Issue No 75 | 27 October 2000 | |
Letters to the EditorBullying Again
Further to my letter on the outrageous collusion between management, quisling employees and in extreme cases Union Officials, in the harassment of employees, particularly those active in the advancement of wages and working conditions. I have had several people contact me over the past week asking for advice on how to recognize these sociopaths. (An almost untreatable mental disorder usually based on a foundation of narcissism.) As a rule, the recognition of these parasites is blatantly obvious after they have struck and moved on to their next victim/s. The affected victims have usually been drained dry and can be distinguished as being an empty shell. Then there are those that have not been completely drained and have been infected with this same virus "Toxic Personalities" and they too become predators of the naive. How to repel these parasites? Unions must clean up their own act, then act to end this terrorism - A terrorism that is being subtly and not so subtlety imposed on their members by these " Toxic Personalities", personalities, regularly employed by corrupt organizations under the guise of Human Resource* management. *(An outrageous reference to people) Unions should have already collated a list of theses "Toxic Personalities", and when they move from organization to organization they should be pursued with zeal and a common purpose of conversion or extermination. Unfortunately these "Toxic Personalities", because of there very self-centered nature, narcissism, are like chameleons and are constantly changing form. An excellent reference to these aberrations of human nature is - Difficult Personalities by Helen McGrath and Hazel Edwards and is published by Choice Books rrp $20. This is a book all Union Libraries stock, and should be compulsory reading for all Elected Union Delegates! Tom Collins
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