True to form, former Rogernome Peter Dunne has slammed the EPMU's "bully-boy tactics", declaring
This is not France where industrial legislation is decided by street rioting
Indeed it isn't - but then, that isn't what the EPMU have proposed. What they are planning are protest marches and demonstrations - and that is not "bully boy tactics", but democracy in action.
I find the reactions of the corporate management class and their political mouthpieces when confronted by organised opposition fascinating. I think these sorts of outraged outbursts are symptomatic of a group that has had it all its own way for to long. What really outrages them is the implied decentralisation of power away from their cosy politico/business elite. After all, one of the aims of the new right Bolshevism was the centralising of power and advise to a few easily controlled points immune from popular democractic revolt. Dealing with grumpy Maori is bad enough for these people; Having to deal with uppity workers as well is just beyond the pale.
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