Comments on: John Key’s Pizza Guy http://blog.labour.org.nz/2010/07/21/john-keys-pizza-guy/ A blog written by Labour MPs Fri, 25 May 2012 10:19:12 +1200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Spud http://blog.labour.org.nz/2010/07/21/john-keys-pizza-guy/comment-page-2/#comment-85285 Spud Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:01:50 +0000 http://blog.labour.org.nz/?p=17961#comment-85285 8O 8O

]]> By: DeepRed http://blog.labour.org.nz/2010/07/21/john-keys-pizza-guy/comment-page-2/#comment-85275 DeepRed Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:14:44 +0000 http://blog.labour.org.nz/?p=17961#comment-85275 Was the DoL survey <i>really</i> done in-house? If not, then something smells. During the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Southwest_Railroad_Strike_of_1886" rel="nofollow">Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886</a> in America, the robber baron Jay Gould was reputed to have remarked, "I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half." Was the DoL survey really done in-house? If not, then something smells.

During the Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886 in America, the robber baron Jay Gould was reputed to have remarked, “I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half.”

]]> By: Tracey http://blog.labour.org.nz/2010/07/21/john-keys-pizza-guy/comment-page-2/#comment-85241 Tracey Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:53:42 +0000 http://blog.labour.org.nz/?p=17961#comment-85241 I guess that's not what they mean by "close the gap" ;) I guess that’s not what they mean by “close the gap” ;)

]]> By: Richie http://blog.labour.org.nz/2010/07/21/john-keys-pizza-guy/comment-page-2/#comment-85187 Richie Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:21:28 +0000 http://blog.labour.org.nz/?p=17961#comment-85187 @Tracey - a collaborative approach maintaining a modicum of principles of justice.....NACT will never go for it. @Tracey – a collaborative approach maintaining a modicum of principles of justice…..NACT will never go for it.

]]> By: Tracey http://blog.labour.org.nz/2010/07/21/john-keys-pizza-guy/comment-page-2/#comment-85185 Tracey Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:16:56 +0000 http://blog.labour.org.nz/?p=17961#comment-85185 Read this article on employment law changes in Australia, note the different approach to here http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/libs-promise-simple-way-to-dismiss-workers/story-fn59niix-1225895822763 Read this article on employment law changes in Australia, note the different approach to here

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/libs-promise-simple-way-to-dismiss-workers/story-fn59niix-1225895822763

]]> By: ghostwhowalksnz http://blog.labour.org.nz/2010/07/21/john-keys-pizza-guy/comment-page-2/#comment-85150 ghostwhowalksnz Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:42:06 +0000 http://blog.labour.org.nz/?p=17961#comment-85150 Sounds like the Labour department has become the Employer department if they have no statistical process for surveying employees on this or other important matters Sounds like the Labour department has become the Employer department if they have no statistical process for surveying employees on this or other important matters

]]> By: Loota http://blog.labour.org.nz/2010/07/21/john-keys-pizza-guy/comment-page-2/#comment-85147 Loota Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:36:05 +0000 http://blog.labour.org.nz/?p=17961#comment-85147 Quite right, some difficulties there but certainly not impossible methinks, e.g. the companies could always have said "feel free to send us the surveys or call us between these times and we'll make sure our employees are available to respond" <i>yeah right</i> Quite right, some difficulties there but certainly not impossible methinks, e.g. the companies could always have said “feel free to send us the surveys or call us between these times and we’ll make sure our employees are available to respond”

yeah right

]]> By: StephenR http://blog.labour.org.nz/2010/07/21/john-keys-pizza-guy/comment-page-2/#comment-85136 StephenR Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:47:10 +0000 http://blog.labour.org.nz/?p=17961#comment-85136 ...though it depends what line of questioning you subjected them to. I suppose employers were the focus of the survey as they're easy to contact, and the success or failure of these measures is judged on how <i>employers</i> use them. Getting hold of workers (would they have to be fired workers) would be difficult though not impossible. …though it depends what line of questioning you subjected them to. I suppose employers were the focus of the survey as they’re easy to contact, and the success or failure of these measures is judged on how employers use them. Getting hold of workers (would they have to be fired workers) would be difficult though not impossible.

]]> By: StephenR http://blog.labour.org.nz/2010/07/21/john-keys-pizza-guy/comment-page-2/#comment-85131 StephenR Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:18:49 +0000 http://blog.labour.org.nz/?p=17961#comment-85131 I agree. I agree.

]]> By: Darien Fenton http://blog.labour.org.nz/2010/07/21/john-keys-pizza-guy/comment-page-2/#comment-85007 Darien Fenton Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:53:35 +0000 http://blog.labour.org.nz/?p=17961#comment-85007 @StephenR - The evaluation talked to more then 3,500 employers and just 13 workers. Something wrong there. @StephenR – The evaluation talked to more then 3,500 employers and just 13 workers. Something wrong there.

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