Andrew Little: Employers are parasites

Oh dear!…more ammunition to use against this wanker when he rises from the shit pond to lead the corrupt Labour party.
The only parasites are unions, they take money from the terminally stupid who join a union and from those who can least afford it.
Union employees never go on strike, union employees never have to worry about not being paid yet these are the same parasites who are happy to sacrifice the living standards of their members in an effort to further their own political goals.

Fuck them!, unions are scum and anybody dumb enough to join one (or weak enough to let themselves be bullied into joining one) deserves no sympathy from us.

tell that to all the small business owners around NZ Andrew, and see how the polls like it

well as far as I can see the Charity filed with the Charity Commission they had 2 full time staff and the previous year 3 – so the calculation seems fair. Interesting though Andrew Little says in his comment Union staff dont work for nothing – fair call but is he referring to the staff in the Charity because their main job is training and education – are they working on Union employment negotitations?

I might of mis-read the above

where do you get the link to this post – I want to see what Rusty asked?

Bit contradictory from little isn’t it??? First they asked…where are the jobs??? Now he berates those who create them!!!..Mr little…..you are by every and all definitions ….an IDIOT!!!
As I work for myself, getting the larger contracts ALWAYS begets the question (from the customer), How are you going to fullfill obligations? How many staff do I (yes me personally) have? So I know after a period of growth (yes I have some), my business will REQUIRE staff to expand further (as I can’t do it all myself). As “Angry Tory” so ellequently put it “It’s my fucking money I’m paying you”. YES it is also the expense of vehicles, ACC, tools, premises (would be impossible to work from home, Kiwisaver etc etc all to expand my (yes MY) business. An employee, trades his time and skills (never absolutely the skills a business needs, so must be trained [more cost]) for money. There needs to be a mutual respect, but in the end the business, BELONGS to me, in this case. The employee can walk away at any time without consiquence. The employer, cannot. If the profits of the business drop, the employee, demands and gets, his wages. It is my mortgage and personal expenses that suffer. Therefore when it does well, it is my business, my risk and therefore MY reward!!!!!!!!!

if you read what Little actually said instead of your usual blinkers being worn
he did not state all employers exploit their workers as some are good employers but as usual most who write into this take out what they want of it and never read the whole story.
That is why we have unions to make sure workers are not exploited.
Reading some on here who claim to be employers I certainly would not want to work for you such is your hatred toward unions and and I would say to your workers.
 

Have you even noticed how allot of  people who willingly join a union are people who need pity and help and think all their problems can be cured by other people.

I am an employer who employs quite a few ppl now, all are PAID over the minimum wage, and I sponsor some to improve their education, i also fund a few of their kids to go on self development activities.  Yup, Education activities KOSH.  Things like Outward bound.   I have refused 100%, but have gone to a 50% contribution, plus in some cases a small loan for some extra costs, so they learn to WORK and pay it back.    Recently, a new employee started, and immediately started throwing around his weight.  Nothing was good enough, and off to his union he trotted.   In walked mr Union organizer, telling everyone how much scum I was as an employer, and how low the wages were.    Then, THANKFULLY the workers saw the light.   Looking around the walls in the meeting room seeing the pictures of their colleagues enjoying great times, and their kids at outward bound etc, they slowly started asking questions and seeking clarification of the union rep.   A week later, he did not turn up for his next meeting, the staff had collectively told him to FO they could not see how he or his union could add anything but cost.  The new employee left soon after and normal work relationships resumed.   

Many years ago, i told a union rep to FUCK OFF and not to ever come back.   He was from the Electrical workers (a non militant) union, and he was insisting i join the union now I was a tradesman.  He threatened my boss, and was quickly asked – Are you a Electrician…. No was the reply.   Well, this is for tradespeople only, there are live wires around so for your safety, don’t come back, you might get electrocuted.    I was receiving way above the award, and was well looked after by my employer, and in turn worked very hard for him.   I have continued in this fashion, and believe my workforce reacts positively to this environment and culture.   

The model unions operate in, went out mid 20th century, as our law, and employee motivation reward and workplace safety become a focus.  

Hence, people like Little, Kelly and definitely Parsley deserve the wrath of every employer, and nowadays, most employees.   They are parasites, who do not add any value to the workers, employers let alone Aoteroa.   

Looks like a 45,000.00 pay rise to me based on the info provided

Jeepers some of the sociopaths commenting here just show why workers need protections!
Rusty, your not going to enter the low life Cameron Slater game of playing on words are you? ” the only parasites are employers who exploit their extraordinary powers to pay their staff the least and otherwise treat them appallingly”. “Who”, Rusty, as in those that do exploit there workers and ups to those that dont. I seriously thought you were better than that?Its all about sustainable balance in the end and when you live under the current money system in which inflation is a systemic tax transferring ever increasing amounts of wealth to senior elements of the banking system who have been gifted the extraordinary powers of renting to NZ at an interest bearing price money gained for free in a manner that is not very obvious to most the population becomes disorientated and devolves into a dog eat dog shit fight for mere survival. I believe Andrew is aware that unfettered greedy unionism is just as impacting as unfettered crony capitalism in that under the current monetary system it becomes the the other side of the inflationary coin that favours only the senior elements of international banking in increasing their exploitive extractive profits.The senior elements of banking are adding atleast 50% odd to the cost anything government attempts to do and stealing 40% odd of private individuals purchasing power due to ever increasing debt factored into pricing.Wake up and start slinging it in the right direction.

Believe it or not there are situations where unions, employees and employers have a mutual respect for each other and the value they each provide to the relationship. In such situations bargaining is managed in “good faith” and the outcomes benefit all. I know many good employers  but it is a fact that in the current political climate, bad employers are thriving. 

New Zealand workers now work longer hours than most OECD countries for less pay and jobs are becoming increasingly casualised. Wages have not increased at the same rate as productivity and we are now an attractive environment for Australian businesses due to our cheap labour force. 

We need employers and unions to work productively to restore a proper balance between fair pay and working conditions and the ability of the employer to maintain a profitable business.