Charles

19 Mar 03 06:36, Charles Angelich wrote to David Drummond:

 DD>> In this country our companies are not obliged to enter into such 
 DD>> contracts

 CA> Wrong.  If the employees vote to be represented by a union then the 
 CA> company is obliged to negotiate in good faith with that union.

Employees here are free to join a union, but they're not obliged to. The
employer is not obliged to employ only union members.

[...]
 DD>>  CA> Don't get too sick too often, don't suffer a disabling injury, 
 DD>>  CA> don't ever slow down, and definitely don't get too old.  Can
 DD>>  CA> you manage all of that?
 DD>> 
 DD>> I don't need a union to cover me for that. I am legally entitled to 
 DD>> so much sick leave per year (accruing), and our anti discrimination 
 DD>> laws disallow dimissal on the grounds of age (supposing I 
 DD>> can still do the work).

 CA> Laws must be enforced to be meaningful.  

They don't need to enforced - every fulltime employee gets sick pay here.
Sick leave is factored into parttime employees pay rates. It's state and
federal law.

 CA> You must be quite young.

I am, I'm only part way into my second 50 years.

Regards,
David

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