Workers Rights Campaign - Christchurch protest Saturday 13 Feb

Joey Station

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Feb 9, 2010, 2:18:36 PM2/9/10

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NO LOVE FOR WORKERS- NO QUARTER FROM NATIONAL! Protest in Christchurch
- Sat 13th Feb from 10 am to 12 noon, outside Nicky Wagner's
Christchurch Office at 189 Montreal St - opposite South City Mall.
(Decided at meeting at WEA tonight)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=193935379948

WorkHard

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Feb 9, 2010, 2:30:47 PM2/9/10

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Dickhead.

Patrick FitzGerald

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Feb 9, 2010, 2:48:38 PM2/9/10

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I wish you every success in your protest.

Patrick

peterwn

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Feb 9, 2010, 3:55:47 PM2/9/10

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Hi W**kHard - you don't like receiving 'personal attacks' so why do
you deliver them. Play the ball, not the man.

WorkHard

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Feb 9, 2010, 4:22:51 PM2/9/10

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Hypocrite.

Mine wasn't a personal attack, either, unlike yours.

peterwn

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Feb 9, 2010, 4:48:21 PM2/9/10

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You called Joey a 'dickhead'. If that is not a personal attack, I do
not know what is.

Allistar

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Feb 9, 2010, 5:17:01 PM2/9/10

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Joey Station wrote:

People complaining they cannot earn enough money to make ends meet, yet they
have a computer that they can use for Facebook. I bet they have other
luxuries like TVs and DVD players.

Can't make ends meet? Stop buying things you don't need.

Why is it up to the government to force employers to pay people more? If you
want to be paid more, make yourself more attractive to employers by
upskilling - or simply ask them for more.

Join a union - collectively yoy may be able to get more.

But don't expect the state to get involved - they cause enough mess as it
is. This is an issue between employers and employees - NOT the state.
--
A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good
may come of it. -William Penn

greybeard

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Feb 9, 2010, 5:41:20 PM2/9/10

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"Patrick FitzGerald" <a...@b.com> wrote in message
news:9te3n51mbn6iscji4...@4ax.com...

What does a street protest achieve?

Street litter probably.

WorkHard

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Feb 9, 2010, 5:44:09 PM2/9/10

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Joey is YOU! And it was a statement of fact.

vitw

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Feb 9, 2010, 8:43:42 PM2/9/10

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On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:17:01 +1300, Allistar wrote:

> People complaining they cannot earn enough money to make ends meet, yet
> they have a computer that they can use for Facebook. I bet they have
> other luxuries like TVs and DVD players.
> Can't make ends meet? Stop buying things you don't need.

It gets worse - they have even more indulgent luxuries such as
refrigerators and washing machines. Some of them even have beds with
sheets and inner sprung mattresses, the bludgers!

Are you poor? It's your own fucking fault. Move into the 6-to-a-caravan
and live on dog kibble until you figure out how to stop being poor!

Allistar

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Feb 9, 2010, 7:47:21 PM2/9/10

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vitw wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:17:01 +1300, Allistar wrote:
>
>> People complaining they cannot earn enough money to make ends meet, yet
>> they have a computer that they can use for Facebook. I bet they have
>> other luxuries like TVs and DVD players.
>> Can't make ends meet? Stop buying things you don't need.
>
> It gets worse - they have even more indulgent luxuries such as
> refrigerators and washing machines. Some of them even have beds with
> sheets and inner sprung mattresses, the bludgers!

I never referred to such people as bludgers - I'm pointing out that some
who "cannot make ends meet" manage somehow to afford unnecessary luxuries.
And then they have the gall to complain the the government about it.

> Are you poor? It's your own fucking fault. Move into the 6-to-a-caravan
> and live on dog kibble until you figure out how to stop being poor!

"Figure out how to stop being poor" is good advice. Winging to the state is
not helpful - it's not the state's fault and it's not employers' fault.