Pick n Pay workers demand action on racism

psichron said:
Amen brother, I totally agree. The opressive policy of Black Economic Empowerment has made a mockery of our democracy for long enough. We must unite in struggle to demand equal rights for all! Severe action is required, viva!
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BEE was a policy made to protect the coridors of money and the other rich elite . Its a window dressing mechanism which will by implemented until at a time that the politicians realise access to resources and land is but the only way the man on the street can fully be released from the shackles of oppression in his own country .
 
marine1 said:
The funny thing is every time I go to any pick n pay, I notice the staff are bloody rude and there are only a few tills open. Maybe they should first jack up their *** attitudes ?
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Maybe it is just you give off a bad vibe :D.

My local pick n pay's have nice friendly staff and loads of tills open so maybe you live in a dodgy area :D and come across not so nice.
 
lafrica said:
Until the philosophy that rules one man superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited , then they shall be war . War in the east , war in the south , war in the west , war in the north .
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I propose to you the theory that this philosophy will never die. It is inherent in the entire history of mankind to consider oneself and one's own superior to others. This feeling is part of all mankind. For this reason, there will always be war too. I'm sorry, but we will never ever ever be free from discrimination in all senses, be it racial, sexual, class, education, etc. The irony is that war never changed anything and it never will. It just replaces the corrupt leader of today with another one tomorrow.
 
psichron said:
I propose to you the theory that this philosophy will never die. It is inherent in the entire history of mankind to consider oneself and one's own superior to others. This feeling is part of all mankind. For this reason, there will always be war too. I'm sorry, but we will never ever ever be free from discrimination in all senses, be it racial, sexual, class, education, etc. The irony is that war never changed anything and it never will. It just replaces the corrupt leader of today with another one tomorrow.
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People respect each other after a good fight .
 
marine1 said:
The funny thing is every time I go to any pick n pay, I notice the staff are bloody rude and there are only a few tills open. Maybe they should first jack up their *** attitudes ?
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Maybe they read mybb and for some reason just knew you are the infamous marine1.
 
lafrica said:
People respect each other after a good fight .
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This is not something to be turned on and off like a tap when thuggery-on-steroids doesn’t work. There WILL not be two sides left. Don’t advocate starting something which cannot be controlled (no matter how fond the belief).
 
Palimino said:
This is not something to be turned on and off like a tap when thuggery-on-steroids doesn’t work. There WILL not be two sides left. Don’t advocate starting something which cannot be controlled (no matter how fond the belief).
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the youth of today, play to much BF2 and think it is real life
 
lafrica said:
BEE was a policy made to protect the coridors of money and the other rich elite . Its a window dressing mechanism which will by implemented until at a time that the politicians realise access to resources and land is but the only way the man on the street can fully be released from the shackles of oppression in his own country .
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Access to resources and land means nothing without a good education. The man on the street will always be in shackles as long as they are uneducated.

Education is the key.
 
Just when I think the bitter bunch have disappeared...
 
A coloured reader actually made a few good points:

Now 30yrs old, one of my earliest memories is having breakfast with my father one Saturday morning at the head office canteen, a mixed lot of coloured, black and white South Africans. This, during the apartheid years of the early 80's. Mr. Ackerman, also having his breakfast there, left and greeted each table individually, his staff by name and expressed his gratitude that some of the weekend family time was spent at the office.

Of course this made an impact on me, for as young as I was, I already knew that someone who ran a national company was a busy man. The fact that he cared enough to acknowledge each person demonstrated his sound ethos regarding his workers more than any mission statement ever could.

My father, a coloured man, started his career at Pick n Pay in 1969 as a buyer's clerk and ended it when he retired in 2004 as Systems Implementations Director - how pray tell is this reflective of a company who fast tracks according to colour?

The game this union is playing is disrespectful to all we want to achieve in this country.

When are the unions going to have their knuckles rapped for the bullying and harassment, albeit subtle, that go hand in hand with people refusing to go on strike? Why has the idea that people should be respected for honouring their own beliefs been so carelessly ignored? Why is this group energy bullying allowed - anywhere?

Building our people up through training, providing better opportunities for staff and their families and the greater community is what Pick n Pay does every day. These values are worth defending, not ransacking with these strikes.
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