Alan Bourke wrote: > On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:58 -0400, "Pete Theisen" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Seems (from my aging memory) that you are in the socialist UK >> > > Ireland. Not especially socialist compared to say, France. > Ok, here's a thing I've noticed on his conception of politics. He says socialist and thinks it's a unique thing, blind to the fact that there are degrees and shades of socialism, not only among countries but in the same country.
>> That was in Michigan. That boss has by now relocated to Florida. We even >> have bosses in some companies using key loggers and paying employees so >> much for so many keystrokes and not by the hour. >> > > Well, we do have a pretty strong regulatory mechanism to stop employers > really taking liberties - I can't remember any software shop I know of > where the employees had to supply equipment and so on. I think the > boards of US companies here probably seethe at the amount of holidays > and maternity leave that the law provides for in most of the EU. > Luckily we have pretty strong syndicates here too, hence good regulatory work laws. Anyhow about 10 years ago, in the bad economic times, there was this scandal about the women at the cash registers of a supermarket being supplied adult diapers and not allowed to leave their work place for 10 hours. In that situation, with huge unemployment and fear amongst workers, some people were willing to withstand that, until an employee blowed the whistle. Which kind of shows you capitalism should always be strongly regulated. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
