OT Closed SHop struck down in human rights court - was Re: HP : Massive strike and protest march today

Sorry about the top post, but ...

I have not been following this thread of late. But it may interest those
interested in Trade Unions and their evils/advantages (choose your
position), that the Christian Trade Union of Denmark, recently won a case at
the Court of Human Rights which strikes down closed shop agreements,
something that has been a permanent fixture of the Danish labour market
since Adam's youth.

For thos unaware, closed shop agreements require as a condition of
employment that an individual become a dues paying member of a specific
Trade Union - no alternatives are offerred. This practice will now cease in
Denmark - and about time too.

Denmark has always been somewhat of a Banana Republic when one looks a
little deeper that the international facade, and it is gratifying to see the
Court of Human Rights eliminate yet another example of an odious and clearly
dubious practice, previously ratified by the local judicial authorities.

Now, if they would just do something about the "held in custody" practices,
things might start to look up.

cheers
Dr. Dweeb

Dr. Dweeb wrote:
> Lurker wrote:
>> "Dr. Dweeb" <NOSPAM_5msg0h202@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:43528248$0$67264$157c6196@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>>> I'm sorry but those questions are junk. In all four of them
>>>> you insert "benefit of collective bargaining" *WHAT* benefit
>>>> one has to ask.
>>>
>>> Well, if you grew up in a coal mining town in UK or Australia in the
>>> last 50 years, you would not say that - at all - because it is clear
>>> that you are clueless in this area.
>>
>> Well, I'll have to admit that I know nothing about the way mining
>> towns work (though I would note that UK doesn't seem to be too high
>> on coal production these days, I wonder why?)
>>
>
> Because it is orders of magnitude cheaper to strip mine (open cut) ín
> other countries - including Australia. There are no underground
> mines in my district now, and there used to be hundreds. There is a
> zillion tons of coal, but it is deep - while just a few miles away
> the seam is close to the surface. Its a no brainer. The people who
> work at the mines are still VERY well paid - there are just far fewer
> of them.
>> The problem was with the way the questions were formulated.
>> This is known as a loaded question. No matter what you answer -
>> yes, no or abstain - by the mere fact that you have answered you
>> have accepted the premise. In this case, that there are alleged
>> benefits. That's just a no-no in any sort of respectable poll.
>
> True
>
> Dweeb


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