Issue No 104 | 27 July 2001 | |
NewsEntitlements Push Gathers Momentum
A strike by 210 workers in western Sydney for protection of their workers entitlements has entered its third week - as a national push for protection in the manufacturing sector gathers pace. The strike, by members of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union at MainTrain is the latest action in support of the Manusafe scheme - a special entitlements fund for workers in the sector. The Australian Industry Group is campaigning vigorously to prevent employers from agreeing to the Manusafe claim. In Australia in the past three years there have been a spate of company collapses in a number of different industries in which workers have lost their hard won, accrued long service leave, sick leave and other entitlements. The Manusafe scheme requires the empoyer to pay these entitlements as they accrue into a jointly managed trust fund. The AMWU argues that these are workers' entitlements and they deserve to be protected from incompetent or unscrupulous employers, and from the workings of the boom-bust cycle. The AMWU says the battle for Manusafe is an important test of the enterprise bargaining system to achieve industry-wide advances as well and is preparing for industry-wide action if necessary. They say that in the wake of high profile collapses such as OneTel and HIH, they can no longer trust Government or their employer. The workers are seeking community support for the workers which can be registered through the AMWU website at http://www.amwu.asn.au
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Interview: A Super Agenda Labor's federal spokesman on superannuation Kelvin Thompson outlines the challenges a Beazley Government will face in managing the nation's savings. E-Change: 1.4 The Shifting Sands of Ideology Peter Lewis and Michael Gadiel conclude the first part of their study of new politics by looking for core Labor values in a post-Cold War environment. Corporate: Locking Horns The same names keep cropping up in the business pages as the web of corporate control stays tied to a few big players. Georgina Murray has been looking at the extent and depth of the connections. Unions: The Workers Bank With banks on the nose, David Whiteley looks at how unions and super funds have got together to create the real deal � the workers bank. International: Phil Davey's Amazon Postcard The CFMEU's Boy Wonder has downed the megaphone for three months in South America. Here's what he's been up to. History: Faded Vision of The American Bounder King O'Malley was an American ex-pat who dreamed of a people's bank. Neale Towart looks at what happened to his vision. Activists: The Big Gee-Up With the big guns of the anti-corporate movement in town, Mark Hebblewhite goes looking for a definition of globalisation. Indonesia: Where to the Workers After Gus Dur? At the end of a turbulent week, Jasper Goss looks at the impact of the overthrow of Wahid on Indonesian workers. Review: Mixing Pop and Politics 'The Bank' is a new Australian film that takes a contemporary political issue and transforms it into a piece of compelling popular culture. Satire: Milosevic's Defence: "I Was Just Issuing Orders" Disgraced former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic has brushed off against charges for war crimes against humanity and mass genocide.
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