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20 July 2001 |
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NewsTelstra's Ultimatum: Stay Away From Kim
Telstra management have been caught out trying to prevent staff from meeting with Opposition Leader Kim Beazley as he pledged a future Labor Government's support for public ownership of the network. The announcement - scheduled to take place today at the Telstra Line Depot in Murwillumbah - rules out any further sale of Telstra in a major win for workers' job security. But on Tuesday, Telstra directed all employees who work out of the line depot to not come to the depot during the period that Beazley was scheduled to be there. The union complained to Telstra, the local media and the shadow ministers office and management withdrew the direction two days later. "It remains to be seen if any worker who attends is targeted in future," the CEPU's Mark Brownlow. About the Pledge The Telstra pledge commits Labor to keeping Telstra for all Australians. It states: "Kim Beazley and Labor pledge to the people of Australia that, if elected, Telstra will remain in majority public ownership. "Labor believes that by keeping Telstra in majority public hands, services for all Australians will be maintained and improved. "Commonsense tells you that a fully privatised Telstra will focus on profits not people and that services will suffer. "Let's stop John Howard's Telstra flog-off"
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   Interview: Political Witch HuntCFMEU national secretary John Sutton on the mooted Royal Commission and what is really needed to clean up the building industry E-Change: 1.3 The Nation State in CrisisIn the latest instalment in their study on the new politics, Peter Lewis and Michael Gadiel looks at the rise and fall of the institutional State. Unions: Industrial ViolenceRowan Cahill agrees with Tony Abbott that thuggery and violence are part of Australian industrial relations landscape - but it's the bosses who do most of the bashing. History: Total RecoilNeal Towart looks at how Royal Commissions designed to kick unions have typically come back to haunt their architects. International: Behind the Eight Ball Jubilee Australia's Thea Ormond looks at the international activity being generated around this week's Group of Eight Summit in Genoa Politics: Now We The PeopleA new group believes there is an alternative to corporate gobalism and economic rationalism Satire: Marsden Now to Sue HimselfSydney solicitor John Marsden is suing himself for defamation, claiming the recent libel case he brought did irreparable damage to his reputation. Review: In The HouseResident Four-Eyes Mark Morey attempts the impossible with this attempt at a serious analysis of Big Brother.
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