Originally Posted by
73qanda
Thats one approach. A lot of companies take the exact opposite approach and it could be argued that both ways ‘work’ just for different people. I suspect that alienating your staff and using ‘divide and conquer ‘ works until the whole shooting match relies on people pulling together as a team to get through a difficult time. Joe Bloggs won’t commit, lay it on the line, and go the extra mile for an outfit that has consistently shafted him for the last decade.
With the IR system heavily skewed to the employer's favour, traditional means of non co operation are difficult to sanction. Days lost to strike action in FY 1718 are 16% of the figure they were in 1992. Whether that is a good or bad things is also a perspective.
What is abundantly clear is that organised labour has limited means at their disposal.
6321.0.55.001 - Industrial Disputes, Australia, Jun 2018
What labour does have is individual choice. Mr Joyce has not transformed anything other than his remuneration. What Mr Hood did is politely suggest that there is something wrong. A petulant, over the top response from a seriously over paid and under performing CEO can be quietly protested. Withdrawing co-operation from simply not answering a personal mobile telephone when not strictly contractually required, to all sorts of wonderfully creative ways employees can turn their back on the regime.