Sort've funny!

[stonepicker]

As most manitoban's know, premier selinger has had a major revolt going on in the ndp party for the last year or so, questioning his leadership. Yesterday on the radio, the story in the news was about the fairly large number ( and increasing ) of former mb. gov. employees that were getting hired by the alberta ndp gov.. You know things are bad when besides losing young qualified workers,we're also losing our gov. employees! Hmm, someday alberta may be just like MB.! Sort've funny.

[stonepicker]

Dang nab it!! i doubled up again!

[blackpowder]

Hilarious. In a explosive diarrhea kind of way.

[SASKFARMER3]

Union reps out of Regina make daily flights to help her out west jet and air canada are winning! Alberta not so much!

[wilagro]

Alberta will never be like Manitoba as we have thousands of ex-PCers (civil servants & politicians)living in luxury on their extremely generous severance pay that our old long-lived PC government conveniently provided for them.

It is wicked how it all came about but it is fact. Some ex-civil servants receive almost double in one month what the average old-age pensioner receives in a year.

[fjlip]

Will be waiting to hear that the new NDP gov CANCELS all the severance packages before next election. Or else they will be just as rotten.

[stonepicker]

Thanks for clearing that up wilagro. So your telling me that after approx.. 15 years in power in mb. that the ndp here don't have any luxurious severance packages and pension plans? Take those rose coloured glasses off, left, right, centre, aside from a few good ones, most politicians look after themselves first, they're all well padded. Put a smile on willy or are you gonna hold a hatred on for the previous gov. forever and blame them for what's gonna happen in alta for the next 4 years?

[fjlip]

Still blaming Grant Devine 20 years later.

[seabass]

Exactly stonepicker! Those welfare lovers pay themselves just as good as any other political criminal.

[hobbyfrmr]

A week after the Alberta election inwas texting my brother in law in Ft. McMoney. He said the union representatives had already flown in for meetings.
I think its good for him. 1. He has not been laid off so this tells me he provides value and 2. His job should be protected better than ever.
I am happy for him.

[stonepicker]

Unions certainly had their place in past history, but they've gone so overboard on every issue ( the majority of unions ) , the inability for the company to fire bad workers, high wages for menial labour,fringe benefits, etc. I think a lot of unions just want to damage the company. The scales are out of balance. The worst union? union of publc service employees, IMO.

[hobbyfrmr]

I know, isn' it awesome!

[Hopalong]

Alberta minimum wage to be increased to fifteen dollars per hour.
Why stop there, why not go to twenty or one hundred dollars?
Can remember similar question when cabinet had to approve initial CWB prices.