Archive for May 18th, 2009
The Never-Ending Story
Some things just never change – like the relationship between Danish agriculture on the one hand and trade unions on the other. The latest turn is a plan to mass-import Eastern European workers to Danish bacon factories designed to operate outside of Danish wage agreements. Just in time for the EP election campaign.
The next question is of course if the East Europeans can be recruited.
Side-Effects
As a colleague pointed out to me, the Sri Lankan civil war had two prominent international casualties: The Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi who was assassinated in 1991 and the Danish Prime Minister Poul Schlüter who lost his office after a prolonged inquest into the handling of Tamil refugees.