7-Eleven worker paid as little as 47 cents an hour,

http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?board=general;action=post;title=StartNewTopic


says it all

We need people in unions to start switching on , it's a bit more than just paying your dues , get active in the campaigns , chuck a sicky and go on a march , with only 16% national density its little wonder nobody is listening because we choose to sit on the couch instead of getting out their and hopping in to this parasitic government.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcEfOcEsbDc

We may even finally get the righties onboard when theyre asked to work weekends for single time

Its time wrote on Feb 15^th, 2016 at 7:33pm:

We may even finally get the righties onboard when theyre asked to work weekends for single time

Puh-lease!  Those things only apply to the PEASANTS!!

If someone is prepared to work for 47 cents and hour they don't need a union they need a psychiatrist  :D

innocentbystander. wrote on Feb 15^th, 2016 at 8:47pm:

If someone is prepared to work for 47 cents and hour they don't need a union they need a psychiatrist  :D

Blaming the worker, and not the employer.

Typical.

Why is it that rightards always support criminals?

The 7-Eleven business and franchise model obviously does not work unless the employees there are screwed, simple as that.

Yes piss poor business practice by the employer too, I would have got them down to 30 cents  8-)

Aussie wrote on Feb 15^th, 2016 at 8:53pm:

The 7-Eleven business and franchise model obviously does not work unless the employees there are screwed, simple as that.

Hmmm, sounds like the taxi industry  :)

innocentbystander. wrote on Feb 15^th, 2016 at 8:54pm:

Aussie wrote on Feb 15th, 2016 at 8:53pm: The 7-Eleven business and franchise model obviously does not work unless the employees there are screwed, simple as that. Hmmm, sounds like the taxi industry  :)

Not at all.  Ours works as it has for decades.  Uber's model is also based on screwing its partners drivers.  That is why its fate is inevitable.

There are times when taxi drivers earn 0 dollars an hour, how taxi plate owners can live with themselves is beyond me, they should all be arrested.

innocentbystander. wrote on Feb 15^th, 2016 at 9:02pm:

There are times when taxi drivers earn 0 dollars an hour, how taxi plate owners can live with themselves is beyond me, they should all be arrested.

Take it to the other Thread.

It seems funny to me that the ALP is all about multiculturalism and unionism. Curry munchers and Asians don't join unions.

That's right DPG

Despite 7Elevens pitiful example of exploitation this so called "student" from Pakistan would not have been in a Union.

And there's a fair chance the "student" label is like it is for so many more ....

a guise/rort to get into the country to work.

Aussie wrote on Feb 15^th, 2016 at 8:59pm:

innocentbystander. wrote on Feb 15th, 2016 at 8:54pm: Aussie wrote on Feb 15th, 2016 at 8:53pm: The 7-Eleven business and franchise model obviously does not work unless the employees there are screwed, simple as that. Hmmm, sounds like the taxi industry  :) Not at all.  Ours works as it has for decades.  Uber's model is also based on screwing its partners drivers.  That is why its fate is inevitable.

How so?

Aussie wrote on Feb 15^th, 2016 at 8:59pm:

Not at all.  Ours works as it has for decades.

so a taxi driver who works a 10 hr shift and only ends up with $100 in fares ($50 for him) isn't being taken advantage off?

They work up to 15 hrs.

It's BS.

In my job we often have to use taxis when required to go & take over from other drivers (locomotive/train) because they have worked to their shift limitations.

It could be in the middle of the night & sometimes 2 or 3 hrs drive.

Many is the time that a cab driver will turn up for a job at 2 or 3 am to go on 4 or 5 hr round trip jobs & they have been at work since 5 or 6 pm the day before.

It's something that the Transport Dept. should review.

We generally enquire to the time a Cabbie has started work or ask when ordering for someone who has started fresh.

But much of the time that is not accommodated .... just like drivers who turn up in those rough as guts maxi vans. Unsuitable for long distance jobs.

double plus good wrote on Feb 16^th, 2016 at 6:03am:

It seems funny to me that the ALP is all about multiculturalism and unionism. Curry munchers and Asians don't join unions.

That's completely incorrect.

We need Unions?

Like a hole in the head!

Fuzzball wrote on Feb 16^th, 2016 at 10:50am:

We need Unions? Like a hole in the head!

in your case it could really help you!

Fuzzball wrote on Feb 16^th, 2016 at 10:50am:

We need Unions?

Absolutely.