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Issue No. 125 | 22 February 2002 |
Unfair and Dismal
Interview: If Not Now, When? Activists: Fighting Back Industrial: Croon And Divide Politics: Politics of Extinction History: Harry Bridges: International Labour Hero International: Rats in the Ranks Review: Follow The Fence, Find The Truth Satire: Howard Screws Refugee Kids: G-G Turns Blind Eye Poetry: Let It Be
Building Workers' Bid to Win Back Lives Dog-Tired � Long Hours Leave Beagles Buggered Home Care Workers Reject Sweat Building Commission's Costly Spin Caltex Asked To Explain Price Hikes Palm Sunday Resurrected for Refugees Dismissals: Labor Blocks The Lot Company Collapses: Union Wants Bank Powers Legal Action to Block Job Exports Councils Targeted in Contracting Campaign CFMEU Constructs Lebanese Bridge Israeli Aircraft Destroy Most Of Palestinian Union HQ
The Soapbox The Locker Room Week in Review
Tom's Foolery Give Us a Spray!
Labor Council of NSW |
News Legal Action to Block Job Exports
Unions launched action in Sydney, this week, aimed at requiring ships working Australian routes to observe minimum working conditions. Supporting the claim, ACTU secretary Greg Combet, called on the Howard Government to reverse its policy of sending Australian jobs off-shore. He was particularly scathing on the role played by Deputy PM, John Anderson, whose office must issue permits to foreign vessels operating Australian routes. "Australian shipping is being destroyed by Anderson's foreign fleet," Combet said. "Many of these vessels are rust-buckets that threaten our marine environment. They destroy Australian jobs and don't pay Australian taxes. How is that in Australia's interests?" Since Anderson became Transport Minister in 1996 the number of foreign vessels permitted has risen by 350 percent. Maritime unions are currently in dispute with owners of the Australian flagged and crewed, CSL Yarra, who are trying to sell the vessel to an off-shore subsidiary. The strong suspicion is it will return to the Australian run with a foreign flag and crew. In 2000, the Yarra's owners pulled a similar stroke on the CSL Pacific, now back working the Australian coast under the flag of The Bahamas with a Ukranian crew.
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