Union Admits It Is Out of Mantrol

After an onslaught from the crack team of Farrar, Slater and myself - our efforts duly noted by our friends at The Stranded where accusations started flying we were being paid to do such enjoyable work as highlighting the other side of the Union spin, Garry Parsloe has had a moment of extreme clarity.

Garry Parsloe has admitted that it has all unravelled out of Mantrol for his Union. He now stars in his own ad above for a victim of the classic New Zealand bloke syndrome.

"The goal has been lost. We started having some arguments around shuttles," he said.

Far from me to call the male dominated and with it sexist Maritime Union conts and use the term control, I prefer to recognize their man dominated culture and use "mantrol".

The Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Federation of New Zealand says this dispute has escalated to a bitter, acrimonious labour stoush and that the union may be losing sight of the goal

Typical of a left wing campaign, rather like the failed New Zealand Occupy protest that Chris Trotter panned, the Union have lost sight as to what they are even campaigning against or for. What a clusterfuck of the highest order for these rich prick wharfies who have spent the past two week debating and explaining how they don't earn a $91,000 package despite Ports of Auckland management standing behind their claims and releasing details for those who are spending two weeks trying to look poorer than they actually are because you know, super, medical and leave isn't counted because you know, all New Zealander get as generous benefits as we do....

Rather than focusing on their ever changing goals, the left have spent most of their time pissing in the wind about the calculation of the $91,000, trying to smear Farrar's polling company, Slater's income status, handling of my own admission that I have been in the pocket of big business quite happily since 1999 when I entered the workforce. They then moved to attempt to smear Port Boss Tony Gibson's rather unspectacular rumored $750,000 salary and even thinking his wearing a $7,000 Bvlgari watch was relevant. A middle class watch if ever I have seen one. A Bvlgari? For heaven's sake he could at least have bought a gold Rolex or Patek Philippe at an executive level.

Old school lefties like Chris Trotter are having kittens because of this new-age Union lack of solidarity and purpose by his fellow comrades. He is of the kindergarten of thought that says, the Labour Party must support the workers to "balance" this situation so the workers win and wrote an open letter to David Shearer eloquently stating such. Hang on, didn't Trotter also say that David Shearer needs to do things differently?

Shearer would not be doing things differently interfering in a pay dispute. He would be returning Labour to the very old days of being captured by its chief Sugar Daddy's - The Unions. John Pagani described this in more detail the other day.

The "third woman on the Wharf" Helen "clean up" Kelly has been working overtime on strategy and the master plan.

Labour members have already defied the "no political interference while negotiations going on" edict from the top from Shearer, that even Darien Fenton is adhering to. An assorted collection of Labour and Green flunkies, including those double dipping as a Board Member and MP, named and shamed here by Whaleoil produced a meek statement of support for the workers. The worst part for the Union? They could only find 28 Board Members to support their cause!

Parsloe rounds it all off with the most ironic statement of a terrible day for him PR wise in front of the Press which plays right into the hands of right wing bloggers original point about how easy these guys have it.

Parsloe says the strike notice may be withdrawn if the company gives the union time to talk to its workers.

I don't see what Parsloe's issue here is, they've got plenty of time to talk to their workers. Not many work 40 hour weeks.