David Jones slash workforce

[Ethnic]

The government should now provide newly unemployed people luring incentives to study nursing. Plenty of jobs still available for up 'n' coming nurses. Heck I might even do it.

[White Indigene]

Actually BHP are sacking 3400 people in Australia, many of who have invested heavily in the property after relying for so long on their huge pay packets. There will be a massive fallout from this and property prices in WA are going to plummet.

The Ravensthorpe closure will see 1450 jobs lost there and 350 at Yabulu, with another 100 employees and 200 contractors going at the Mt Keith nickel operation.

BHP's fourth-quarter nickel production of 50,200 tonnes was up 15 per cent on the previous quarter, which was affected by the Kalgoorlie smelter rebuild.

About 1100 jobs would be cut from Queensland coking coal mines and 200 people working on the Olympic Dam expansion would be axed, Mr Vanselow said.

and 6000 around the world.

Wheres the screaming Unions. Oh thats right, theyre in power.
Hmmph

[Jovial Monk]

No, twit! No unions at the mines. Workers on AWAs, get told fuck off and that's it, no redundancy "thank you Mr Howard."

[White Indigene]

No, twit! No unions at the mines. Workers on AWAs, get told fuck off and that's it, no redundancy "thank you Mr Howard."

Yeah sure,

evidence nutter!

[Jovial Monk]

A read of a halfway decent paper (NOT the 'tiser) would have informed you of the use of AWAs and exclusion of unions at the mines.

The miners making mozza payments are what boosted the 'average' paypacket, tho for most the paypacket didn't go up much at all. Trickery from the tricky Rodent.

[White Indigene]

So you have no immediate evidence of the esoteric claims then?

Doesnt suprise me.

We are supposed to beleive what we receive form the ACTU/ALP lie and fabrication factory when it comes to such matters.

Ask me however, since I was once there, and your answers will be markedly different from the drivel found in such cult/pulp programs as the Bastard Boys. The only thing nearly accurate is the title, the rest is soapfiction for Labor children. Mind you, the hate language emminating from Australia's hate engine the ACTU is accurate. And indicates the guts of the Union movement. As does using children as sheilds at barricades,; oh those brave Children.

Noop, unless Im communicating with someone who has been there, I put no store in what I hear.

Howard isnt responsible for the mess now abundantly clear. The contractors were probably overpaid, so they are well set to ride out the downturn, make no mistake. As are the Union muts at the top of the shit pile. The Resurces battle with Unions Inc is barely begun, death has not yet emerged, bullying on a large scale will begin once the ACTU hate engine is legitamised in the legislature by red J"illard, and then the streets of Sydney etal will really feel Rudds 'pain'.

Enjoy.

[Jovial Monk]

Whatever.

Did you once belong to the DLP WI? Sure sound like them.

[mantra.]

WI - as Monk said - there has been little or no union input, due to stringent regulations the Howard government imposed on them - even when the miners were complaining about attrocious and unsafe working conditions. Sharon Burrows is trying to negotiate with BHP because as it's been pointed out they have made enormous profits and should be able to hold onto most of these workers through this ongoing crisis. They are not interested and will proceed to sack 6% of their global workforce.

What's going to happen to many of these foreign workers? Do we now have to look after them, or will they be sent back home?