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If the CFMEU are as bad as you say they are, and I have no evidence either way, the the Federal government should move to de-register them.
We can do without militant unions in this day and age.
There is no doubt in my mind......The CFMEU are behind it.....If they go on strike over a pay deal, the CFMEU could be heavily fined so they have resorted to a newfound tactic of sickness and requests for workers to work overtime who have been advised by the CFMEU not to answer their phones.
The CFMEU are making the company pay a heavy price to get what they want.
Maybe the Loy Yang workers need to read up on a bit of history, like the U.K coal miners strikes.
They have knocked back a 20% pay rise over 4 years, what are they thinking of?
Under the agreement, which the Fair Work Commission has now agreed to terminate, workers at Loy Yang were being paid between $70,000 and $180,000 a year on average.
It told the commission it wanted to drastically reduce its overtime bill from $20 million to $10 million claiming 10 workers pocketed more than $100,000 a year in overtime alone.
My understanding is that AGL wanted to change many of the conditions under the existing EBA in return for that 20% pay rise over 4 years.
It told the commission it wanted to drastically reduce its overtime bill from $20 million to $10 million claiming 10 workers pocketed more than $100,000 a year in overtime alone.
Why would workers be so valuable they have to work the extreme hours?
If you have ever tried to deal with AGL in trying to break an unapproved supply connection contract, you would know they aren't a victim organisation, deserving of pity.
If the CFMEU are as bad as you say they are, and I have no evidence either way, the the Federal government should move to de-register them.
We can do without militant unions in this day and age.
Why would workers be so valuable they have to work the extreme hours?
Seem to be doing well you say, care to clarify that?Turnbull, does not have the gutz to deregister the CFMEU for fear of a back lash at the ballot box.
If the disruption at Loy Yang power station continues and the cost of producing power becomes nonviable, something has to give.......The company either passes on those costs to the consumers or shuts the power station down.
I am not sure whether those workers are over paid or not but they all seem to be doing very well.
Why would workers be so valuable they have to work the extreme hours?
If you have ever tried to deal with AGL in trying to break an unapproved supply connection contract, you would know they aren't a victim organisation, deserving of pity.
Seem to be doing well you say, care to clarify that?
You obviously have no idea of the complexities of running a thermal power station.
We had a similar situation in W.A a few years ago, management said we will just employ more.
They ended up having to import 5 from South Africa.lol
You obviously have no idea of the complexities of running a thermal power station.
We had a similar situation in W.A a few years ago, management said we will just employ more.
They ended up having to import 5 from South Africa.lol
Workers as such there are plenty of.
Workers with these sorts of skills and who are worth employing are pretty rare however.
One problem we've got in Australia is a broad culture that could be described as "we learn from out mistakes and move on....". That's incredibly common but as I'm sure sptrawler is well aware, power stations are an extremely unforgiving environment and not a place for making mistakes. Actual competence is required, not trial and error, and the old "you pass or you FAIL" is a far more relevant approach than "every child gets a prize" type thinking.
So that rules out much of the potential workforce. They're also not a good place for anyone who isn't good at becoming an expert on what they're working with and its real world characteristics or who can't stand the constant unchanging drone of machinery. Also need a mindset that does things properly and isn't into "shortcuts" as those tend to end badly.
So that does narrow down the potential workforce quite a bit.
The Industrial Umpire is awake to the CFMEU tactics as are many people.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/vi...g/news-story/54c27c89f0deb4783f5c663d797ccb76
Workers with these sorts of skills and who are worth employing are pretty rare however.
I guess there could be all sorts of reasons for that, but I would put forward privatisation in general and the withdrawal of governments from trade training schemes and apprenticeships.
Private employers are much more likely simply to import workers that have already been trained elsewhere, and our governments are not really interested if their qualifications stack up to requirements.
Maybe it's not good always harking back to 'the old days' but there seemed to be a better realisation then that skills development locally led to a better end product service. You can see this in many industries, we used to be able to service jet aircraft here now it's mainly done OS, apart from the military.
Imo there has been a negligent "not our problem" mindset from many governments over the years.
To cut costs of course, and in laying off workers to cut costs there is less local money back in the community and so less business and less trips. So we are cutting off our noses and taking everything to the cheapest denominator so that eventually the few rich will have it all and the rest of us may as well lay down and die. You are going to win noco, but what will the prize be????So why are they sending aircraft over seas to get serviced?
To cut costs of course, and in laying off workers to cut costs there is less local money back in the community and so less business and less trips. So we are cutting off our noses and taking everything to the cheapest denominator so that eventually the few rich will have it all and the rest of us may as well lay down and die. You are going to win noco, but what will the prize be????
There will come a time when an educated population will question or just dismiss the labour cost blame for price of goods and services which is actually driven by profiteering, compliance costs and top heavy administration.
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