If a worker wanted to hold some form of industrial action, there would have to be a properly constituted ballot, which; assuming there was a majority, would then require that worker to give his boss notice of when the industrial action was going to take place.
So, why is it that farmers, unhappy with the price they are being paid for their milk, can just decide to picket the dairy or supermarket in protest at their prices, without any form of legal ballot or anything?
Don’t you think that what is good for the workers should also apply to Farmers and anyone else in a similar situation?
I think that it is like a lot of things in life unfortunately, there is one rule for one, and one for another, which I know does not sound fair. What is good for one should be good for the other.
I hear you on this one , on this opiniion topic of yours my friend , the somewhat overweight mr peter griffin frrom the tv show in fox , the cartoon on sunday nights , which is known as the family guy , you think that if there are restraints on workers collectively withholding their labor from an employer , then just so , there should also be restrints on producers , such as farmers , for example , picketing producers who will nopt pay what the farmers consider a fair price . . . . .. . .
Farmers I take it are the boss so who could they talk to about going on strike. However I do think that they should have talks first to try and sort things out.
I am 50/50 on this one. Here in Australia, workers that strike are generally members of a union who they go to if they have a beef about things and after much negotiation sometimes for 4 years, they are finally forced to strike because of no result in the 'talks'. They are wage earners. Wheras farmers are not. They don't draw a wage and I know here, they are paid a pittance for the wheat or wool or cotton or sheep and cows and especially the milk. I can't buy locally produced stuff because of all the regulations farmers have to face and the huge two supermarkets have the monopoly and pay them about 4 cents a pint then put it on the shelves for $3.50. It takes a lotto get a farmers gander up but seeing Californian strawberries only on the supermarket shelves instead of the cheaper locally grown ones must give them the tray bits. So eventually when they do get together, it's when they have had a gut full and are losing money something severe. They went and dumped truckloads of wheat on the footsteps of Parliament house because they couldn't sell it & also because we were importing it like everything else that's grown here. I think it comes down to the simple fact that they are not wage earners as opposed to those that have to go through the rigermarole of getting permission who are. Farmers are inevetibly their own bosses and usually run at a loss. At least here in OZ they do. Please excuse spelling - in a rush. x x xMyo :)))))
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7 months agoHowever I do think that they should have talks first to try and sort things out.
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