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Issue No. 147 | 09 August 2002 |
A Call to Action
Interview: Save Our Souls Unions: Rats With Wings Bad Boss: If The Boot Fits History: Political Bower Birds International: No More Business as Usual Corporate: The Seven Deadly Sins of Capitalism Industrial: Stiffed! Review: Prepare To Bend Satire: Bush Boosts Sharemarket Confidence: Shares his Cocaine Stash
Ten Click Walker 'Unfit for Work' Casino Workers Overtime Jackpot Abbott’s Task Force “Rank Hypocrisy” Shipping Policy Blamed for Reef Damage Combet Pushes Consultative Vehicle Maternity Leave for Pacific Workers Magistrate Endorses Health and Safety Rights Contracts a Thorn in Workers' Side Fringe Success for Workers’ Pick
Competitions The Soapbox The Locker Room Week in Review Bosswatch
Labor Council of NSW |
News Abbott’s Task Force “Rank Hypocrisy”
Labor Council secretary John Robertson contrasts the lack of hard evidence uncovered by Cole with “immorality on a grand scale” revealed in concurrent inquiries into the failures of One.Tel and HIH. Despite evidence of businessmen awarding themselves multi-million bonuses and handing out six-figure sums to accomplices as their companies imploded, Prime Minister John Howard said this week there was no need for further corporate regulation. Robertson called the contrasting responses a "joke". "What we have seen from Government this week is stark evidence of just what a politically-motivated snow job the Building Industry Royal Commission is. "They heard from more than 100 witnesses during five weeks in Sydney and uncovered no hard evidence of corruption," he told Labor Council. "They claimed some union officials had sworn at employers. Gee, what a shock, and Abbott wants a Task Force for the Industry. "At the same time we hear horror stories about Brad Cooper, Ray Williams, Jodee Rich, Brad Keeling and others, how their greed impacts on workers and shareholders and the Prime Minister says - no action.' Robertson says any Task Force set up by Abbott will have the same rationale as the NSW Task Force that followed the Gyles inquiry - hamstringing construction unions in their efforts to improve the wages and conditions of members. He predicted that like its forerunner it would be unsuccessful in achieving that goal.
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