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Post by jakaswanga on Jun 27, 2013 18:46:53 GMT 3
Many will recall that when she died, Margaret Thatcher was derided for he role in trying to kill the labour movement especially after the 21 month long coal miners strike which eventually killed the coal industry in Britain. What that turbulent period spawned was new labour regulations that included laws on how a union should proceed to call out a strike. It is now a requirement for the unions to ballot their members in secret ballot and the call to strike must have a majority of the members supporting the strike. There are other negatives in taking part in a strike there as it is also means that any days one has been on strike will be deducted from any calculation in years of service. Consequently, it is rare to have the disruptive strikes spearheaded by Arthur Scargill that went on for months on end. Today strikes in Britain are a structured thing and unions vary how they go to strike to have the greatest effect such as railway workers planning their strikes to coincide with a bank holiday when their services are most needed.. Kamalet. Margaret Thatcher actually was not interested in reforming the unions in Britain. In her ideological taxation [evaluation that is], Labour Unions were a pillar of socialims and the labour party in Britain. She wanted to kill them off completely. It was an ideological onslaught on the Tenets of worker's power, to make labour totally subervient at the beck and call of capital. In fact she proposed 'draconian' laws which were only defeated, or ammended, because even in her own party they were controversial enough to be called 'baloney'! In her agenda to modernise Britain, labour unions were a chain to the past that had to be severed, or so she thought. Now here is the sophistication of the mature bourgeoisie, and I want you to pay attention. Old greybeads like Ted Heath --former Tory PM whom Maggie had vanquished to become party leader, gave this sagacious advice. You can not destroy labour/workers loyalty to unions in Britain without giving them something in return. Something to buy them off with. A real achievable dream, that can outcompete, and confine labour camaradierie and romanticism to the ash-heap of history. Thatcher listened and came up with the idea of HOME OWNERSHIP FOR EVERY BRITON WORKER! The dream to own an own home is said to be more potent in man than the seks drive! and Maggie, preaching greed ---there is no such thing as society, would finance it with a CREDIT BOOM, and she would REORGANISE BANKING LAWS to fit her ideological pursuits. Thatcher was a revolutionary ideologue Kamalet. If you want labour reforms in Kenya, then you really are talking big reforms at state policy, may be even the removal of the senate and the reduction of the number of MPs by half: reason: SAVINGS! ECONOMIC THRIFT!
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Post by jakaswanga on Jun 27, 2013 18:56:57 GMT 3
And so it is perfectly reasonable, and understandble, that we while away the time by engaging in the favourite sport of kicking like football, the buttocks of the one in question! No problem, but we didn't come to watch a lady-like dance with a lot of empty promises. Mapambano! Jukwaa vs. Deep Something. Action, please! As for strikes, teachers are supposed to be clever people who know things. Why have they been asleep since 1997? OtishotishAsleep since 1997? teachers were being reasonable. Aligning house allowances and medical covers with the rest of the civil service would take some two 5 year development terms to ripen. A phased approach as opposed to NOW or Never! But being reasonable in Kenya is apparently to be weak and stupid and to invite being ignored by every Raila Kibaki and Uhuruto, or Tom Dick and Harry, or every Uhuru, Mwirararia, Kimumya, Githae and Rotich.But on the other matter... With apologies to Kamalet, this post! Oh yes, our infant from D-something can definately amaze himself with how much excrement his overly ruminating buttocks can cough out in bursts punctuated with pungent gas. In word and deed, silent or loud, little einstein always speaks with his arzzhole, and incontinentally makes his point. Of course everybody got one, but not everybody is the personification of one, einstein is; wholly and totally one arzhole. But such holes can be very amusing, if you believe google statistics on Kenyan's favourite search terms!
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Post by OtishOtish on Jun 27, 2013 19:13:23 GMT 3
Jakaswanga:
On your battle with The Genius from Deep Something: At the end of Round 1, both of you have landed some "heavy" blows. (I use the quotation marks because I am never quite sure what such blows accomplish, and heavy blows should accomplish something.) My scorecard says its a draw so far, and I would encourage both of you to call it a day. A little smut is OK, once in a while, but still!
But back to the teachers. In fact you have recognized why I wonder if they are clever and know things, as teachers should. Surely, they must know that in Kenya a reasonable or honest person will be taken for a fool. The respected and admired ones are those who have stolen big from the national purse, the ones (like the MPs) who insist (and win) on their "right" to rob the taxpayer.
