“Don’t worry, trade unionists. The government is not going to change the law to emasculate you.”
“What? The government is going to change the law to emasculate us?”
“No, no. You misunderstand. The government is not going to change the law to emasculate you.”
“But why would the government want to change the law to emasculate us”
“Because you have so few members that it is unfair that you have so much power. But I repeat: the government is not going to change the law to emasculate you.”
“But that’s not fair.”
“What’s not fair? No one is going to change the law to emasculate you. Although you are, strictly speaking, a pain in the neck.”
“Workers have a right to organise. To bargain. To withhold labour.”
“So you do. Very generous rights, which the government is not going to change, though some might say you have too many rights and that capital– errr – consumers have rights too. But don’t worry. The message is clear. The government is not going to change the law to emasculate you. Tusk said so.”
“Tusk?!?“