Hard rock mining meets the tender touch

You often hear calls for labor and management to work more closely together– but I’ve never heard anyone suggest they work this closely. The BBC reports:

Australian coal miners are being given lessons in foreplay and the menopause in an attempt to boost productivity.

Managers at the Bulga pit, north of Sydney, say the so-called toolbox talks help workers to understand their wives, making them happier and healthier.

Mining firm Xstrata says the scheme has been so successful that it wants to extend it to other pits.

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Company bosses say giving their predominantly male employees lessons on the menopause and foreplay gives them a healthy sex life, which in turn makes them happy, productive workers.

I guess Australian labor-management relations are just more… intimate.

Tags: Australia, BBC, coal mining, labor, management, menopause, productivity, sex