Of course, teachers are not proposing to rob anyone; they are merely insisting on what is right and proper. I hope they have the courage to stick to their guns until the higher powers see the light and do the right thing.
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Post by jakaswanga on Jun 27, 2013 19:33:47 GMT 3
Jakaswanga: On your battle with The Genius from Deep Something: At the end of Round 1, both of you have landed some "heavy" blows. (I use the quotation marks because I am never quite sure what such blows accomplish, and heavy blows should accomplish something.) My scorecard says its a draw so far, and I would encourage both of you to call it a day. A little smut is OK, once in a while, but still!. I think this is excellent advice which I must not ignore. Let me call it a day, and hang my gloves in this bloody 'smuttish' skirmish. It is unworthy of Jukwaa. And I am in error. I will apologise deeply to the Jukwaa fraternity, because Abdulmote has a pretty sane sense of sensibilities, and when he twitches his nose in disgust as he did above, that is a whiff of the guilotine! And not being a cat of nine lives, I will hence forth save my smut for your face , Otishotish!
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Post by OtishOtish on Jun 27, 2013 20:00:51 GMT 3
Thank you, Jakaswanga. Of course, my remarks should not be taken to mean that I am against kicking Einstein in the head. I'm very much for that, and I stand ready to assist. I owe him one from when I failed to get past the Deep Something's Vetting Board. For some reason, they are unhappy that my first comment was to ask if their Ultimate Authority could be replaced.
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Post by kamalet on Jun 27, 2013 20:02:41 GMT 3
I understand the diplomatic and sagely intervention by Abdul, but, we must be fair and point a finger at the culprits. I sympathise with Einstein - his loved ones were dragged into the arguments he seems to be having with Jaskaswanga, and all hell broke loose! And the sidekick with his usual sneaky character - as expected as the Tropical Sun, or as b6k would say, “as predictable as rain in the tropics”, joined the fray! Pray, deal with the person facing you, not his or her relatives. Dragging loved ones in arguments is simply the coward way out. Now Kamalet, where are you - the strikes are necessary to highlight the poor pay on offer to the many dedicated men and women who run our essential services. They deserve our full-hearted support. Sadik At no time have I suggested that strikes are not necessary for I believe that they are a unions weapon of last resort. I do not even think we are arguing about this!!
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Post by johns on Jun 28, 2013 1:29:09 GMT 3
I understand the diplomatic and sagely intervention by Abdul, but, we must be fair and point a finger at the culprits. I sympathise with Einstein - his loved ones were dragged into the arguments he seems to be having with Jaskaswanga, and all hell broke loose! And the sidekick with his usual sneaky character - as expected as the Tropical Sun, or as b6k would say, “as predictable as rain in the tropics”, joined the fray! Pray, deal with the person facing you, not his or her relatives. Dragging loved ones in arguments is simply the coward way out. Now Kamalet, where are you - the strikes are necessary to highlight the poor pay on offer to the many dedicated men and women who run our essential services. They deserve our full-hearted support. Sadik At no time have I suggested that strikes are not necessary for I believe that they are a unions weapon of last resort. I do not even think we are arguing about this!! Kamalet, There comes a time while on this earth that we be cognizant and take heed to the basic principles which recognizes the humanity in all of us.This is what others said: " A man can not be comfortable without his own approval" - Mark Twain And Buddha took it further when he penned this: " Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living." I urge you to ponder on this and decide for yourself, "For we are already one and we imagine we are not. And what we have to recover is our original unity. Whatever we have to be is what we are." - Thomas Merton
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Post by jakaswanga on Aug 16, 2013 23:15:10 GMT 3
Kamalet,
Would you know if the threatened strike by the judiciary has been averted? It would appear by August 10th, Rotich's salary release had not yet reached their accounts! ---The prospect of CJ Mutunga on strike because his salary is late! Uwi mama!
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Post by kamalet on Aug 17, 2013 9:53:23 GMT 3
Kamalet, Would you know if the threatened strike by the judiciary has been averted? It would appear by August 10th, Rotich's salary release had not yet reached their accounts! ---The prospect of CJ Mutunga on strike because his salary is late! Uwi mama! It was a creation of the media! The judiciary gets its money straight out of the consolidated fund once its budget is approved by parliament and is not subject to the shenanigans at the National Treasury.
