
Issue No 111		14 September 2001

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Paint Company Wants Strike Declared Illegal

By Andrew Casey

Taubmans paintworkers at Villawood in Sydney are facing an attempt by their boss to force them back to work in a court hearing next Tuesday.

The 150 workers, members of the LHMU, have been on strike for 5 weeks in support of their claims for a renewed enterprise agreement.

Next Tuesday, in an application before Justice Munro, the company is seeking to have the legal bargaining period terminated - thus making the union members' strike 'illegal'.

" The members at this site are strong. We will face the issue of the application once it is heard and decided in the Industrial Relations Commission," Kevin Stanley, LHMU delegate said.

" We are heartened by the fact that other paint workers in this state have voted to levy themselves to back us in our struggle.

" Paint workers in Queensland and Victoria who are employed by the same company - Barloworld's a South African multi-national - have also met, discussed our plight and shown support for our struggle.

" As well South African paint workers union members have been in contact to find out about the history of our current dispute.

" We have also heard that representatives of the Congress of South African Trade Unions have had consultations with the local paint workers' union about this dispute."

If you are in Sydney you can show your support by visiting the workers on the picket line: 9 Birmingham Ave, Villawood.

Or you can send a solidarity e-mail to the LHMU members via Kevin Stanley at: [email protected]

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  Issue 111 contents

Interview: Amidst the Debris
ACTU President Sharan Burrow surveys the wreckage from a week that rocked the world.

Politics: Consequences of Empire
The horror of the events in New York has not led to all American and international observers feeling committed to bloody revenge.

Industrial: Grounded
Ansett workers lay bare their feelings at seeing their company driven into oblivion.

International: Election Results from East Timor
Fretelin as expected has topped the poll in East Timor�s first free democratic election and the violence predicted by some has not eventuated.

E-Change: 3.2 The Electronic Consumerist
In their latest instalment Peter Lewis and Michael Gadiel ask how effective has the law become in safeguarding the things that really matter to us?

Legal: Howard's Falkland War
Zoe Reynolds chronicles the bizarre tale of the Tampa and how a group of refugees bacame pawns in a bigger political game.

Compo: Round Two Begins
Nancy Searle reviews the Sheahan Report and highlights some of the areas of concern to injured workers.

Economics: Knowledge, Power, Banking
Raj Patel questions whether a new World Bank initiative is actually designed to control the way the Third World thinks.

Review: Political Theatre
The Naked Theatre Company is a youthful, adventurous, professional, Sydney theatre company committed to the development and production of Australian playwrights.

Satire: Howard US Visit "Marginally Overshadowed"
Australian Prime Minister John Howard has said his US trip was a complete success, if slightly upstaged towards the middle.

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