Class war all over again in Australia
WorkChoices more about class war than economics
ROSS GITTINS
Ross Gittins is The Sydney Morning Herald's Economics Editor.
21 November 2005
Whenever anyone says the rich don't pay enough tax or wants to cut back his generous grants to top private schools, John Howard always accuses them of trying to take us back to the bad old, long-gone days of class conflict.
But, though it's had remarkably little acknowledgment from commentators, his own industrial relations changes are an undisguised assault on the Liberal Party's traditional class enemies: the unions, unionised workers and workers generally.
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Doctor Thomas:
I think that the solution to the problem is for people who are currently "employees" to quit their jobs, become shareholders in "Labour Corporations", buy up the factories and then EMPLOY the people who are currently "employers" as managers on wages....
ROSS GITTINS
Ross Gittins is The Sydney Morning Herald's Economics Editor.
21 November 2005
Whenever anyone says the rich don't pay enough tax or wants to cut back his generous grants to top private schools, John Howard always accuses them of trying to take us back to the bad old, long-gone days of class conflict.
But, though it's had remarkably little acknowledgment from commentators, his own industrial relations changes are an undisguised assault on the Liberal Party's traditional class enemies: the unions, unionised workers and workers generally.
...
[snipped]
Document SMHH000020051120e1bl0001m
Doctor Thomas:
I think that the solution to the problem is for people who are currently "employees" to quit their jobs, become shareholders in "Labour Corporations", buy up the factories and then EMPLOY the people who are currently "employers" as managers on wages....
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