Cramping for Unemployment
Following up on yesterday’s post about how union idiocy costs jobs comes this lunacy from Australia.
Unions say they are negotiating a landmark industrial relations claim to allow women to take extra sick leave for menstrual pain.
The Manufacturing Workers Union (MWU) says some women have particularly bad periods and are genuinely forced to call in sick.
As part of negotiations for a new enterprise bargaining agreement at Toyota, the union has asked for women to be allowed 12 paid days menstrual leave a year.
The union’s national secretary, Doug Cameron, says the leave would be additional to the sick leave they are already entitled to.
“Our members tell us that they have to take their sick leave, some of them on a regular basis, because they’ve got chronic problems with their period,” Mr Cameron said.
“We believe that they shouldn’t be disadvantaged against men that don’t have a regular problem once a month.”
The next time some liberal points out how the 40 hour work week, safety regulations, and health benefits are all the product of unions, point them to this story and let them know that the days of unions serving an actual function are long gone.
Do you think, for a second, that Chinese women are going to be requesting two weeks a year of paid leave because they have cramps in their nether regions? So why should an auto manufacturer keep these jobs in Australia? Remember, ridiculous regulations cost jobs, and when those jobs go overseas the union bosses will still be collecting their paychecks.
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