(December 15, 2010 at 7:32 am)theVOID Wrote: The reality is the labor laws for workplace safety are already at the point where making them more stringent would have a negative impact on the values of others in the general population as these laws would have to be applied to all industries, which would make one of NZ's largest and most dangerous industries, adventure tourism, effectively unable to operate - Not to mention dozens of other industries that would see costs rise and jobs decline, ultimately effecting everyone else far more so than the current balance of things.
So NZ does not have regulation that applies to just a targeted industry? The Mining Industry in the US is like a step back into the 19th Century, the mine owners are brutal, they buy a lot of political influence and get away with bypassing safety regulations. Several of the mining communities are really afraid of the mine owners.
The world is a dangerous place to live - not because of the people who are evil but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
- Albert Einstein
- Albert Einstein
