posted on Dec, 7 2008 @ 12:50 PM
Some quotes that irk me:
Female part-time workers still earned 40% less per hour than their full-time male counterparts, Ms Harman told Today BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
Then she should have asked for more money! Don't ask, don't get! I had to stamp and scream to bump me up to the market rate for my position, when
women on the team were earning almost 100% more than me!
She said firms should be able to choose a woman over a man of equal ability if they wanted to - or vice versa.
So what's the point of the legislation if that's the case?
It will also give women the right to breastfeed in public and outlaw "homophobic bullying" in the workplace.
They already have the right and I thought homophobic behaviour in work was illegal?
Christ, what are these people on? In a time of economic instability, they do things like this which will only serve to destabalise the job market
further.
They don't listen to what the people want, which at the end of the day is just a few things:
- Good Healthcare
- Good education
- A police force that works and which we can trust
- Legal cannabis? I know plenty of people who want this across all walks of life (a recent petition on the Number 10 website had over 250,000 sigs,
but was put down because "we have international treaty commitments"...WTF?)
- Lower taxes - especially fuel
- A government that listens, not one that commands.
If the Government could just focus on the above points, people would be happy. Instead, they spend their time trying to legislate every aspect of our
lives!
[edit on 7/12/08 by stumason]
[edit on 7/12/08 by stumason]