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30 November 2001 |
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NewsAnger as Labor Staffers Shun Unions
The public sector union is threatening to 'out' Labor staffers and MPs working in Macquarie Street who refuse to join a trade union.
Public Service Association general secretary Maurie O'Sullivan has written to NSW ALP general secretary Eric Roozendaal over the number of people in plum Labor jobs who aren't in the union. "It infuriates me to see those people take advantage of Labor Party positions and yet defy the Labor Party rule which tells them to join the relevant trade union," O'Sullivan says. "Indeed, I am so pissed off that I intend gradually to 'out' them." In his letter, O'Sullivan calls on Roozendaal to canavs the issue amongst Labor members "and advise the transgressors that they have palced their membership in jeopardy." "It simply sickens me to see people capitalise on the Labor Party and at the same time piss on the trade union movement." Review of Industrial Laws Looms Meanwhile, NSW unions will have a chance to formulate their pre-election claims for industrial relations reform via a statutory review of the state's industrial laws. The five-year review of the NSW Industrial Relations Act is a condition of the laws, with the government to report back to the Parliament by June 2002. Labor Council secretary John Robertson says unions will developed a united position for the review, which will deal with both technical and substantive issues. "We want to make sure the laws are working smoothly, but we also want to see some movement on outstanding issues like labour hire, workplace surveillance and casual workers," Robertson says. The deadline for submissions is mid-December.
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   Interview: Back to the BattleFederal Labor's new industrial relations spokesman Robert McClelland outlines the challenges for the next three years. Politics: The Baby and the Bath WaterACTU secretary Greg Combet gives his take on the debate over the ALP's relations with the union movement. Unions: We're SolidBradon Ellem charts the history of the Pilbara dispute, and finds a revitalised grass-roots unionism challenging BHP's individual contracts bulldozer Organising: Benidgo Pioneer Comes Up TrumpsACTU Delegate of the Year, Leonie Saunders, is living proof of the way unions are adapting to life under the strictures of a hostile Government. Technology: India: Cricket, Computers and CorruptionRussell Lansbury cuts through the hype to look out the so-called hi-tech revolution on the sub-continent. International: Soul SearchingThe party of labour in Canada � the NDP - is right now undergoing a massive struggle for its heart and soul. History: A Timeless DebateThe ALP and unions - it's a debate that's raged for years as this extract from a 1947 Lloyd Ross pamplet shows. Review: In Fear of SecurityLaunching his new book, Anthony Burke argues that the cry of "security" is the last refuge of the political scoundrel
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