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user1951@hotmail.com wrote:

>> Their bat, their ball, their computer systems & internet bandwidth -
>> they can decide what they want people to have access to on their
>> systems during working hours. The facility to use their systems for
>> purposes other than those directly related to work are a privelage
>> not a right.

Well said!

> However it is still censorship from a news organisation.  What does
> that remind you of?
>
> They have selectively targeted a particular trade union website - in
> the same way that they have kept quiet about the story of Coca Cola's
> involvement in the assassination of union activists in
> Colombia....another piece of selective targeting by a global
> corporation.
>
> They print lies in their newspapers and deny anyone the right of
> reply, they broadcast lies and they suppress the truth.....and you
> think this does not matter?

Personally I get pretty fed up with the "Nanny" mentality of using unions to
fight workers' battles. If you don't like the job you're in then get another
one.

Take the firefighters as an example..... While their service is extremely
worthy and exceptionally brave, they knew the risks and the rewards when
they started the job. So why did they expect pay rises of 40% or so? I've
given up work now but in the last few years my pay awards were only in the
order of 2-3%, limited by commercial necessity, rather than due to my own
performance. In fact the pay rises for 2002 were deferred by 3 months for
several thousand staff due to difficult economic conditions. While the
employees might have mumbled a bit we could all see the need and certainly
didn't stamp our feet and threaten strike action.

I'd say it's perfectly fair fo an employer to not wish its workers be
distracted (in the employer's time) by information that might serve to
undermine the company's operation and performance.

p.s. if we stopped taking bloody asylum seakers then perhaps we could pay
our firefighters a bit more!