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Post by jakaswanga on Aug 17, 2013 18:06:25 GMT 3
Kamalet, Would you know if the threatened strike by the judiciary has been averted? It would appear by August 10th, Rotich's salary release had not yet reached their accounts! ---The prospect of CJ Mutunga on strike because his salary is late! Uwi mama! It was a creation of the media! The judiciary gets its money straight out of the consolidated fund once its budget is approved by parliament and is not subject to the shenanigans at the National Treasury. Kamalet, The story does not appear to be over yet. Here is the star 17-08-13 www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-132404/we-are-anxious-over-our-july-salary-say-judgesThat one about the banks holding the leaned judges by the balls is a funny one! When the banks were planning to do that to the teachers --doubling the interest rate on overwithdrawl last month, we teachers thought: then we will just FORM OUR OWN BANK! give or take 500,000 customers. Even if pay is not as lofty as the judges, still a massive haemorhage if it quits your sector!
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Post by jakaswanga on Dec 31, 2016 0:17:06 GMT 3
LABOUR UNREST, A RUNNING STORY OF OUR ERA O medics and nurses, when and where did it begin? This melee at city centre is DECEMBER 2016. www.nation.co.ke/business/seedsofgold/Tips-on-making-manure-from-rice-husks/2301238-3502174-c7ppqpz/index.htmlBut perspective is a good thing, though like thinking, it is usually an unwelcome phenomenon in politics, and love. But it is mandatory in war and business. 2011, long before Jubilee was born, let alone come to power! And things see-sawed along and cost of living continued to rise, for some. Now let us assume 2013 is the big-bang. In the beginning on 27 June 2013, there was a CBA signed between KMPPDU, Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union; Principal secretary of Health; Attorney General's office, and the Salaries and Remunerations Commission, SRC. It was merely a memorandum of understanding, since before it could become LEGALLY BINDING and enforceable, it had to be registered in the respective court by the MoH and SRC. That required goodwill on the part of power. But infantile power like the ones which run our countries has no memory, conscience nor consciousness. So this particular CBA of the health subsector, like the famous one of the educational sector inherited from Arap Moi and ignored by the Raila and Kibaki, was tossed to the cellars, to gather dust beside the Ndung'u report, Waki report, the Kiplagat TJRC report, and more of such historic documents -JM report, Ouko report, Rogo report and what murders have you! From 2011 it wasn't registered to 2013, and to date 2016 it hasn't been! And it is one of the bitter bones of contention in the present strike. May be it is a devolution blue! (waiting for the new labour relations acts, amendments!) A worthy comment here is to notice the fragmentation on the workers front which makes it so easy to contain unions. Like we teachers who have KUPPET, KNUT and then UASU mostly at each others throats because of petty elitism, and therefore of a disposition to try and cut sub-sector deals while a general sector encompassing deal would be more appropriate, it would appear the health sector too is a splintered affair. This CBA, collective Bargain Agreement of 2013, did not include The Kenya National Union of Nurses KNUN. KNUN and KMPPDU do not come from the same planet then, have nothing in common except their poor working conditions! Then 2015: The case came before Justice Monicah Mbaru. Health principal secretary was then a Dr. Khadijah Kasachoon, now conveniently elsewhere, and the other respondent Githu the state attorney Muigai? The delegate asked the judge for more time since they had no idea what this was all about. 2016 they still don't! If the lower ranks are such a mess, how about aiming higher? Lets us see the bosses of bosses who are gonna sort this issue out: the issue of collapsed labour relations in the health sector. Yes, they are a hardball core. Imagine they are guys who worked nowhere they didn't loot to carcass and, god forbid, they now grinningly refuse to pay medics who earn as low as 60K and --chronic absenteeism at work---- supposedly do a 50 hrs/week. Evans Kidero, William Ruto, Isaac Rutto, Uhuru Kenyatta, Joseph Muraguri --this last is the man at the centre of the 5 billion heist from Mafya house,
... the scandal which saw the president's family classified as disabled so as to fraudulently be first-tracked into the cookie-jar. Now these ---to use a Mwai Kibaki term---- goats, not to mention their opposition sheepling twins, are busy politicking, sorry, bleating and mbee-mbeering about everything else but the collapsed health care system in the republic. What have we achieved, when doctors run helter-skelter in the centre of the city, teargassed and chased around by armed police in a street-muggers thuggery act? What is the difference between Bomet Ruto and Nkaissery? South African plaster at taxpayer's tab pick? WHEN we teachers agitated for 300% raise! The breakdown, can you make the ends meet with this? And same old story, the sack. www.standardmedia.co.ke/health/article/2000166776/doctors-in-public-hospitals-sue-government-over-salaries-allowances TEAR GAS AS THE STANDARD RESPONSE TO DEMOS, AND THEN? (LIVE BULLETS!?)
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