In a have-not province that has come to believe unions are good, employers are …bad. So we have arrived at a point where employers are moving “on’. Business-friendly legislation would be the ‘right’ ”direction”. (Individual “employees” have nothing to do with it, they are not ‘organized’.)
Bill – Do you know what are the Capital Health labour vs. O&M (including capital) annual costs? I would guess that labour must represent at least 65-75% of their costs; moreover, this is probably typical of other NS Health Authorities (HA). How can these HA (i.e., we taxpayers) afford to keep paying these high salaries and cut health costs at the same time. Perhaps the NDP Gov’t is purposely engineering a crisis situation, in which they will HAVE TO radically re-structure and substantially reduce the number of regional NS HA. But perhaps I am giving them too much credit in this regard. They must realize that services have to be reduced to meet the demands of increasing wages and cost reductions. If NS was a private entity, it would be close to and/or already filing bankruptcy. Lately I have begun to serious think about leaving NS and living elsewhere – I don’t see that a taxpayer has much economic future in this province, especially with this NDP Gov’t.
Here we go again. You elect your MLA and your government and the first thing that happens is that they start doing things that they a)never told you they were thinking of doing, or b) start doing things without asking you or even worse , c) they start implementing things without giving any chance to even hear their rationale for their decision. Here we are seeing rural NS and the small businesses in NS facing many challenges just trying to stay afloat and instead of a Minister of Government showing you the proposal, they just barge ahead and table the legislation. Having a majority means that even if the opposition tries to help you, they likely can’t because the Minister is sitting on all the information and won’t be open and transparent at all. A majority government should not be imposing policy or legislation that may hurt a business financially unless they can show you and convince you of the cost benefit . It is not a democratic process to table a new law or change a policy that was never circulated to the business owners for discussion well in advance . Do we have their document and their rationale available to view ??
Your Conservative opinions are sometimes shocking.
First, do you really want Nova Scotia to emulate the anti-union, anti-immigration, and anti-21st century ideas of states such as Alabama and Georgia? Really??
Second, the labour board is studying first contract arbitration, which would affect groups that would like to bargain collectively. You say this would hurt small business and restaurants. How many bars, restaurants, daycares, coffee shops, dry cleaners, pet food stores, or clothing retailers do you know that have expressed interest in unionizing? Even in the most union-friendly environments, most employees do not seek to bring a union into their workplace.
The true separation from economic reality is the billions in bonuses to corporate execs who brought on our current financial woes!
Shawn thanks for your comment. This posting has nothing to do with immigration , for which I am very strongly supportive. Ranting against overpaid Wall Street executives ( and there are lots of those) does not help us to create jobs for Nova Scotians. Pay attention to the many employers who signed the letter to the government. They are the ones who can help.
In a have-not province that has come to believe unions are good, employers are …bad. So we have arrived at a point where employers are moving “on’. Business-friendly legislation would be the ‘right’ ”direction”. (Individual “employees” have nothing to do with it, they are not ‘organized’.)
As for panels; they’re as good as their members.
Gordon Stanfield | November 8, 2011 |
Bill – Do you know what are the Capital Health labour vs. O&M (including capital) annual costs? I would guess that labour must represent at least 65-75% of their costs; moreover, this is probably typical of other NS Health Authorities (HA). How can these HA (i.e., we taxpayers) afford to keep paying these high salaries and cut health costs at the same time. Perhaps the NDP Gov’t is purposely engineering a crisis situation, in which they will HAVE TO radically re-structure and substantially reduce the number of regional NS HA. But perhaps I am giving them too much credit in this regard. They must realize that services have to be reduced to meet the demands of increasing wages and cost reductions. If NS was a private entity, it would be close to and/or already filing bankruptcy. Lately I have begun to serious think about leaving NS and living elsewhere – I don’t see that a taxpayer has much economic future in this province, especially with this NDP Gov’t.
Harold | November 7, 2011 |
Here we go again. You elect your MLA and your government and the first thing that happens is that they start doing things that they a)never told you they were thinking of doing, or b) start doing things without asking you or even worse , c) they start implementing things without giving any chance to even hear their rationale for their decision. Here we are seeing rural NS and the small businesses in NS facing many challenges just trying to stay afloat and instead of a Minister of Government showing you the proposal, they just barge ahead and table the legislation. Having a majority means that even if the opposition tries to help you, they likely can’t because the Minister is sitting on all the information and won’t be open and transparent at all. A majority government should not be imposing policy or legislation that may hurt a business financially unless they can show you and convince you of the cost benefit . It is not a democratic process to table a new law or change a policy that was never circulated to the business owners for discussion well in advance . Do we have their document and their rationale available to view ??
PS | November 7, 2011 |
Bill,
Your Conservative opinions are sometimes shocking.
First, do you really want Nova Scotia to emulate the anti-union, anti-immigration, and anti-21st century ideas of states such as Alabama and Georgia? Really??
Second, the labour board is studying first contract arbitration, which would affect groups that would like to bargain collectively. You say this would hurt small business and restaurants. How many bars, restaurants, daycares, coffee shops, dry cleaners, pet food stores, or clothing retailers do you know that have expressed interest in unionizing? Even in the most union-friendly environments, most employees do not seek to bring a union into their workplace.
The true separation from economic reality is the billions in bonuses to corporate execs who brought on our current financial woes!
Regards,
Shawn
Shawn Cleary | November 7, 2011 |
Shawn thanks for your comment. This posting has nothing to do with immigration , for which I am very strongly supportive. Ranting against overpaid Wall Street executives ( and there are lots of those) does not help us to create jobs for Nova Scotians. Pay attention to the many employers who signed the letter to the government. They are the ones who can help.
Bill
Bill | November 7, 2011 |