[TheForge] Re: OT: several questions and thoughts

[Demon Buddha]

terry l. ridder wrote:
> hello;
> 
> comments intermixed below.
> 
> On Sat, 4 Feb 2006, Demon Buddha wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> noble sounding words such as "workers rights" and "job safety" doesn't 
>> change what it really is.
>>
> 
> there are no such thing are 'worker rights' even if they are codified in
> the laws of the state. illinois workman's compensation is a total joke.
> it is not there to protect the worker but rather to limit the liability
> of the employers.
> 
> the 9yr legal nightmare is a case in point. the next court hearing is 6
> feb 2006, next monday. nothing but more delay tactics by the opposing
> lawyers.

	Of course.  They are hoping that you'll either kick off or lose your 
resolve.
> 
> the only people with 'rights' are those who have to money to buy those
> rights. the rest of us are just the sheep being led to the slaughter all
> in the name of company profits.

	That is, I believe, the plan.  But one doesn't have to lie down and die 
just because they say so.  You are a case in point.  You are fighting 
them.  That's pretty cool in my book.