
Issue No 13		14 May 1999

News

Cops Eye Airport Beat

The NSW Police Service is bidding to win security work at Sydney Airport under a controversial new contracting out plan.

The contract involves about 80 positions in the Counter Terrorist First Response unit currently filled by the Australian Protective Service (APS).

The Community and Public Sector Union, which represents the APS members whose jobs are up for grabs, argues that at a time of scare police resources, the police should be concentrating on making the community safer rather than bidding for extra work.

CPSU state secretary Malcolm Larsen says that because the airport can not operate without a full compliment of CTFR staff, police from neighbouring stations may called to the airport if assigned airport staff are sick.

"Why is the NSW Government trying to take over an area of Commonwealth responsibility?," Larsen asks.

While airports around Australia have called for security tenders, the APS was only contested at Sydney Airport. A decision is expected within six weeks.

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Issue 13 contents

Interview: Really Caring
Sam Moait will be sending a message from the 48,000 nurses who she represents when she takes her seat at the Drug Summit

Unions: Kicking the Habit
The architect of a trade union drug and alcohol program has revealed his own battle with drugs motivated him to help other workers kick the habit.

History: Remembering BHP: Memory and Industrial Heritage
The announcement of the intended closure of BHP�s Newcastle steelworks heightened the awareness that industrial heritage is more than derelict sites of production.

Review: Ten Songs to Revolution
We ask Labor Council's resident music critic to name the ten songs that define the nineties.

International: Union Lifts Lid on Rio Tinto Shame File
The global campaign against mining giant Rio Tinto has been stepped up with a new report alleging abuses of human rights, environmental and safety standards.

» Unions Warn Carr: Bosses Can�t Veto Second Wave

» Labor Council Backs Harm Minimisation

» Aquilina Urged to Talk as Students Offered Teaching Jobs

» Cutting Through the Budget Crap

» LHMU Demands Y2K Protection for Workers

» Cops Eye Airport Beat

» Spanish Workers Warned on Tax Agents

» Unions to March on Journey of Healing on May 26

» NSW Young Labor Turns 50!