Issue No 100 | 29 June 2001 | |
NewsFirefighters Withdraw Strike Threat
NSW Firefighters have withdrawn a 24-hour general strike threat after the Carr Government backed away from moves to remove payroll deduction rights for members. The concession was made during another week of talks in the long-running dispute over Death and Disability protection for firefighters. FBEU state secretary Chris Read said while the strike was called off, relations with the government were still severely damaged. "This unambiguous attack on effective representation and a voice for employees in the workplace will not be forgotten by this Union, nor I imagine by most affiliates to Labor Council," Read says. The FBEU is standing by its decision to disaffiliate from the NSW Branch of the ALP until Bob Carr ceases to be Premier.
Read said this had been a tumultuous week for the labour movement. "Ulysses S Grant in 1877 hit in on the head when he said that: 'Labour disgraces no man. Unfortunately you occasionally find men disgrace labour'."
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Interview: Baptism of Fire It�s been a rugged few weeks for Labor Council�s new honcho. But John Robertson accepts it comes with the territory. Politics: Seven Days that Shook Our World Chris Christolodulou surveys the wreckage from a week when the political and industrial wings of the labour movement collided. History: History Sometimes Repeat This is not the first Labor government to attack workers compensation entitlements. Some believe the Unsworth Government�s 1987 reforms were the beginning of the end for that administration. Technology: Unions Online: Where To Now? Social Change Online's Mark McGrath goes looking for what's on the virtual horizon for the union movement. Media: The Printed Word Revisited Rowan Cahill looks at the resurgence of the workers press and the lessons for unions in better communicating with their members. Unions: Time For Second Gear The trends are in the right direction but unions are still drinking small beer in the IT world and need to allocate more resources to communications generally, argues Noel Hester. Satire: Texan Governor Faces Execution The governor of Texas has been sentenced to death row after a jury found him guilty of killing hundreds of people. Review: The Insider Neale Towart looks at a literary anti-hero who brings the factional machinations and double-deals of the ALP machine out of the back rooms and into the light.
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