Comments on: Fatcat salaries http://chriswhiteonline.org/2009/09/fatcat-salaries/ Blogging from a life-long unionist Mon, 21 May 2012 06:27:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter Curtis http://chriswhiteonline.org/2009/09/fatcat-salaries/comment-page-1/#comment-669 Peter Curtis Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:42:51 +0000 http://chriswhiteonline.org/?p=1517#comment-669 Ms Burrows favorite word is tough. I gather that she thinks that if it said often enough - as an incantation possibly - that the word itself will conjure up tough working class actions. The problem is that so far this method does not appear to be working. Who is Ms Burrows speaking to? Those whom she chastises are the very people who hold the strings of power. They are unlikely, and unwilling to take charge of their own moral compasses - self regulation fails all of the time. If she is talking to the 'working families' they need more than tough talk. If tough action is to be taken surely she means that the wage slaves need to take the situation in hand? If so we are yet to hear of anything that resembles tough action or any of the necessary tough questions that we as unionists need to consider if we are to get tough. I think a little more hard yakka from our highly paid ACTU leaders might be the go. Ms Burrows favorite word is tough. I gather that she thinks that if it said often enough – as an incantation possibly – that the word itself will conjure up tough working class actions. The problem is that so far this method does not appear to be working.

Who is Ms Burrows speaking to? Those whom she chastises are the very people who hold the strings of power. They are unlikely, and unwilling to take charge of their own moral compasses – self regulation fails all of the time.

If she is talking to the ‘working families’ they need more than tough talk. If tough action is to be taken surely she means that the wage slaves need to take the situation in hand?

If so we are yet to hear of anything that resembles tough action or any of the necessary tough questions that we as unionists need to consider if we are to get tough.

I think a little more hard yakka from our highly paid ACTU leaders might be the go.

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