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Issue No. 130 | 05 April 2002 |
Lights Out on The Hill
Interview: Change Agent Industrial: Balancing the Books Unions: Breaking Out Politics: Pissing on the Light on the Hill History: Of Death and Taxes International: Now That's a Strike! Satire: Mugabe Voted Miss Zimbabwe: Denies Election Rigged Poetry: Flick Go The Branches Review: Red, Red Clydeside
Brogden's Worker Creds On The Line Melbourne Faces Budget Day Gridlock Unions Call for Middle East Peace Queensland Casuals Step Forward Worker Stood Down for Dunny Action Indigenous Jobs on Union Agenda Building Workers Honour Fallen Cop Robbo and Latham to Go Three Rounds ACT Health Workers Flex Muscles Casual Rights On Agenda As Full-Time Jobs Collapse Workers Health Centre Offers Affordable Care
The Soapbox Sport Week in Review Postcard
Chikka's Legacy Socialists in the UK Organising Globally Grape Disappointment Union Resignations : Crisis or Opportunity?
Labor Council of NSW |
News Equity Drive Gathers Steam
Following the PSA�s landmark victory, the Municipal Employees Union (MEU) is preparing a case that should boost the wages of community development managers, running council libraries, youth and child care services and the like. The case is likely to go before the NSW IRC in June. The news comes as unions grapple with how the pay equity prinicple, generally accepted in theory, can be spread in practise. "There are many, many women out there where this is still a problem," Labor Council deputy assistant secretary, Alison Peters says. "The acid test will come when we attempt to move the principle into the private sector. From all the procedings to date, private sector employers have been the most vigorous in raising concerns about the application of pay equity." A hint about the short-term direction of pay equity may be gleaned from the occupations covered by the original NSW inquiry which focused on librarians, outworkers, hairdressers, fish processors, nurses, clerical and childcare workers. Last week's IRC full bench decision effectively removed librarians from that list. For more about the victory of librarians, library technicians and archivists go to: http://workers.labor.net.au/130/b_tradeunion_librarians.html
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