right now you have AIR INDIA, one of the worst airlines, sucking out > > money. It's imminent "demise" has been abetted by some crooked decisions, > > but no way could it have survived this far without state patronage and > > monopoly rights. > > But who screwed AIRINDIA? Workers? No. YES YES YES. Pilot strike, ground staff strike, cabin crew strike, sundry tender rigging, pilferage of stuff from planes, goods running, third rate service. I can go on, but everyone using AI is familiar with these.
> The political masters of Also a part. Who btw are the ones framing the rules. > AIRINDIA are responsible for the downfall of AIRINDIA. Else how come > an airline which was posting profits sudden ran into loss. Cooking the books is an ancient art. Without public - not government - scrutiny - everyone was happy with the fake profits, fat bonuses, and fatter contracts. > Going into > details of this would require a thread of its own. But my point is, > dont give half researched examples. > > >> These employees organisation > >> should force their own version of 'terms of work'. Either the > >> employers accept those terms or let them close down. > > > > Precisely my point, but perhaps not what you have in mind, which is > > striking work and preventing others less pandered from taking up their > > seats. If the terms are so rotten, that company wont find competent > > employees and will shut. In the past labour militancy (alongwith other > > parallel factors) led to the shutdown of industry. But that was not a > > disaster, as industries moved to better locations, and new industry with > > better working conditions replaced them. For a shot while both labour and > > industrialists were playing holier than thou, before economics forced > > better sense to prevail. > > You are completely disconnected with the conditions in India. Oh really? I could take you on tour in and around mumbai so that we get an education. > You > think if unsuitable terms are offered the organisation will shutdown. > Maybe in your dream. For man power intensive jobs in India there is no > dearth manpower. Exactly. Which is why the CC workers and others in urban India, who seek to convert their priveligies to rights at the expense of everyone else, need a boot in the face. Besides the option of finding cushier jobs, they can always start on their own and earn gadzillions. > If unsuitable work conditions were to shutdown > organisation Army would have been the first one to shutdown. But that > doesnt happen because there is no dearth of people willing to join > Army. Ditto for Police and several other govt. jobs. The army, police, and governments are not business. > > regards > Vivek -- Rgds JTD _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
