Partnership
Partnership is the only way out of this zero hours’ gulag.
Where those in charge have all the power in this time lag.
It is no longer good enough for a small elite to dictate
While a majority have absolutely no say in their fate.
No fringe benefits, holiday pay, sickness or pensions.
Work when you’re told – loyalty is never mentioned.
But quality of life counts for something!
Welfare of the common folk is not nothing!
We need a better way of doing business.
Clearing up this exploitative mess!
Partnership and shared power!
Cometh the need, cometh the hour!
Opher 29.4.2019
I wrote this in response to the mess I see in the workplace. Thatcher and the Tories emasculated the Unions and now the bosses hold all the cards.
Yes – the unions had gone too far – protective practices and protected jobs were really insupportable. But the unions were responsible for fighting for fair pay and benefits. Without them we would be really in the mire.
Since the castration of the unions we have seen pay and conditions greatly eroded while profits for the wealthy owners soar.
I fear this would only get worse with increasing AI and automation.
It is time this is addressed.
If it isn’t we are doomed to a world of huge inequality with most of us on low pay with no benefits and a small elite raking in the dosh. That’s no life.
I wouldn’t want to go back to the days of too powerful unions. I prefer the German model. I think workers need to be in partnership with bosses in running the business and sharing the profits. I think that having a say and a share would be motivating and increase productivity.