tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900996.post114115572732974795..comments2023-10-10T11:35:48.659-04:00Comments on Joan Tintor: Take back our public servicesJoan Tintorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12310221026999893117noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900996.post-1155882721496596422006-08-18T02:32:00.000-04:002006-08-18T02:32:00.000-04:00Join NOW for FREE...The Quick and FREE Way to Get ...Join NOW for FREE...<BR/><BR/>The Quick and FREE Way to Get a SWARM of Visitors to Your Site!<BR/><BR/>To find out more visit: <A HREF="http://www.trafficswarm.com/go.cgi?347187" REL="nofollow"> online money making business </A> site. It successfully exposes FREE information covering Traffic and online money making business related stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900996.post-1148934838763408092006-05-29T16:33:00.000-04:002006-05-29T16:33:00.000-04:00PSAC isn't having too much fun in their strike wit...PSAC isn't having too much fun in their strike with BHP at the Ekati Diamond mine. They made some very poor strategic decisions (calling a strike before a scheduled business slowdown and when the mine is 15% short of fuel for the year)and now are trying their standard political tactics of screaming discrimination and trying to smear their opponent in the media.<BR/>They oviously don't understand business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900996.post-1141253788870907302006-03-01T17:56:00.000-05:002006-03-01T17:56:00.000-05:00The purpose of a union is to extort from the emplo...The purpose of a union is to extort from the employer more compensation than the market would otherwise bare.<BR/><BR/>The best way to do that is make sure there is no or very little market competition. That worked in automotive for a long time but the Big 3 are almost bankrupt because management was too stupid to notice Toyota wasn’t unionized.<BR/><BR/>“The last picture show” on unions is the monopolistic public sector. Here again the story is about no competition and therefore the ability for a CUPE park grass mower to earn $17 an hour when it should be a no skills minimum wage job.<BR/><BR/>Unions are finished. Outsourcing is in. But the timing is difficult to predict. When is the taxpayer is going to revolt and kick Mayor David Miller and the rest of the apparatchiks out so we can pick up where Mike Harris left off?<BR/>I guess the biggest area to watch is Health Care as the monopoly starts to break down in Alberta and Quebec.<BR/><BR/>nomdenetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900996.post-1141223429950454752006-03-01T09:30:00.000-05:002006-03-01T09:30:00.000-05:00Government should ONLY be involved in the delivery...Government should ONLY be involved in the delivery of essential services and essential services should not be allowed to strike, unionized or not. It's supposed to be public SERVICE maybee these people could think about that for a change instead of the same old story that if you don't give them a big enough raise then you don't value them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900996.post-1141163007970724632006-02-28T16:43:00.000-05:002006-02-28T16:43:00.000-05:00Am not able to interpret previous comment - I don'...Am not able to interpret previous comment - I don't think I agree, but don't know. I think he called himself an idiot, but I'm not sure.<BR/><BR/>Good luck with the crusade, Joan. It would be great to fire the whole buncha them (like the Air Traffic Controllers in USA under RR). But it just won't happen.<BR/><BR/>The best chance was under Mike Harris, and he couldn't pull it off.<BR/><BR/>I think our next chance will be when the City of Toronto goes broke (not too far off) and the province has to make some real hard decisions.Lemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09958806770271996092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900996.post-1141161853598584932006-02-28T16:24:00.000-05:002006-02-28T16:24:00.000-05:00Wow, it's amazing how that as union power wanes in...Wow, it's amazing how that as union power wanes in this country their ability to destroy it grows exponentially. What an idiot. Non-union workers are slackers too. I mean, how many non-union workers do you think are reading your blog on the company's dime right now?Robert McClellandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441059623685149683noreply@blogger.com