Archive for February, 2009

What Can a Trade Union Do For You?

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

As redundancies are announced, companies go into administration, and job losses increase, Trade Unions have been mentioned in the media a lot recently.Trade Union Representatives speak on behalf of their members. These can be workers who are in danger of losing their jobs, or workers in industries that have few ...

A Failed Negotiation is Not the Worst Possible Outcome

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Imagine negotiating to purchase a big airplane, like a Boeing jet.As negotiations conclude, a few feathers have been ruffled, but the metallic bird will still fly as it was designed to do, without hesitation.After all, that big jet doesn't have feelings that can be hurt, so it doesn't matter one ...

If They Didn’t Want Manny, It Was a Great Way to Not Get Him!

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

You have to hand it to the Dodgers management. If they were prize fighters on the take, their nosedive would have looked just like a knockout. Not a trace of artifice, a genuine effort to walk away with the title.If they lost on points, maybe one judge in three would ...