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Issue No. 141 | 21 June 2002 |
Bitter Pills
Interview: The Fels Guy Solidarity: Life or Death? Unions: Back to Basics International: Global Terror History: Sorry Business Technology: Future Active Satire: Executive Presents PowerPoint Eulogy at Mother�s Funeral Poetry: Santa Claus Was Coming to Oz Review: Dial 'M' For Minority Report
Fair Share: Link Executive Pay to Wages Abbott�s 'Rule of Law' Faces Court Challenge Royal Gaze Averted as Bosses Shut Down and Fined Molten Metal Sparks Safety Probe Consumer Boycotts Don't Break Law: Fels Korean Own Goal in World Focus STOP PRESS: Court Ticks Off on Service Fees Zero Tolerance on Casino Violence GIO Workers Challenge Bosses' Union Wages Nurses Reject Band-Aid Solution Saving Lives In Killer Productions McDonalds Vandal Becomes Global Hero Debate Rages Over Chinese Unions
The Soapbox The Locker Room Week in Review Bosswatch
Tom Bites Back Root Canal Therapy
Labor Council of NSW |
News Molten Metal Sparks Safety Probe
Seventy five Australian Workers Union members employed by Nonferral Pty Ltd, a division of Tri-Star Steering and Suspension are now gearing up for a test of new health and safety laws, claiming they've been vicitimised for raising safety issues. AWU spokesman Matt Thistlewaite warned the dispute had the potential for serious escalation while the NSW Labor Council will back any prosecution that proceeds under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Tri-Star bought Nonferral last year, using a device that saw it acquire machinery and workers but not the company. The clear inference being that it didn't want to shoulder Nonferral obligations, particular redundancy provisions. Thistlewaite said worker fears had been heightened by the refusal of new owners to upgrade forklifts or negotiate new redundancy terms. If the AWU takes proposed action against Nonferral it will be the first NSW prosecution under section 23 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Section 23 states that an employer or industrial organisation must not victimise an employee, or potential employee, because of a complaint over workplace safety.
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