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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 Sanity Returns to the West
The Gallup Government measure wipes out most of the excesses of the Keirith laws, regarded as the high point amongst union-bashing state regimes. While Keirith lost his seat some years ago, the laws remained on the books until Court was booted from office. In particular, they lifted the bar on unions running cases through the Industrial Relations Commission that sought to improve on statutory minimum conditions. The WA Trades and Labor Council says the new laws will start to see the return of fairness and equity to WA workplaces by allowing for important test cases. Unwarranted pressure on working families will be reduced, workers can finally expect a fair day's pay for a fair day's work and new conditions such as paid maternity leave for women can now become a reality. "The WA Government's legislation is on the right track," WA TLC secretary Stephanie Mayman says. "It is not perfect, but it is far better than the divisive, inequitable, counter-productive efforts of the previous state government. "It is about having more fairness and equity in the workplace. It is about re-positioning our workforce as our state's greatest resource and in doing so, treating workers with more dignity and respect, and valuing their contribution to the economy. "It is a victory over all those who seem to know the price of everything and the value of nothing."
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