Comments on: Know Where You Stand - the remix http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/13/know-where-you-stand-the-remix/ Blogging politics, culture, sociology and life from Brisvegas Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:55:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Hugh Atkin http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/13/know-where-you-stand-the-remix/#comment-403825 Hugh Atkin Sun, 16 Sep 2007 02:50:18 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/13/know-where-you-stand-the-remix/#comment-403825 Thanks, FDB! Thanks, FDB!

]]> By: FDB http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/13/know-where-you-stand-the-remix/#comment-403178 FDB Fri, 14 Sep 2007 01:16:42 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/13/know-where-you-stand-the-remix/#comment-403178 Hugh - may I offer you props? Lots of fun doing this sort of thing - I used to while away the graveyard hours when I did sound for ABC News in Perth making mash-ups from the 8mm tape archives with a razor blade edit kit. How things have changed! Hugh - may I offer you props?

Lots of fun doing this sort of thing - I used to while away the graveyard hours when I did sound for ABC News in Perth making mash-ups from the 8mm tape archives with a razor blade edit kit. How things have changed!

]]> By: Hugh Atkin http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/13/know-where-you-stand-the-remix/#comment-403137 Hugh Atkin Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:01:49 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/13/know-where-you-stand-the-remix/#comment-403137 Hey. Thanks for posting my videos. Really glad people like them. I've just done a couple more on the National Security Hotline - possibly not as good as the workplace ad, but they turned out alright. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZI1gms9G0k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avwzKKtbn_U Hey. Thanks for posting my videos. Really glad people like them.

I’ve just done a couple more on the National Security Hotline - possibly not as good as the workplace ad, but they turned out alright.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZI1gms9G0k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avwzKKtbn_U

]]> By: steve h http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/13/know-where-you-stand-the-remix/#comment-403031 steve h Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:58:58 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/13/know-where-you-stand-the-remix/#comment-403031 That is gold... I particularly like the way they've integrated the whole thing - nicely edited. Amused - I'm always amused at why someone thinks that a multi-million dollar company is on an equal footing to an individual who may or may not even be aware of the rules (quite hard to find if you don't want to listen to bullsh%t from both "sides"'). Flexibility has always been available to those employers who have the will - I've had it for years and not one of my bosses even remotely needed the new laws. On the other hand I am one of the few people I know of in this situation - about 10 of my 100's of customer employees/employers have any sort of "flexible arrangeents". Every single one of the employees who has had the new laws implemented has either lost a lot or left for other work. The employers have in turn lost some of their most skilled staff (in the current environment) and most are confused as to why production/quality has suffered as a result. The companies that might gain the most don't have the legal staff/money to look into it and are avoiding the issue like the plague (due in quite a few cases to union pressure). For my $0.00005 worth they should instead have consolidated state OHS laws - these seem to cost a lot for little return (unsafe sites are still dangerous while safe sites are hampered by nanny-state rules and massive costs). The unions don't like the idea (trades need to "get their quals" in each state) but it seriously needs to be done. That is gold…
I particularly like the way they’ve integrated the whole thing - nicely edited.
Amused - I’m always amused at why someone thinks that a multi-million dollar company is on an equal footing to an individual who may or may not even be aware of the rules (quite hard to find if you don’t want to listen to bullsh%t from both “sides”‘). Flexibility has always been available to those employers who have the will - I’ve had it for years and not one of my bosses even remotely needed the new laws. On the other hand I am one of the few people I know of in this situation - about 10 of my 100’s of customer employees/employers have any sort of “flexible arrangeents”.
Every single one of the employees who has had the new laws implemented has either lost a lot or left for other work. The employers have in turn lost some of their most skilled staff (in the current environment) and most are confused as to why production/quality has suffered as a result. The companies that might gain the most don’t have the legal staff/money to look into it and are avoiding the issue like the plague (due in quite a few cases to union pressure).
For my $0.00005 worth they should instead have consolidated state OHS laws - these seem to cost a lot for little return (unsafe sites are still dangerous while safe sites are hampered by nanny-state rules and massive costs). The unions don’t like the idea (trades need to “get their quals” in each state) but it seriously needs to be done.

]]> By: amused http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/13/know-where-you-stand-the-remix/#comment-402911 amused Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:40:44 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/13/know-where-you-stand-the-remix/#comment-402911 <blockquote>Average pay for workers in liquor stores, fast-food businesses, bakeries, restaurants and supermarkets dropped by between 2 and 18 per cent as a result of the 339 new agreements</blockquote> But this research is research done by people who have been members of a union, and everybody knows only unionists would think that kind of flexibility is somehow unfair. "I mean, when we say 'prosperous' we mean, in the overall sense. I mean I can't guarantee that each individual won't be worse off. I mean, it's up to individulas to make the most of the opportunities they are given, and that's what we stand for". Suck on it suckers.

Average pay for workers in liquor stores, fast-food businesses, bakeries, restaurants and supermarkets dropped by between 2 and 18 per cent as a result of the 339 new agreements

But this research is research done by people who have been members of a union, and everybody knows only unionists would think that kind of flexibility is somehow unfair.

“I mean, when we say ‘prosperous’ we mean, in the overall sense. I mean I can’t guarantee that each individual won’t be worse off. I mean, it’s up to individulas to make the most of the opportunities they are given, and that’s what we stand for”.

Suck on it suckers.

]]> By: Robert Merkel http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/13/know-where-you-stand-the-remix/#comment-402905 Robert Merkel Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:26:22 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/13/know-where-you-stand-the-remix/#comment-402905 <a HREF="http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/managers-strip-worker-rights/2007/09/12/1189276809758.html" rel="nofollow">More evidence</a> to back up the remix: <blockquote>A landmark study has examined every new collective agreement in those two industries in the first nine months of the law last year and found most removed penalty rates and overtime, increased managerial power and gave inadequate compensation. Average pay for workers in liquor stores, fast-food businesses, bakeries, restaurants and supermarkets dropped by between 2 and 18 per cent as a result of the 339 new agreements studied in Victoria, NSW and Queensland. But the worst-affected workers lost more than a third of their salaries through agreements that were legal.</blockquote> More evidence to back up the remix:

A landmark study has examined every new collective agreement in those two industries in the first nine months of the law last year and found most removed penalty rates and overtime, increased managerial power and gave inadequate compensation.

Average pay for workers in liquor stores, fast-food businesses, bakeries, restaurants and supermarkets dropped by between 2 and 18 per cent as a result of the 339 new agreements studied in Victoria, NSW and Queensland. But the worst-affected workers lost more than a third of their salaries through agreements that were legal.

]]> By: Rattus nonveritas http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/13/know-where-you-stand-the-remix/#comment-402897 Rattus nonveritas Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:05:55 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/13/know-where-you-stand-the-remix/#comment-402897 LOL Where should Crosby Textor send the writs?!! LOL

Where should Crosby Textor send the writs?!!

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