
Issue No 12		07 May 1999

News

Labor Council to Stage Pre-Drug Summit

The NSW Labor Council will hold a Drug Policy Forum next Thursday ahead of the State Parliament Summit the following week.

Labor Council secretary Michael Costa says he will dedicate next Thursday's weekly meeting to the issue and hoped to see a "genuine debate" on the issue.

Expert speakers will be invited to address the Council, including Dr Alex Wodak from St Vincents Hospital and Paul Moulds from the Salvation Army.

Delegates will also be encouraged to participate and vote on a resolution, which would represent the NSW labour movement's position before the Macquarie Street summit.

Costa says the forum is an important step in recasting Labor Council as the workers parliament and encouraging affiliates to take positions on important issues that affect their members.

"Drug abuse is an issue which union officials and delegates are often confronted with. We recognise it is an occupational health and safety issue in the workplace. It's time our politicians caught up with this view."

Costa, who's a delegate to the summit along with Nurses secretary Sam Moaitt, says he hopes the State Government's summit leads to meaningful reform and that MPs will be given free votes on resolutions that mean something.

"If this turns out to be a week-long talkfest, I won't be wasting my time turning up," he told Workers Online.

For further details of the Labor Council Drug Policy Forum see Naomi Steer's piece in "From Trades Hall".

Workers Online will focus on the drugs debate in next week's issue. Any contributions will be gratefully received

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  Issue 12 contents

Interview: The Call of the Wild
We meet a union organiser who�s taking the union message into the call centres.

Unions: After the Gold Rush
Call centres are the boom industry and governments everywhere are touting them as major job creators - particularly in regional areas.

History: From Steam Trains to Information Superhighways
A new project is dedicated to promoting the heritage of the Eveleigh railway workshops.

Work/Time/Life: This Working Life: Issue #1
The debut issue of the ACTU's new monthly bulletin for it's Working Time and Employment Security Campaign.

International: British Unions Halt Membership Decline
Union membership has stopped falling in the UK for the first time in 18 years, suggesting that unions� increased committment to recruitment and organising is starting to pay off.

Review: Cold Warriors' Secrets Exposed
NSW Attorney General Jeff Shaw looks at two books that lift the lid on Cold War espionage.

» Push for Decent Call Centres

» Shaw Unveils Second Wave

» Union Raises the Roof for Beryl

» Cotter Withdraws Currawong Standover Claims

» Reith Second Wave Will Prolong Industrial Disputes

» It�s Rio Telstra -- Union Braces for Attack

» Fears of AWA Push in State Rail

» Age Tele-Centre Seeks Pay Equity

» Advocate Ads to be Referred to Auditor-General, ACCC

» Labor Council to Stage Pre-Drug Summit

» Guest Report

» Sport

» Trades Hall

» Piers Watch

» Wran Wrong on Wrepublic

» Digging the Dirt-Digging

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