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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 Queensland Casuals Step Forward
Casuals employed under state awards will get the rises as casual loadings increase from 19 per cent to 23 per cent. One in three Queensland workers is employed on casual terms, missing out on the job security, severance pay and various forms of leave enjoyed by permanent workers. Queensland Council of Unions assistant secretary, Chris Barrett, reports increased employer interest in transferring workers from casual to permanent employment in the lead-up to this week's movement in loadings. Barrett said the increased minimum loading was part of the phasing in of a landmark union court victory on casual pay rates. "Unions are continuing to fight to improve wages and conditions for casuals," he said, "especially pursuing employers who have casuals for years on end and still deny permanent status.' Queensland unions report a growth in membership amongst casual workers. Last year, in the state, casuals who were union members earned, on average, 16.2 percent, or $64, more than those who weren't.
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