"Workers of New Zealand"

Why is it whenever I hear someone like Helen Kelly or some other Labourite wanker  referring to " Workers" ,I know  without a shadow of doubt , she aint talking about me !

Yes, I do meet any definition you could reasonably  have for the term.

I have been in continuous paid employment for more than 40 years .

I have paid taxes all my life .

I have never been on or received any form of unemployment  benefit.

I have only ever belonged to a Union when it was (shamefully) compulsory !

 But heres the real kicker , the one that excludes me from inclusion in  this sacred brethren, I have to confess  I have since the age of  about 20 (cringe ,cringe) EMPLOYED people !!

 Therefore under the unchallenged auspices of  the CTU ,  I am forever  to be shunned as a capitalist exploiter of the working class .

 Its ludicrous and amusing EXCEPT   that it fucking well pisses me off  that this nonsense is picked up and enshrined daily by  our papers and by piss poor legislation  enacted primarily by Socialist leaning Governments (run from behind by Unions)  BUT rarely  overturned    even by the Nats .

NO , dont tell me  that the 90 day trial period the Nats brought is  a good example , that is just plain commonsense  despite the wailing and gnashing  of the panty wetters.

 For Christ sake, you can go to any mall in this country and select a group of people at random and I bet you dollars to doughnuts , even Phil Goff  wouldnt employ  half of them on sight with a Government payroll to back him . 

Offering people a trial will simply  give a fairer chance to both parties to conclude an enduring contract .

Bugger off with that nonsense about  workers rights in this context  , No one has a  "Right to a Job" any more than I have a Right to someone elses labour .

 Labour  is an item of exchange, barter , trade  call it what you will  where  one party sells his time and effort for reward .

 Jobs are created  by a need (probably more demand these days as opposed to real need)  for services or products .  If there is no need or demand and therefore no profit in the supply of same then jobs either dont eventuate  or die ,

 "Rights" dont even come into the equation and we surely have all seen enough , just how wonderfully well it all works when we have "make work schemes" creating  services and products no one wants .

BUT back to the central point , why is it so difficult to reconcile  worker and employer  at least in the mindset of poli's  and the CTU.

I grew up in a time and an industry (timber)  where the workers had considerable autonomy and respect and were  regarded as skilled and intelligent people.

 Today in the same industry I am ,as an employer told in no uncertain terms by  DOL for example that my workforce are all imbeciles and I should plan  my business accordingly .

 Well, I dont want to employ  imbeciles  and I also dont want to marry my workforce and accept 100% responsibility for their actions  both in and out of my employ , but under law today  I owe (legally)  more duties of care  to my employees than I do to my own  family !

 CTU climb on that bandwagon also  whenever there is an Industrial acccident and immediately attack the employer as a ruthless agent of exploitation  (I cite Pike River disaster as a classic example) .

 How long did take for them to relegate Peter Whittall  from hero to zero ?

 Personally I take my hat off to him doing a bastard of a job and doing it exceedingly well in my view .

 Strange in'it? He is an employee also and one who has probably lost his job with the mine closure!

 Is there an agenda to this  strategy of making the whole workforce into helpless dependents  and mindless automatons ?
 Is this part of Helen Clarks  brave new world where she has cunningly calculated that beneficiaries and civil servants  outnumber  the rest of us and has set about  dramatically creating more of both?

 Do the "workers" of New Zealand actually want this ?

 Interested to hear from others  and build some consensus ?