tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257493550531569180.post6151142059773716352..comments2024-03-26T16:16:22.535+13:00Comments on AGAINST THE CURRENT: HOW 'MODERN UNIONISM' FAILED THE PIKE RIVER MINERSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257493550531569180.post-64787753139943309542012-11-15T21:54:59.960+13:002012-11-15T21:54:59.960+13:00Thanks for this very pertinent article exposing th...Thanks for this very pertinent article exposing the culpability of the EPMUDon Franksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257493550531569180.post-39711896611742780992012-11-15T16:10:23.486+13:002012-11-15T16:10:23.486+13:00See also the article on Redline blog that went up ...See also the article on Redline blog that went up just a few days before the Royal Commission report:<br />http://rdln.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/pike-river-cashflow-versus-workers-safety/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257493550531569180.post-29156735777463679532012-11-10T08:29:49.561+13:002012-11-10T08:29:49.561+13:00Says Ged O'Connell: 'Pike River Coal Ltd s...Says Ged O'Connell: 'Pike River Coal Ltd should never have been allowed to operate in the way it did, and in other countries it wouldn’t have been allowed to.'<br /><br />So what were you doing all this time Ged? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257493550531569180.post-52861554313314924582012-11-09T18:02:41.351+13:002012-11-09T18:02:41.351+13:00Readers may also be interested in this exchange wi...Readers may also be interested in this exchange with an EPMU official, published by the World Socialist Web Site: http://wsws.org/articles/2012/aug2012/nzpr-a20.shtmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257493550531569180.post-54795121626949097242012-11-09T17:48:41.267+13:002012-11-09T17:48:41.267+13:00Thanks for this. It deserves more coverage than a ...Thanks for this. It deserves more coverage than a blog can provide. At the time of the disaster I was staggered by the comments that Andrew Little was making. He really did sound like a spokesperson for the mining company.<br /><br />But Little, while at the EMPU, had a reputation for being a union official that employers could count on. Given the hypocrisy expressed by Ged O'Connell the EPMU looks like they have found a 'suitable' replacement for Little.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com